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Heaven Can Wait
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Writers:
Harry Segall (play)
Elaine May (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
28 June 1978 (USA) more
Plot:
A Los Angeles Rams quarterback, accidentally taken away from his body by an over-anxious angel before he was supposed to die, comes back to life in the body of a recently-murdered millionaire. full summary | add synopsis
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Won Oscar. Another 8 wins & 13 nominations more
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(7 articles)
Beck and Charlotte Gainsbourg team up, weirdness ensues
 (From The Guardian - Film News. 20 November 2009, 4:48 AM, PST)

$100 Million. No Questions Asked.
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101 min
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Premiere voted this movie as one of "The 50 Greatest Comedies Of All Time" in 2006. more
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Factual errors: Early in the film, a sportswriter asks Joe Pendleton about Tom Jarrett being his competition, and Joe says his competition is the 25 other teams. By the time the movie was released before the 1978 season there were 28 NFL teams as Tampa Bay and Seattle were added in 1976. more
Quotes:
Max Corkle: You be the trainer and I'll start on Sunday.
Joe Pendleton: I'm starting against Dallas? What about Jarrett?
Max Corkle: They don't want to go with Jarrett. They want to go with you. Happy Birthday, Joe!
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Cute Remake Of "Here Comes Mr. Jordan", 2 July 2006
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Author: Hal-900 from WA, USA

"Heaven Can Wait" is funny in a pleasantly dated kind of way. It is a remake of the popular 1941 film "Here Comes Mr. Jordan," and the movie pretty much retains the charm and good-hearted attitude of the original. No quirky modern touches here; just plain old-fashioned and clean-cut humor and sweetly idealized romanticism. It is strange to see such a conventional comedy in the midst of one of the most convoluted decades in the history of USA. Perhaps that is the reason the movie was a runaway hit; the movie is above all pure escapism. The cast is excellent. Warren Beatty is very good as the young athlete who dies prematurely because of a celestial error. Dyan Canon and Charles Grodin are a pair of greedy leeches. Jack Warden is Beatty's redneck coach, and James Mason is Mr. Jordan, the special agent in charge of celestial matters. Only Julie Christie (with big ugly hairdo) seems out of place (as Beatty's love interest). It is the kind of movie you want to watch with someone you love. I cannot explain all those Oscar nominations (even its Oscar for Best Art Direction is baffling), but the movie is certainly fine entertainment. I still think the 1941 movie is better, though.

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