Mr. Destiny (1990)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

James Orr

Writers (WGA):

James Orr (written by) &
Jim Cruickshank (written by)

Release Date:

12 October 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Fantasy | Comedy

Tagline:

Would you give up everything you have... for everything you've ever wanted? Then meet...

Plot:

Unhappy Larry Burrows sees what his life could've been like, had he made that winning home run as a teenager.

Plot Keywords:

Baseball | Lost Love | President | Mansion | Homerun

Cast

James Belushi	...	Larry Joseph Burrows
Linda Hamilton	...	Ellen Jane Burrows / Robertson
Michael Caine	...	Mike / Mr. Destiny
Jon Lovitz	...	Clip Metzler
Hart Bochner	...	Niles Pender
Bill McCutcheon	...	Leo Hansen
Rene Russo	...	Cindy Jo Bumpers / Burrows
Jay O. Sanders	...	Jackie Earle 'Cement Head' Bumpers
Maury Chaykin	...	Guzelman
Pat Corley	...	Harry Burrows
Douglas Seale	...	Boswell
Courteney Cox	...	Jewel Jagger
Doug Barron	...	Lewis Flick
Jeff Weiss	...	Ludwig
Tony Longo	...	Huge Guy

Runtime:

110 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Singapore:PG | Australia:PG | USA:PG-13 | West Germany:6

Filming Locations:

Biltmore Estate - 1 Approach Road, Asheville, North Carolina, USA

Company:

Laurence Mark Productions

Trivia:

The office building that James Belushi works in is the former headquarters of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Larry crashes the sports car, the windshield is smashed. In the next shot, the windshield is perfectly fine.

Quotes:

Larry Joseph Burrows: How can my life change so much just because I hit one stinking baseball?
Mike the Bartender at Universal Joint Bar: Well, you see Larry, one's destiny is a very complicated thing. Every incident in a person's life affects everything else that follows it. Instead of missing the baseball, however, you hit it. Then you became a hero, married the prom queen, and so on, and so forth, until you find yourself exactly where you are. So you see, hitting that baseball has spun your life off in an entirely new direction.
Larry Joseph Burrows: Are you an angel or something?
[...]

Movie Connections:

Version of The Family Man (2000)

Soundtrack:

GIMME SOME LOVIN'

C this movie - B happy!

Everyone plays their part pretty well in this "little nice movie". Belushi gets the chance to live part of his life differently, but ends up realizing that what he had was going to be just as good or maybe even better. The movie shows us that we ought to take advantage of the opportunities we have, not the ones we do not or cannot have. If U can get this movie on video for around $10, it´d be an investment!