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Heaven Can Wait
Warren Beatty
(1978)
96min
PG Certificate
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Review
Our Score
by
Joanna Berry
This updated version of the 1941 film
Here Comes Mr Jordan
is one of the few remakes that is almost as good as the original. Warren Beatty co-directs and stars as the football player accidentally selected to die after a car accident. Realising he has been called before his time, Beatty bargains with celestial James Mason and gets the chance to live again but in someone else's body, that of a wealthy businessman whose wife is plotting to kill him. Well played, well written (by Beatty and Elaine May) and well directed, this is one of the highlights of Beatty's career and an enjoyable whimsical delight.
Summary
American football player Joe gets snatched away to the afterlife following his death, but the angel responsible realises too late he was supposed to survive. Joe is offered the chance to return to the land of the living by taking over the body of a murdered millionaire - to the shock of the dead man's killers. Fantasy drama, starring Warren Beatty, Julie Christie and James Mason.
Cast & Crew
Joe Pendleton
Warren Beatty
Betty Logan
Julie Christie
Mr Jordan
James Mason
Max Corkle
Jack Warden
Tony Abbott
Charles Grodin
Julia Farnsworth
Dyan Cannon
Escort
Buck Henry
Krim
Vincent Gardenia
Sisk
Joseph Maher
Bentley
Hamilton Camp
Everett
Arthur Malet
Corinne
Stephanie Faracy
Lavinia
Jeannie Linero
Gardener
Harry D K Wong
Peters
Larry Block
Conway
Frank Campanella
Tomarken
Bill Sorrells
Haitian ambassador
Joseph K Makel
Oppenheim
Keene Curtis
Renfield
William Larsen
Middleton
Morgan Farley
Lawson
William Bogert
Director
Warren Beatty
Director
Buck Henry
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Other Information
Language:
English
Colour
Guidance:
Contains some swearing.
Available on:
video and DVD
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