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Heaven Can Wait (1978)

Warren Beatty , Julie Christie , Warren Beatty , Buck Henry  |  PG |  DVD
4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (93 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, James Mason, Jack Warden, Charles Grodin
  • Directors: Warren Beatty, Buck Henry
  • Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Widescreen, NTSC
  • Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono)
  • Subtitles: English
  • Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
  • Studio: Paramount Pictures
  • DVD Release Date: July 27, 1999
  • Run Time: 101 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (93 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: 6305495238
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #48,205 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
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A gung-ho and merciful angel (Buck Henry) pulls Joe Pendleton (Warren Beatty), a football star, out of his body before his time, forcing the higher powers to come up with a substitute host. Joe settles on a vicious multimillionaire whose wife and partner are trying to kill him. Light, breezy, with not a mean bone in its body, Heaven is based on the 1941 film Here Comes Mr. Jordan. Beatty is wonderfully daft and innocent as Joe, Jack Warden is on top of his form as Joe's trainer Corky, and Julie Christie appears to be playing a diaphanous summer dress. Great comic relief is provided by Dyan Cannon, Charles Grodin, and the notion that the 1978 Los Angeles Rams could go to the Superbowl. --Keith Simanton

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HEAVENLY EXECUTIVE MR. JORDAN LETS AN ANGRY QUARTERBACK RETURNTO EARTH AS A MILLIONAIRE.

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It is a fun movie with some good laughs in it. Gordon Fergusojn  |  26 reviewers made a similar statement
Warren Beatty does a great job. Wayne Crenwelge  |  18 reviewers made a similar statement
Recently I watched the new DVD release of a classic favorite Heaven Can Wait. Victoria Tarrani  |  5 reviewers made a similar statement
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39 of 44 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Heaven does wait... February 4, 2001
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Recently I watched the new DVD release of a classic favorite Heaven Can Wait. Twenty-three years after it's screen release, the delightful Warren Beatty film still has the power to enchant and make me smile.

Beatty is superb. Julie Christie is wonderful. Dyan Cannon hasn't changed at all through the years and is as beautiful now as she was then. The entire cast brings the story of a brand new angel who wanted to "save" Joe from so much pain at his death that he brought him out of his body early. Yes, the angel killed him. This angel's first assignment shows the mistakes any beginner can make, of course the ramifications are larger. Joe would not have been between the crashing cars.

Joe refuses to go to heaven; he wants to be returned to his body -- but it has been cremated. Reviewing many body-replacement opportunities (of those who died, but the death was undiscovered) he ultimately sees Farnsworth. He wasn't that interested in being an out-of shape murder victim, until Julie Christie, who has come to demand that her small town be spared a refining plant that would destroy them, comes to the Farnsworth estate in her regal fury that Joe says, "Yes! I'll be Farnsworth. Temporarily." The screen sizzles with romance (rather than today's explicit scenes) as angel Joe is smitten.

To the delight of audiences, Beatty tries valiantly to be Farnsworth, but finds it impossible because he has a basic good-hearted nature while Farnsworth was more interested in making money. Follies and surprises follow Joe in his new life, but it was temporary and the murderers are still lurking.

I do believe a scene was cut, and perhaps several. There was a scene where's Joe's new idea to advertise his tuna canning never kills "thinking fish" or porpoises and charged one or two cents more per can. In the original movie I believe they showed the amazing results as grocery stores everywhere sold more of his tuna than any other brand.

Still, it is a feel-good five star movie, whether a scene was cut or not.

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars "How you doin?" February 21, 2005
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Great movie, poor treatment by Paramount.

Beatty plays Ram's quarterback Joe Pendleton, recovering from a knee injury as he works his way back into a fight for the starting job, then unfortunately rides his bike into a tunnel but doesn't ride out the other end. We soon find out that he was destined to survive the accident, but was "taken out" by practicing angelic entity played by Buck Henry before the laws of probability and outcome could determine Joe's fate. An appeal is issued to management in the form of the magnificent James Mason as Mr.Jordon, who is left with the task of finding Joe a suitable body to make his return to earth in after we find that Joe's body was cremated before we could work out all the red tape at Heaven's departure terminal.

In the very small "What If You Died and Came Back" genre this is hands-down the best of the bunch. Beatty gets credit for bulking up for the role and amazingly has no credibility issues with the casual audience as an aspiring pro QB with eyes on a shot at the Super Bowl. His natural comic timing and comfort zone chemistry with Julie Christy make this film a real keeper. The contributions by deadpan Charles Grodin and the freneticly delicious Dyan Cannon wiil have you howling in laughter.

Now the bad news. Paramount gets no props for this DVD release. The colors are there, but some scenes actually look like they'd been colorized with others blurry, dark, grainy, and out of focus. As if that weren't bad enough, the audio is frequently out of sync...you know, when the spoken words dont match with movements? I found that rather maddening in spots. The sound is OK but there's nothing but dialogue and clarinet music so who cares. Dont look for extras, they're not there.

