| Front Cover |
Actor |
Back Cover |
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| John Travolta |
Michael
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| Andie MacDowell |
Dorothy Winters
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| William Hurt |
Frank Quinlan
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| Bob Hoskins |
Vartan Malt
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| Robert Pastorelli |
Huey Driscoll
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| Jean Stapleton |
Pansy Milbank
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| Teri Garr |
Judge Esther Newberg
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| Dianne Dreyer |
Jennifer
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| Donald Lee |
court bailiff
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| Carla Cugino |
bride
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| Wallace Langham |
Bruce Craddock
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| Joey Lauren Adams |
Anita
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| Carla Gugino |
Bride
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| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Comedy; Drama; Fantasy; Romance |
| Director |
Nora Ephron |
| Producer |
Sean Daniel; Nora Ephron; G. Mac Brown; Alan B. Curtiss |
| Writer |
Peter Dexter; Jim Quinlan; Nora Ephron; Delia Ephron |
| Studio |
New Line Cinema |
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
PG (Parental Guidance) |
| Running Time |
105 mins |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
| IMDb Rating |
5.4 |
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| Plot |
| There are angels among us...and they like lots of sugar in their coffee. Vartan Malt (Bob Hoskins) is the editor of a tabloid called the National Mirror that specializes in unlikely stories about celebrities and frankly unbelievable tales about ordinary folks. When Malt gets word that a woman is supposedly harboring an angel in a small town in Iowa, he figures that this might be right up the Mirror's alley, so he sends out three people to get the story — Frank Quinlan (William Hurt), a reporter whose career has hit the skids; Huey Discoll (Robert Pastorelli), a photographer on the verge of losing his job (even though he owns the Mirror's mascot, Sparky The Wonder Dog); and Dorothy Winters (Andie MacDowell), a self-styled "angel expert." They arrive at the rooming house of Patsy Millband (Jean Stapleton), who informs them that she does indeed have an angel for a tenant, and introduces them to Michael (John Travolta). Michael has wings like an angel, but the resemblance ends there; Michael loves cigarettes, has an uncontrollable sweet tooth (and a pot belly to match), tends to use a large number of non-angelic phrases, is not much on personal hygiene, and likes to hang out with the ladies. Michael informs his visitors that in Heaven, an angel is allowed a certain number of "vacations" on Earth, and he's in the midst of one now; trouble is, this is the last one he's entitled to, and he wants to make the most of it. Frank and Huey then stumble on a great story idea — if Michael wants to have some fun, why not take him to Chicago, where he can really kick up his heels? Michael was written in part by Jim Quinlan, himself a one-time reporter, though with a much more respectable tabloid than the Mirror — he wrote for the Chicago Sun-Times. — Mark Deming |
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| Product Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
Fullscreen (4:3) |
| Layers |
Single Side, Single Layer |
| UPC (Barcode) |
053939630626 |
| Release Date |
9/3/1997 |
| Subtitles |
English; English (Closed Captioned); French; Spanish |
| Packaging |
Snap Case |
| Audio Tracks |
Dolby Digital 5.1 [English]
Dolby Digital Surround [French]
Dolby Digital Surround [Spanish] |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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Extra Features
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| Interactive Menus Production Notes Scene Access Theatrical Trailer |
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