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Bookmark this pageMade in Heaven (1987)
Director: Alan Rudolph
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From Time Out Film Guide
Back in the '50s, Mike (Hutton) dies saving a family from a car accident. In heaven he falls in love with Annie (McGillis), a new soul waiting to be born, and he's forced to gamble on 30 more years on earth in order to search out his lost love. Will they meet again? Unlikely; he's reincarnated as under-achieving would-be musician Elmo, she as wealthy, talented Ally, spliced to an ambitious film-maker. Offbeat and very imaginative, Rudolph's movie displays the same absolute control of atmosphere - both celestial and worldly - that made his earlier work so tantalising. The narrative drifts a little as Elmo and Ally make their separate ways through the '60s, and the ending taxes credibility. But the film looks a treat, the performances are convincing and charismatic, and the result, as they say, is a real charmer.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: Alan Rudolph
Producer: Raynold Gideon, Bruce Evans, David Blocker
Cast: Timothy Hutton, Kelly McGillis, Maureen Stapleton, Ann Wedgeworth, James Gammon, Debra Winger, Ellen Barkin, Don Murray, Timothy Daly, Amanda Plummer full cast
Duration: 102 mins
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