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Release
28/06/1978
Rating
⭐ 6.6/10
Runtime
101 min
Status
Released
Budget
$15,000,000
Revenue
$98,800,000
Genres
FantasyComedyRomance
Languages
English
Production
Paramount Pictures
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Dyan CannonJulia Farnsworth
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Heaven Can Wait

Joe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost killed in an accident. An overanxious angel plucks him to heaven only to discover that he wasn't ready to die, and that his body has been cremated. A new body must be found, and that of a recently-murdered millionaire is chosen. His wife and accountant—the murderers—are confused by this development, as he buys the L.A. Rams in order to once again quarterback them into the Superbowl.

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Geronimo1967
Geronimo19672024-11-23T09:33:41.578Z
6/10

Maybe Warren Beatty was also a fan of Powell & Pressburger as this has shades of "Matter of Life and Death" (1946) to it. Rather than a fighter pilot though, it's quarter-back "Joe" (Beatty) who is erroneously selected to take the Concorde to heaven. He protests to supr...

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