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Release Date:
22 December 1989 (USA)
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Tagline:
They couldn't hear him. They couldn't see him. But he was there when they needed him... Even after he was gone.
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A romantic adventure about a legendary pilot's passion for dare-devil firefighting and his girl. full summary | add synopsis
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Forest Fire
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Falling In Love
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Ghost
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Firefighting
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2 nominations
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(16 articles)
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A graceful swan song for Audrey Hepburn
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Richard Dreyfuss | ... | Pete Sandich |
 | Holly Hunter | ... | Dorinda Durston |
 | Brad Johnson | ... | Ted Baker |
 | John Goodman | ... | Al Yackey |
 | Audrey Hepburn | ... | Hap |
 | Roberts Blossom | ... | Dave |
 | Keith David | ... | Powerhouse |
| Ed Van Nuys | ... | Nails |
 | Marg Helgenberger | ... | Rachel |
 | Dale Dye | ... | Don |
 | Brian Haley | ... | Alex |
 | James Lashly | ... | Charlie |
| Michael Steve Jones | ... | Grey |
 | Kim Robillard | ... | Air Traffic Controller |
| Jim Sparkman | ... | Dispatcher |
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122 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) |
Dolby (35 mm prints)
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Spain:T |
South Korea:15 |
Brazil:Livre |
Portugal:M/12 (Q) |
Argentina:13 |
Chile:14 |
Finland:K-12 |
France:U |
Iceland:L |
Peru:14 |
Singapore:PG |
Sweden:11 |
UK:PG |
USA:PG |
West Germany:12 |
Australia:PG
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The tune Pete Sandich whistles when he's nervous is an Irish jig titled "Garry Owen". This song was the official song of the Seventh Cavalry of the U.S. Army - General Custer's cavalry. When he is nervous, Pete whistles the theme song of a doomed man.
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Factual errors: At the climax of the film, a group of endangered smokejumpers is supposedly making their way to a river and safety. However, they are clearly moving uphill. You move uphill to get to a ridge (a fairly safe place to be in a wildfire); you move downhill to get to a river. Also, the entire notion of using retardant drops to save lives from a running timber fire is bogus. Retardant is dropped to slow down (retard) fires so they can be fought more safely, not to save lives.
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Dorinda Durston:
[after a tirade as to how she fears for his life every day] I love you, Pete... but I'm not enjoying it.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in All the Rage (1999)
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Soundtrack:
SMOKE GETS IN YOUR EYES
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At first glance, Always looks like a variation of Ghost, until one realizes it is a remake of a much older movie. But it has something Ghost certainly did not have -- Audrey Hepburn.
In what would be her final big-screen appearance, Audrey is radiant as the angel Hap, who appears all too briefly in the film. From the moment her famous voice is heard, time seems to stop. True, Audrey doesn't have a lot to say -- although her Doctor Who-like non-explanation about time is funny -- the few moments she is on screen are minutes to treasure. If Judi Dench and Ingrid Bergman were able to get Oscars for glorified cameos, it's a shame Hepburn didn't rate a nomination.
Of course, much of what's special about Audrey's role in this film comes from hindsight -- the fact she only had a couple more years to live, and the fact she had only appeared a few times on film in the previous 20 years. But we can be thankful to Steven Spielberg for not only getting Audrey to make the appearance, but also for giving her a classy film in which to make her swan song.