Heaven Can Wait
1978 -
Rated
PG (MPAA)
Release Date: 07/27/1999
Features:
DVD Features:
Region 1
Keep Case
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Letterbox - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital Mono - English
Additional Release Material:
Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer
Interactive Features:
Scene Selection
Interactive Menus
Time:
101
mins.
J&R Item # 1009427_6
UPC # 097360110975
Label: Paramount Home Entertainment
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When L.A. Rams quarterback Joe Pendleton (Beatty) is plucked from Earth too soon by an overzealous angel, he is sent back to Earth in another, older body. He struggles to regain his old spot in the line-up while straightening out his host's tangled affairs. Based not on the 1943 movie of the same name, but on 1941's Here Comes Mr. Jordan. Academy Award Nominations: 9, including Best Picture, Best Actor: Warren Beatty, Best Director: Beatty/Henry, Best Adapted Screenplay: Elaine May/Warren Beatty.
Cast:
"...HEAVEN CAN WAIT is an outstanding film....[The] entire cast is excellent....[The] script and direction are very strong, providing a rich mix of visual and verbal humor..."
-- Murf.
, (Variety)
"...A kind of earnest cheerfulness that is sometimes most winning....[Beatty and Christie create] characters of import..." -- Vincent Canby , (New York Times) |