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After being dumped by his girlfriend, a boy runs away to California. But he ends up in heaven because he dies after trying to help a family from drowning in a river. In heaven he'll meet a b... Read allAfter being dumped by his girlfriend, a boy runs away to California. But he ends up in heaven because he dies after trying to help a family from drowning in a river. In heaven he'll meet a beautiful girl, who has never reincarnated before.After being dumped by his girlfriend, a boy runs away to California. But he ends up in heaven because he dies after trying to help a family from drowning in a river. In heaven he'll meet a beautiful girl, who has never reincarnated before.
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Tim Daly
- Tom Donnelly
- (as Timothy Daly)
Willard E. Pugh
- Guy Blanchard
- (as Willard Pugh)
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- Mr. Packert
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Watching this movie strikes a chord like no other movie I have ever seen. I first saw it several years ago, and it gripped me from the top of my head to the bottom of my toes. I cried like a baby while viewing this movie... not because it made me sad, but because it "evoked a memory of an intangible experience I am not certain I have had yet".
I continue to be challenged by the possibility this movie represents... Whenever I see this movie playing on cable, I try to flick off it... but am inexorably drawn to it... and must watch it in its entirety.
Thats just the way it is...
I continue to be challenged by the possibility this movie represents... Whenever I see this movie playing on cable, I try to flick off it... but am inexorably drawn to it... and must watch it in its entirety.
Thats just the way it is...
Anytime that a movie is made about heaven, there is always the chance that people may find it unbelievable. This was not the case in this wonderful movie.
Timothy Hutton first plays Mike, a young man who dies tragically saving the lives of a woman and her two kids.
Then he does the worst possible thing that he could do. He falls in love in Heaven. In this movie, no matter who you are in Heaven, you will return to Earth.
He falls in love with Annie, played majestically by Kelly McGillis.
To make a long story short, Annie returns to Earth. And Mike begs to be returned, in hopes to find Annie on Earth as he did in Heaven. He has until his Thirtieth Birthday to find her. With Timothy Hutton and Kelly McGillis leading the way,and wonderful supporting performances by Maureen Stapleton, Mare Winningham, Timothy Daly, and someone who we will just call Emmett, Made in Heaven will touch your heart, make you think, and will show you that you can always find true love.
Timothy Hutton first plays Mike, a young man who dies tragically saving the lives of a woman and her two kids.
Then he does the worst possible thing that he could do. He falls in love in Heaven. In this movie, no matter who you are in Heaven, you will return to Earth.
He falls in love with Annie, played majestically by Kelly McGillis.
To make a long story short, Annie returns to Earth. And Mike begs to be returned, in hopes to find Annie on Earth as he did in Heaven. He has until his Thirtieth Birthday to find her. With Timothy Hutton and Kelly McGillis leading the way,and wonderful supporting performances by Maureen Stapleton, Mare Winningham, Timothy Daly, and someone who we will just call Emmett, Made in Heaven will touch your heart, make you think, and will show you that you can always find true love.
A "chick flick" with some thought put into it, "Made in Heaven" reminds us why Timothy Hutton is such a good actor. His wonderful performance in a movie that could have been trite, makes the viewer love the "written-in-the-stars" romance that blossoms on screen. Hutton's character dies and goes to heaven, where he meets Kelly McGillis, who has yet to be born on Earth. The two fall in love and are married in heaven. When her turn to born happens, he convinces the powers-that-be to let him return to Earth and find her. Of course, neither one will remember their love in heaven....and therein lies the rub.
A romantic movie about how someone can fall in love on first sight. What I like about this movie is its simplicity. They meet and they fall in love but as all relationships go, they lose each other. Unfortunately life is the reason. Elmo Barnett [Tim Hutton] must find his true love Ally Chandler [Kelly mcgillis] in life and he only has till his 30th birthday to do so. Kelly Mcgillis plays an emotional love sick adult that holds onto love that doesn't exist but in her mind it does. For a low cost movie I found it refreshing and emotionally strong.
I absolutly LOVE this movie. The charm and magic of the movie inspire me since I was 9 years old. Thimothy is fabulous and drives the movie to the paces of the character smoothly. For those who doesn't have a bitter heart and wants more than a Meg Ryan movie.
I'm the fan number one of the movie that must be seen by the ones searching for the twin soul.
The songs are also brilliant !!
I'm the fan number one of the movie that must be seen by the ones searching for the twin soul.
The songs are also brilliant !!
Did you know
- TriviaThe role of Emmett is credited to "himself" in the end credits, but was actually played by Debra Winger, who was married to Timothy Hutton at the time of filming.
- GoofsWhen Timothy Hutton's character is touring a grade school in Heaven, the teacher (wearing the pith helmet) incorrectly tells his students that the Blue and Gold Macaw is from Suriname South 'Africa', when in fact Macaws are indigenous to Central and South America, and Suriname is in South America.
- Crazy creditsAnd starring Emmett as himself
- SoundtracksWe've Never Danced
Words & Music by Neil Young
Performed by Martha Davis
Courtesy of Capitol Records
Produced by Richie Zito
©1987 Silver Fiddle Music and Marilor Music / ASCAP
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- Budget
- $13,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $4,572,845
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $1,678,154
- Nov 8, 1987
- Gross worldwide
- $4,572,845
- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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What is the French language plot outline for Made in Heaven: Bienvenue au paradis (1987)?
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