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Down to Earth (2001) -- After dying before his time, an aspiring comic gets a second shot at life...by being reincarnated as a wealthy but un-likeable businessman.
Down to Earth (2001) -- After dying before his time, an aspiring comic gets a second shot at life...by being reincarnated as a wealthy but un-likeable businessman.
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Directors:
Writers (WGA):
Elaine May (1978 screenplay Heaven Can Wait) and
Warren Beatty (1978 screenplay Heaven Can Wait) ...
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Release Date:
16 February 2001 (USA) more
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Tagline:
A story of premature reincarnation.
Plot:
After dying before his time, an aspiring comic gets a second shot at life...by being reincarnated as a wealthy but un-likeable businessman. full summary | add synopsis
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Why oh why do they make things like this? more (117 total)

Cast

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Chris Rock ... Lance Barton

Regina King ... Sontee Jenkins

Chazz Palminteri ... King

Eugene Levy ... Keyes
Frankie Faison ... Whitney Daniels

Mark Addy ... Cisco

Greg Germann ... Sklar

Jennifer Coolidge ... Mrs. Wellington

Wanda Sykes ... Wanda

John Cho ... Phil Quon

Mario Joyner ... Apollo M.C.
Bryetta Calloway ... Gospel Singer
Martha Chaves ... Rosa

Brian Rhodes ... Charles Wellington, III

Herb Lovelle ... Trashman
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Einmal Himmel und zurück (Germany)
I Was Made to Love Her (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for language, sexual humor and some drug references.
Runtime:
87 min
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Certification:
USA:PG-13 (certificate #38009) | Iceland:L | Malaysia:U | South Korea:15 | Finland:K-11 | Canada:14A (Manitoba) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Alberta/British Columbia/Ontario) | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Brazil:12 | Germany:6 | Netherlands:AL | Spain:7 | Switzerland:10 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:10 (canton of Vaud) | UK:12 | Singapore:PG

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Trivia:
Many of the comedy routines used in the movie were on Chris Rock's "Bigger and Blacker" album. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Wellington catches his wife and assistant on the pool table, the gold billiard ball over his wife's shoulder moves from the corner pocket, off to the side, and then back to the corner pocket. more
Quotes:
Mr. King: First, you make Frank Sinatra wait for a table...
Keyes: He didn't have a jacket.
King: HE'S FRANK SINATRA! HE CAN WEAR WHATEVER HE WANTS!
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References Dogma (1999) more
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Why oh why do they make things like this?, 25 May 2002
3/10
Author: jimkis-3 from Midwest.

I like Chris Rock, but I feel he is wasted in this film. The idea of remaking Heaven Can Wait is fine, but the filmmakers followed the plot of that turkey too closely. When Eddie Murphy remade Dr. Doolittle and The Nutty Professor, he re-did them totally -- so they became Murphy films/vehicles, not just tepid remakes. That's why they were successful. If Chris had done the same, this could have been a much better film. The few laughs that come are when he is doing his standup routine -- so he might as well have done a concert film. It also would have been much funnier if the white man whose body he inhabits was a truck driver or hillbilly. So why does Hollywood keep making junk like this? Because people go to see it -- because they like Chris Rock. So give Chris a decent script and give us better movies! Don't remake films that weren't that good in the first place!

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