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Heaven Can Wait (DVD, 1999) 
Heaven Can Wait (DVD, 1999)

 
Heaven Can Wait (DVD, 1999)

Leading Role: Julie Christie
Rating: Rated PG
Release Date: Jul 1999
Format: DVD
UPC: 097360110975
Product ID: EPID3086210
Description: When L.A. Rams quarterback Joe Pendleton (Beatty) is plucked from Earth too soon by an overzealous angel, he is sent back to Earth in another, older body. He struggles to regain his old spot in the line-up while straightening out his hos...
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Movie Description
When L.A. Rams quarterback Joe Pendleton (Beatty) is plucked from Earth too soon by an overzealous angel, he is sent back to Earth in another, older body. He struggles to regain his old spot in the line-up while straightening out his host's tangled affairs. Based not on the 1943 movie of the same name, but on 1941's Here Comes Mr. Jordan. Academy Award Nominations: 9, including Best Picture, Best Actor: Warren Beatty, Best Director: Beatty/Henry, Best Adapted Screenplay: Elaine May/Warren Beatty.

Credits
Producer:Charles McGuire, Hawk Koch, Warren Beatty
Cast:Bill Sorrells, Buck Henry, Dick Enberg, Dolph Sweet, Joseph Maher, Larry Block

Notes
DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Widescreen Anamorphic - 1.85
Audio:
   Dolby Digital Mono - English
Additional Release Material:
   Trailer - 1. Original Theatrical
Interactive Features:
   Interactive Menus
   Scene Selection, Theatrical Release: June 28, 1978.

Co-directors Buck Henry and Warren Beatty both made their film directing debuts with "Heaven Can Wait."

Remake of "Here Comes Mr. Jordan" (1941), directed by Alexander Hall.

Shot in California, with Movielab color, Panavision equipment. Released in USA June 28, 1978.

Other cast members included Frank Campanella; Larry Block (Peters); Dick Enberg (The Interviewer); Ed V. Peck (Trainer); Deacon Jones and Curt Gowdy (TV Commentator).

Titles by Wayne Fitzgerald; sound effects editor Dick Oswald; music editor Milton Lustig.

"Sonata #3" by Handel performed by Paul Brodie and Antonin Kubalek.

Editorial Reviews
"...HEAVEN CAN WAIT is an outstanding film....[The] entire cast is excellent....[The] script and direction are very strong, providing a rich mix of visual and verbal humor..."
Variety - Murf. (06/21/1978)

"...A kind of earnest cheerfulness that is sometimes most winning....[Beatty and Christie create] characters of import..."
New York Times - p.C17 - Vincent Canby (06/28/1978)

Awards
1978Academy AwardsBest Art Direction - Set Decoration, 1978Academy AwardsBest Art Direction - Set DecorationPaul Sylbert

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