5 solid stars for the movie, 2 pitiful stars for the DVD.
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Second chances can be dangerous. May 7, 2000
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Do you ever feel guilty for enjoying a film? Perhaps you're just a little reluctant to admit you like it... Okay, I admit it I like "Heaven Can Wait". And this, despite the fact that it stars Warren Beatty who's performances usually make me want to weep, even in comedies. All I can say is that he really shines in this film. Mind you, he is helped tremendously by the supporting cast.

I was particularly taken with Julie Christie in the role of Betty Logan, a passionate environmentalist who has taken on a mission to stop industrialist Leo Farnsworth, (Beatty), from destroying a small community in England. Little does she know that Farnsworth died a short time before she met him. Leo's earthly role had been assumed by an unlucky footballer by the name of Joe Pendleton, snatched from life by an overzealous angel during a road accident.

If any of this sounds familiar, you may be remembering the original use of the story in the 1941 film, "Here Comes Mr. Jordan", starring Robert Montgomery. Short of Farnsworth being named Bruce instead of Leo, there is little to distinguish these two versions from one another. Even so, I prefer the 1978 version. It just seems to have more charm, more innocence.

It also has a touch of class, mainly due to the presence of James Mason, in the role of Mr Jordan, who has to step in and try to make thinks right with the prematurely breathless Joe. Joe is understandably miffed at his mistreatment since he and his team were due to play in the superbowl, Joe's one dream. Mr Jordan offers Joe a number of alternative routes back into the mortal realm. Each path involves taking on the life of a soon to be dead person. Sadly, nothing short of a star quarterback seems to satisfy Joe who eventually settles for a test-drive on the Farnsworth model; rich, powerful but not particularly athletic.

From that point on we are taken on a twin journey. On the one hand Joe, despite his new-found wealth, still has super-bowl ambitions. The first step in his plan is to buy his old team. The other path is prompted by the passions of Betty Logan. Farnsworth has to straighten up his corporate image to impress his new lady-love. This is not an easy task given the long list of atrocities his board is quite happy to see continue.

I suppose some of the attraction in the story comes from its reversal of our common dreams. Usually we dream of leaving our lacklustre existence and jumping into the swimming pool of the rich and famous. In this case, Joe does get the pool but he just wants to get his old life back. He is too good-natured to be trapped by the false idolatry offered by money.

We have the fun of watching him struggle back into his old shoes and take his disbelieving associates with him. In fact, his old coach Max Corkle, (Jack Warden), is one of the hardest to convince but eventually becomes one of Leo's/Joe's biggest supporters. Which is typical of the film. The story is fun but it's the character's friendships that keep us watching.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Better Than The Original
This version of the "Mr. Jordan" story is so much more well-acted than the older version. The older version of the Joe Pendleton character always seemed to be talking too... Read more
Published 12 days ago by Troy Ketchum
4.0 out of 5 stars Nice addition :-)
I liked the movie already before and having it as part of our video collection was worth it. The package arrived swiftly and it was in good condition. Read more
Published 22 days ago by MamaJ
5.0 out of 5 stars Over acted to a perfect turn
As a Filoli docent I was primarily interested in the use of the setting but was pleasantly surprised by a fun movie. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Kaaren S. Brown
5.0 out of 5 stars Great family movie
Love this movie! Great for young and old, have teenagers that enjoyed the movie!
Sad in some parts and comical in other parts of the movie.
Published 1 month ago by Maria
4.0 out of 5 stars Classic Movie
By far my favorite Warren Beatty movie, that and well... Buck Henry! A much better film than the Chris Rock remake.
Published 1 month ago by weekrocker
3.0 out of 5 stars An OK movie.
An OK movie. Nonsensical premise. Doesn't make much sense. Dyan Cannon and Charles Grodin are good.
An OK movie. Nonsensical premise. Doesn't make much sense. Read more
Published 1 month ago by William Wiegand
5.0 out of 5 stars Heaven Can Wait
Heaven can wait as in probability and outcome. I have seen this movie a couple of times since it was first released. In my book it is a classic! Read more
Published 1 month ago by Louis J. Barbier
5.0 out of 5 stars Good Movie
Worth a watch if you have the spare time. Prefer the update to date version though. Nice movie Amazon Prime.
Published 1 month ago by MBR
5.0 out of 5 stars Great movie!
This movie was actually remade into a movie called Down To Earth. I prefer this original version. I would recommend this movie to anyone!
Published 1 month ago by D. McKinney
5.0 out of 5 stars Favorite
Of the other movies like this one, this is my favorite. All the characters are perfect matches to the actor.
Published 1 month ago by Gramps
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