A small-time crook becomes convinced he is an angel after a traumatic incident and resolves to perform the work of one.A small-time crook becomes convinced he is an angel after a traumatic incident and resolves to perform the work of one.A small-time crook becomes convinced he is an angel after a traumatic incident and resolves to perform the work of one.
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Folks with disabilities want to be treated just like ... folks. Period! And Hogan's scene in the pub where he was going to "fight" the paraplegic was so totally incredible!
Why am I so enthusiastic about this film? I have lived with a disability since 1949, and used a wheelchair since 1957.
Love to contact Hogan and have him "Chat" about his take on disability ... in the real. I'm sure he'd come across just like a HERO!
At face value, this appears to be a fun and appealing family film with the likable Hogan playing an angel. Even though he's a charming "angel" with a good heart and a good sense of humor, this is no Biblical angel, that's for sure. Actually, he's an almost mortally-wounded man who thinks he died and is an angel "on probation." So what you get is the Liberal ideal of what an "angel" would be (see above) but who also uses the Lord's name in vain, cheats and lies - not exactly according to the Book. Of course, part of that is played strictly for laughs.
Overall, it's still what they call a "cute" movie. I guess you could also call it a good "date" movie.
This shows a hidden quality in Hogan's writing that Hollywood missed in his post-Crocodile Dundee movies, and is also in evidence in Lightning Jack and the part of Cuba Gooding Jnr. This movie may not have the charm of Dundee, but the comedy is there and it is certainly more thought provoking about our attitudes to the disabled.
A very good movie.
Did you know
- TriviaAccording to Paul Hogan, when he was interviewed about the film, he had been offered the lead role of Sam Wheat in another supernatural film, Ghost (1990), which eventually went to Patrick Swayze. Hogan said he had read the script and it was not funny. He wanted Swayze to play the role of Steve Garner in this film, but Swayze turned down the offer. The part went to Elias Koteas.
- Goofs(at around 1 min) The priest is shown Terry's arrest record by a police officer. The record is for an arrest on January 12, 1986, and shows his date of birth as October 25, 1952, and his age as 37. Terry would have been 33 on that date in 1986, not 37.
- Quotes
Terry Dean: I'm dead aren't I? Where the hell am I? You God?
God: You're not a religious man are you, Mr Dean?
Terry Dean: No but, I did plan to get very religious just before I died. You know, just in case.
God: Yes.
Terry Dean: Left it a bit late, didn't I?
God: Hmmm. Let me put it in language you'll understand. You're on probation, Mr Dean. Think of me as your probation officer.
Terry Dean: Probation officer? Sure.
God: I've been through your sheet, Mr Dean. You have a criminal record that started when you were nine years old.
Terry Dean: Yeah, well... I don't suppose I can lie to you, Sir.
God: You can try. You're almost a mystery. In your entire life you did nothing but take. Yet at the end you gave the noblest gift; you gave your life for another being.
Terry Dean: Well it seemed like the right thing to do at the time.
God: Rubbish! It was instinct. If you'd had time to think you wouldn't have done it. Nevertheless, your instinct has earned you another chance. Probation, Mr Dean.
Terry Dean: How does that work?
God: You will go back and dedicate yourself to helping others. Giving not taking. You will become an Angel of Mercy.
Terry Dean: An angel? Me?
God: Probationary. Strictly on a trial basis. You will not speak of this incident to anyone.
Terry Dean: Your honour, does this happen all the time when people get sent back to help out?
God: From time to time, worthy people are chosen to be Angels of Mercy. But these are difficult times, Mr Dean. In this century you're the first scumbag we've sent back.
Terry Dean: Scumbag? That's a bit much, isn't it? Scumbag?
- SoundtracksSome Wings
Music by Maurice Jarre
Lyrics by Ray Underwood
Performed by Vanessa Williams
Conducted and Produced by Maurice Jarre
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Box office
- Budget
- $25,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $6,939,946
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,608,365
- Dec 25, 1990
- Gross worldwide
- $6,939,946
- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
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- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1