LOVE TAKES WING Arrives On DVD May 5

A charming story of faith and perseverance just in time for Mother's Day, Love Takes Wing debuts on DVD May 5 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. Based on the seventh novel in the Love Comes Softly series by bestselling author Janette Oke, Love Takes Wing is a Western romance directed by and starring Golden Globe®-nominee* Lou Diamond Phillips (Stand and Deliver). The enchanting film also stars Oscar® winner Cloris Leachman (The Last Picture Show), Sarah Jones (Still Green), Haylie Duff (Napoleon Dynamite), Kevin Scott Richardson (Backstreet Boys) and Patrick Duffy ("Dallas"). The story continues as Dr. Belinda Simpson (Jones) returns from Boston and heads west with her best friend Annie (Duff) to her new post as town doctor in Missouri and learns that the sickness infecting the town's orphans isn't just a simple influenza. With the town against her and the mayor threatening to close the orphanage, Belinda must learn to soften her big city ways and rely on her abilities, her friends and her faith to guide her.

A truly successful and enduring franchise, the Love Comes Softly series has sold more than 30 million books and 3.5 million DVDs. Now in Love Takes Wing, fans are reunited with cast favorites and introduced to new teenage characters. Previous titles in the series include Love Comes Softly, Love's Enduring Promise, Love's Long Journey, Love's Abiding Joy, Love's Unending Legacy and Love's Unfolding Dream. Love Takes Wing will be available at the suggested retail price of $22.98 U.S./$27.98 Canada. Prebook is April 8.

From award-winning author Janette Oke comes the seventh chapter in the Love Comes Softly series, Love Takes Wing. The story picks up where the last chapter left off as Dr. Belinda Simpson (Sarah Jones) returns from Boston and takes on a new adventure as she makes her way to Missouri with her best friend Annie (Haylie Duff) to become the town doctor.

The Love Takes Wing DVD is presented in widescreen format (1.78:1 aspect ratio) with English Dolby Surround Sound and English subtitles.