Beyond and Back (1978)

Director:

James L. Conway

Writers:

Stephen Lord, Ralph Wilkerson (book)

Stars:

Steve Riley, Vern Adix, Linda Bishop

Cast

Credited cast:
Steve Riley	...	The Medium
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Vern Adix	...	Plato
Linda Bishop	...	Army Nurse
Janet Bylund	...	Nurse
Richard Cannaday	...	Physician
Maxilyn Capel	...	Dr. Stevens
David Chandler	...	Nobleman
Hyde Clayton	...	Sam
Brad Crandall	...	Narrator
Elaine Daniel	...	Janice
Lori Davis	...	Little Girl
Stewart Falcone	...	Dr. Meyers
Norm Keefer	...	Paul Kelly
Norman Keefer	...	Paul Kelly
Anne Lockhart	...	Additional voice

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

near death experience | soul | reincarnation | reenactment | death | 

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Taglines:

Some will believe--others will not. DECIDE FOR YOURSELF!

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Genres:

Documentary

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Certificate:

G

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

31 October 1980 (Colombia)

Also Known As:

Vida después de la vida

Filming Locations:

Utah, USA

Box Office

Gross:

$23,784,000 (USA)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Did You Know?

Crazy Credits

The events you have just seen have been taken from actual accounts, but the names of the persons involved have been changed to preserve their anonymity. All such persons have been portrayed by professional actors and actresses.

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Connections

Featured in Ebert Presents: At the Movies: Classics from the Vault: Movies that Changed the Movies (2011)

User Reviews

Not bad but the scenes get very repetitive

As others have stated, Beyond and Back is a film that deals with the phenomena of those who have had near death experiences, and also talks some about seances and past life regression. While it deals with an interesting subject and has passable production values, the retelling of the near death experiences get to be somewhat tiring after a while. There are about eight experiences reported, and except for the last one dealing with an attempted suicide the stories are all presented the same way, so you almost want to say "here we go again" when a new case is presented. The narrator does an average job explaining everything, but he seems to be trying to imitate Raymond Burr most of the time. Not a great film, but not bad either and is worth watching for anyone interested in psychic phenomena. The video is long out of print and the best way to find it is at an online auction house, which is where I got my copy.