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26 July 1985 (USA) moreTagline:
Thou shalt be cool! morePlot:
When Bobby dies in a car accident he is not allowed to enter heaven but has to stay in one of the lower... more | add synopsisAwards:
1 win moreUser Comments:
An Angel With Dirty Wings. moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Lewis Smith | ... | Bobby Fantana |
 | Jason Gedrick | ... | Lenny Barnes |
 | Jane Kaczmarek | ... | Emily Barnes |
 | Richard Mulligan | ... | Rafferty |
| Mark Metcalf | ... | Joe Barnes |
| Beau Dremann | ... | McIntyre / Bill |
 | Stephen Gregory | ... | Fred Gallo |
| Anne Sawyer | ... | Sharon |
 | Nancy Valen | ... | Melissa |
| Chad Wiggins-Grady | ... | Jerry |
| Scott Stone | ... | Frank |
| William Kerwin | ... | Suburbaner (as Rooney Kerwin) |
| Will Knickerbocker | ... | Max |
| Harold Bergman | ... | Mr. Finley |
| Donna Rosea | ... | Boulevard Girl |
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90 minCountry:
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Iceland:L | Finland:K-12 | Norway:12 (original rating) | UK:15 | USA:PG-13 | Egypt:(Banned)MOVIEmeter: 
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The working title for this movie was "Heavenly Bodies". moreGoofs:
Anachronisms: Lenny should be much older (probably in his twenties) since he is Bobby's son and we know that Bobby died in the early 1960s. Instead the movie portrays Lenny as a high school student/teenager in 1985. moreSoundtrack:
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A kid (Lewis Smith) from the late-1960s (who appears to be from the 1950s due to his antics and wardrobe) dies one night in a chicken car race. He is unable to get into Heaven though because of his life on Earth so thus he goes back to the 1980s and tries to help a dorky high school student (Jason Gedrick) become popular and cool. Also along for the ride is Gedrick's mother/Lewis' old girlfriend (Jane Kaczmarek of "Malcolm in the Middle" fame) and motorcycle-riding guardian angel Richard Mulligan. So many plot holes and predictable twists stall this one pretty fast. Smith and Mulligan do what they can together, but they have elementary-styled aspects of film-making to work with. Everything else is not worth your time or effort. Not the worst film of the time period, but another one of those unwanted footnotes from the mid-1980s. 2 stars out of 5.