Heaven Can Wait (1978)
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. (imdb)
Genres: Romance, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Directed By: Warren Beatty, Buck Henry
Written By: Warren Beatty, Elaine May, Robert Towne, Harry Segall
Starring: Julie Christie, Warren Beatty, Jack Warden, Charles Grodin, Dyan Cannon, Buck Henry, Vincent Gardenia, R.G. Armstrong, James Mason, Hamilton Camp, Frank Campanella, Deacon Jones
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Heaven Can Wait belongs to 24 collections
1. Academy Award - Oscar - Best Picture and Nominees (public: moderated by smviper00 - 39 stars)
2. Psychotronic Film and Video Guides (public: moderated by Gregzilla - 34 stars)
3. Academy Award - Oscar - ALL Best Picture, Directing, Acting & Screenplay Nominees (public - 23 stars)
4. Directorial debut (public: moderated by djross - 17 stars)
5. New Hollywood (public: moderated by saudade - 12 stars)
6. Remake (public: moderated by td888 - 8 stars)
7. Sport (public: moderated by td888 - 6 stars)
8. Director/star combination (public: moderated by djross - 5 stars)
9. 100 Noteworthy Films of the Romantic Comedy Genre and Beyond (public - 5 stars)
10. Film Titles That Are Complete Sentences (public: moderated by Maaxwell - 5 stars)
11. Golden Globes: Best Picture - Comedy/Musical (public: moderated by CCLZA - 4 stars)
12. Football (public: moderated by td888 - 3 stars)
13. Directed collaboratively (public: moderated by djross - 3 stars)
14. angels (public: moderated by livelove - 1 star)
15. Body swap (public: moderated by BeeDub - 1 star)
16. saturn award nomination or win (public: moderated by Luna6ix)
17. Heaven (public: moderated by BeeDub)
18. Orson Scott Card's Perfect Movie List (public: moderated by BeeDub)
19. Oscar: Best Production Design (public: moderated by Ceekay19)
20. Annual top 5 worldwide box office, 1975 - 2020 (private: djross - 1 star)
21. Rated (private)
22. Tom's Movies (private: tomwalsh)
23. Recommended (private: juntakinte68)
24. Best by different standards (private: sesito71)
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Took the movie "Here Comes Mr. Jordan" and moved it into the '70s.
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A smart enough treatment of the material, and consistently funny. Vastly overrated by that Academy that gives movie awards, tho.
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HEAVEN CAN WAIT straddles the line between '70s auteur-driven filmmaking and polished Hollywood product that contains stirrings of the high-concept silliness that would define studio comedies in the decades to come. It's rather goofy and often gets distracted in search of its overall goal, but the casual zaniness of its script and the charisma of Beatty hold things together.
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| May 28, 2018 | dougi | 100 95% |
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Middling Beatty star vehicle was a big hit in its day due to his fame, but it hasn't really stood up. As expected, Beatty managed to work his liberal politics into this remake of Here Comes Mr.Jordan, but it's presented in a wishy washy manner and is therefore a far cry from the more acerbic approach of Bulworth 20 years later which was sparked by disillusion. Beatty/Henry's direction is purely functional, and the script is a case of too many cooks with contrary styles.
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Decent remake of Here Comes Mr. Jordan. Beatty is great, a definite improvement over Montgomery, and the core of the story is the same and works pretty well, but nearly every little change is either a wash or makes the story a bit worse. Nothing major, but this is missing some of the spark in the dialogue and the characterizations of the originals.
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A throwback to the high-gloss screwball comedies of the 1940s, Heaven Can Wait beguiles with seamless production values and great comic relief from Charles Grodin and Dianne Cannon.
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How did this get nominated for 9 Oscars? HEAVEN CAN WAIT is, as a piece of cinema, flatly shot and blandly directed. The script is only witty in flashes, and the acting is unremarkable; the nominations for Jack Warden and Dyan Cannon must rank among the least-deserved in Oscar history, while Charles Grodin, who gives the funniest, most sure-footed performance, was ignored. Most of the film feels off-key and tedious; Warren Beatty did much better with REDS. Watchable but not enjoyable.
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hundred years since watched but i even sorta liked the chris rock remake so this score is prolly lowballing it, rewatch needed
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