Made in Heaven (1987)

Director:

Alan Rudolph

Writers:

Bruce A. Evans (written by) &
Raynold Gideon (written by)

Release Date:

6 November 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Fantasy

Tagline:

12,000 babies will be born in the United States today. Two will already have fallen in love.

Plot:

After being bumped 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.

Plot Keywords:

Heaven | Love | Angel | Fairy Tale | Reincarnation

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Timothy Hutton	...	Mike Shea / Elmo Barnett
Kelly McGillis	...	Annie Packert / Ally Chandler
Maureen Stapleton	...	Aunt Lisa
Ann Wedgeworth	...	Annette Shea
James Gammon	...	Steve Shea
Mare Winningham	...	Brenda Carlucci
Don Murray	...	Ben Chandler
Tim Daly	...	Tom Donnelly (as Timothy Daly)
David Rasche	...	Donald Sumner
Amanda Plummer	...	Wiley Foxx
Willard E. Pugh	...	Guy Blanchard / Brian Dutton (as Willard Pugh)
Vyto Ruginis	...	Lyman McCray
Neil Young	...	Truck Driver
Tom Petty	...	Stanky
Ric Ocasek	...	Shark

Runtime:

Brazil:102 min | USA:103 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Iceland:L | Australia:PG | Finland:K-10 | USA:PG | West Germany:6 | Argentina:13 | Canada:PG (also TV rating)

Filming Locations:

Georgia, USA

Company:

Lorimar Motion Pictures

Trivia:

Cameo: [Debra Winger]Emmert, the apparently male entity who "runs things" in heaven.

Goofs:

Continuity: As Mike is driving around town, drinking and smoking, he tosses his cigarette out of the window just before he swerves and spins to avoid a car coming straight towards him. In the next shot, he is holding the same cigarette.

Quotes:

Mike: Annie... I'd like to marry you.
Annie: According to heaven, we already are.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in What Dreams May Come (1998)

Soundtrack:

Mr. Soul

excellent love story, with a twist

If you ever you had something and then lost it, looked everywhere but couldn't get a hold of that one thing that mattered so much in your life. Then this is the movie for you! If you ever fell in love, and something happened and you couldn't do anything to keep him/or her.

This movie will touch something inside you and will help you see how it is on the other side of life (heaven).

One thing that got me was that Emmett in the movie was Debra Winger. The main female in the movie "An officer and a Gentleman." That was another twist.