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ABC Afterschool Specials
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Amy & the Angel

  • Episode aired Sep 22, 1982
  • Not Rated
  • 45m
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7.3/10
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Helen Slater in Amy & the Angel (1982)
AdventureComedyDramaFamily

Amy, a depressed seventeen year old high school girl, is visited by her guardian angel Oliver after wishing she had never been born. Oliver shows Amy how important she is to the people in he... Read allAmy, a depressed seventeen year old high school girl, is visited by her guardian angel Oliver after wishing she had never been born. Oliver shows Amy how important she is to the people in her life.Amy, a depressed seventeen year old high school girl, is visited by her guardian angel Oliver after wishing she had never been born. Oliver shows Amy how important she is to the people in her life.

  • Director
    • Ralph Rosenblum
  • Writers
    • Bruce Harmon
    • Harold Peters
  • Stars
    • Helen Slater
    • Albert Macklin
    • James Earl Jones
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.3/10
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    • Director
      • Ralph Rosenblum
    • Writers
      • Bruce Harmon
      • Harold Peters
    • Stars
      • Helen Slater
      • Albert Macklin
      • James Earl Jones
    • 4User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Helen Slater
    Helen Slater
    • Amy Watson
    Albert Macklin
    • Oliver The Angel
    James Earl Jones
    James Earl Jones
    • Gabriel
    Gail Strickland
    Gail Strickland
    • Mrs. Watson
    David Huddleston
    David Huddleston
    • Edgar Watson
    Hermione Gingold
    Hermione Gingold
    • Pincus
    Alexa Kenin
    Alexa Kenin
    • Janet Mixner
    Concetta Tomei
    Concetta Tomei
    • Mrs. Mixner
    Hansford Rowe
    Hansford Rowe
    • St. Peter
    Meg Ryan
    Meg Ryan
    • Denise
    Matthew Modine
    Matthew Modine
    • Randy
    Jennifer Ashe
    Jennifer Ashe
    • Sara
    Rochelle Oliver
    Rochelle Oliver
    • Mrs. York
    Alma Cuervo
    Alma Cuervo
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    • Director
      • Ralph Rosenblum
    • Writers
      • Bruce Harmon
      • Harold Peters
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    8telex1-1

    teen version of its a wonderful life

    ***SPOILERS*** ***SPOILERS***

    If memory serves me right, this was about a lonely teenage girl,Sara, that thought her life was worthless and unimportant. She lives alone with her loving mother and has upbeat optimistic best and only friend,Amy. Amy is very happy to be Sara's friend. Even though Sara is extremely depressed and short tempered all the time. Sara tells Amy to leave her alone and stop bugging her. Amy leaves in tears.

    Like "Its a wonderful life" she starts thinking that life would be better off without her. Enter teen angel Oliver on his last chance to make it into the angel band. He grants her wish of never being born. Amy goes back to the town not believing the Angel has done this.

    What she finds is a childless mother that's living alone who resembles a deranged cat lady.

    yet the saddest thing is what has become of her best friend Amy. I clearly remember the dramatic scene of Amy begging Sara's mother to tell her what happened to Sara.

    "Who are you?"

    "I'm Amy's friend"

    "Friend?

    if only that was true...If only she had had some friends even one good friend"

    the film climaxes with Sara finding Amy's gravestone in a storm,of course. Angel Oliver appears and explains that without her friendship. Amy became extremely lonely took her own life. Sara argues that Amy wouldn't do that. That she was a happy person. But Oliver yells back over the thunder "that's only because you were a part of that life.Don't you see Sarah we all contribute something to the people around us."

    Sara begs for her life back. She wakes up with her friend Amy still tearful and getting her books she left earlier. Sara hugs Amy and apologizes. Oliver gets into the angel band and Sara has learned a valuable lesson

    yeah it was cheesy but I remember thinking it was cool. of course i was only a kid at the time and my recall of this after school special is a little blurry.
    10wilsonandrewc

    Correction on Amy's friend with curly hair

    The girl with curly hair who is Amy's friend is Janet played by Alexa Kenin not Sara played by Jennifer Ashe. Those of you who think otherwise need to watch it again and it's on youtube. Sara is probably one of the mean girl, Denise's friends. If you watch the movie very closely, you'll see that Amy's friend with curly hair is Janet, not Sara. Janet was the one who got angry over the phone about Amy's temper, not Sara and Janet was the one who was killed when she drove drunk in the world in which Amy was never born, not Sara and Mrs. Mixner was Janet's mother, not Sara's. And the one who told Amy that it didn't matter as long as they had each other was Janet, not Sara.
    10kdjb13

    AMY and the angel

    its actually Amy who is depressed hence AMY and the angel it was Amy who wanted to Kill herself that's why the angel came down to help her Sara the one with the curly hair is Amy's friend and it was Amy's temper that got Sara angry Helen is great in this where even Meg Ryan wasn't that good Helen is a wonderful actress and the reason why i got this sent around the world to me. Helen later stared as Supergirl which is the best movie ever there must be people out there that love it like me. At the end of this after school special Amy is OK looks happy and learns to accept and enjoy her life as she because she found out what it would be like if Amy Watson did not exist. Helen shines the rest just fade away

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      Helen Slater (Amy Watson) and David Huddleston (Edgar Watson) both later played the title character in a film directed by Jeannot Szwarc and produced by Alexander Salkind and Ilya Salkind: Slater in Supergirl (1984) and Huddleston in Santa Claus (1985).
    • Quotes

      Amy Watson: Sometimes I think it would have been better if I had never been born.

    • Connections
      Referenced in A Planet Comicon Panel with Helen Slater (2011)

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    • Release date
      • September 22, 1982 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Filming locations
      • Walt Disney Studios - 500 South Buena Vista Street, Burbank, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Highgate Pictures
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    • Runtime
      45 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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