Movie Description This remake of the 1943 film A GUY NAMED JOE stars Richard Dreyfuss as Pete Sandich, a daredevil pilot who specializes in putting out forest fires. Pete promises his girlfriend, Dorinda (Holly Hunter), that he will stop flying, but when his best friend, Al (John Goodman), gets into engine trouble while fighting a blaze, Pete attempts a daring rescue--saving his friend but killing himself. Waking up in the afterlife, Pete meets an angel, Hap (Audrey Hepburn), who sends him back to earth as a ghost no one can see or hear. When Dorinda flies into a fire to save trapped smoke jumpers, Pete telepathically talks her through the dangerous mission. Hap tells Pete he must help Dorinda overcome her grief and lead her to a new love with a novice pilot (Brad Johnson). While Pete watches the two start their romance, he battles feelings of jealousy and sadness at giving her up. Steven Spielberg and Richard Dreyfuss, while working together on JAWS in 1975, found that they shared an affinity for the 1943 film A GUY NAMED JOE. They managed to come together years later to make their own version of it in ALWAYS.
| Credits | | Cast: | Brad Johnson, Holly Hunter, John Goodman, Richard Dreyfuss |
| Details | | Edition: | Widescreen | | Sound: | Surround Sound |
Notes DVD Features:
Region 1 Keep Case Letterbox - 1.85 Dual Layer Audio: Dolby Digital 4.1 - English Dolby Digital 3.0 - French Additional Release Material: Production Notes Cast & Filmmakers' Bios Film Highlights Trailer - Theatrical Production Notes DVD Rom Features: Web Links, Theatrical release: December 22, 1989.
The film was shot in Montana and Washington State.
Musician J.D. Souther has a small role in the film as a singer in the bar scene.
Before casting Audrey Hepburn, Spielberg first considered Sean Connery for the role of Hap.
Audrey Hepburn made her final screen appearance in ALWAYS.
Editorial Reviews "...The action scenes are excitingly staged....Audrey Hepburn is incandescent..." Rolling Stone - Peter Travers (01/25/1990)
"...[ALWAYS] manages the not inconsiderable feat of making us realise the truth of one man's pain..." Sight and Sound - Tom Milne (03/01/1987)
"...Dreyfuss and Hunter are one fun couple, matching cute for cute, spunk for spunk..." Los Angeles Times - Sheila Benson (12/22/1989)
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