Almost an Angel (1990)

Director:

John Cornell

Writer:

Paul Hogan

Release Date:

19 December 1990 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

This time, the guy from down under is working for the man upstairs.

Plot:

A small time crook becomes convinced he has become an angel after a traumatic incident and resolves to perform the work of one.

Plot Keywords:

Angel | Mission | Disability | TV Evangelist | Sergeant

Cast

Paul Hogan	...	Terry Dean
Elias Koteas	...	Steve Garner
Linda Kozlowski	...	Rose Garner
Doreen Lang	...	Mrs. Garner
Douglas Seale	...	Father
Ruth Warshawsky	...	Irene Bealeman
Parley Baer	...	George Bealeman
Michael Alldredge	...	Det. Sgt. Freebody
David Alan Grier	...	Det. Bill
Larry Miller	...	Teller
Travis Venable	...	Bubba
Robert Sutton	...	Guido
Ben Slack	...	Rev. Barton, TV Evangelist
Troy Curvey Jr.	...	Tom the Guard
Eddie Frias	...	Young Guard Trainee
Peter Mark Vasquez	...	Thug
Lyle J. Omori	...	Thug's Crony
Joseph Walton	...	Prisoner #1
Steven Brill	...	2nd Male Teller
Richard Grove	...	Uniformed Cop
Susie Duff	...	Mother
Justin Murphy	...	Small Boy
Gregory J. Barnett	...	Driver (Van) (as Greg Barnett)
Ray Reinhardt	...	Doctor
Laurie Souza	...	Young Nurse
Hank Worden	...	Pop, Patient in Hospital
Vickilyn Reynolds	...	Nancy, Bank Customer #1
Shawn Schepps	...	Janet, Bank Customer #2
Candi Milo	...	Bank Teller
Randy Vasquez	...	Hood Nervo at Bank
Michael Runyard	...	Hood Driver at Bank (as Mike Runyard)
Tony Veneto	...	Wino in Lane
Doug Ford	...	Man with 'T' Shirt
Charles David Richards	...	Homeless Man
Brian Frank	...	Bonzo Burger Server
Linda Kurimoto	...	Cindy Miamoto TV Reporter
Stephanie Hodge	...	Diner Waitress
Bob Minor	...	Joe, Moses Bros. Truck Driver
Leslie Morris	...	Paradise Bar Bartender
Don G. Ross	...	Man at Bar
Hal Landon Jr.	...	Paradise Bar Local
Steph DuVall	...	Paradise Bar Pool Player
William De Acutis	...	Small Town Older Hood
Sean Stanek	...	Small Town Younger Hood (as Sean Faro)
Christian Benz Belnavis	...	Boxing Boy
Jeri Windom	...	Girl
E'Lon Cox	...	Boy #1 (as E'Lon)
Jason Marsden	...	Boy #2
Bert David DeFrancis	...	Boy #3
Anthony Trujillo	...	Boy #4
Peter Stader	...	Jerry's Hit Truck Driver
Joey LeMond	...	Paramedic
Joe Dallesandro	...	Bank Hood Leader
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Thomas F. Duffy	...	(uncredited)
Charlton Heston	...	God (uncredited)

Directed by
John Cornell

Writing credits
Paul Hogan

Produced by
John Cornell	....	producer
Paul Hogan	....	executive producer
Mark Turnbull	....	associate producer
Kelly Van Horn	....	line producer

Original Music by
Maurice Jarre

Cinematography by
Russell Boyd

Film Editing by
David Stiven

Casting by
Dianne Crittenden

Production Design by
Henry Bumstead

Art Direction by
Bernie Cutler
David Stiven

Costume Design by
April Ferry

Makeup Department
Ken Diaz	....	makeup department head

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
David Cass Jr.	....	second second assistant director
Francis R. Mahony III	....	second assistant director
Mark Turnbull	....	first assistant director

Art Department
William A. Barry	....	set dresser
Frank L. Brown	....	assistant propmaster
Leonard Cross	....	lead person
James M. Davis	....	construction foreman
John Harris	....	set designer
C.J. Maguire	....	property master
William B. Major	....	production illustrator
Louis M. Mann	....	set designer
Joseph Musso	....	production illustrator
Peter Ramsey	....	continuity artist (as Peter A. Ramsey)
Mike Rutgard	....	set dresser (as Mike S. Rutgard)
John Schacht	....	lead man (as John A. Schacht)
Mark Sparks	....	propmaker foreman

Sound Department
Shannon Alston	....	cable person
Thomas Brandau	....	sound mixer
Greg Curda	....	foley mixer
Ken Dufva	....	foley artist
Gregory G. Gest	....	sound re-recordist
Walter A. Gest	....	sound re-recordist
Matthew Harrison	....	foley editor
Michael Herbick	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jerome R. Vitucci	....	boom operator
George Watters II	....	supervising sound editor

Visual Effects by
Richard Yuricich	....	optical effects coordinator

Stunts
Laura Dash	....	stunts
Mike De Luna	....	stunts
Andy Gill	....	stunts
Jack Gill	....	stunts
James M. Halty	....	stunts (as James Halty)
Rawn Hutchinson	....	stunts
Gene LeBell	....	stunts
Chris Nielsen	....	stunts
Ernie F. Orsatti	....	stunts (as Ernie Orsatti)
Noon Orsatti	....	stunts
David Perna	....	stunts (as Dave Perna)
Ronnie Rondell Jr.	....	stunts (as Ronnie Rondell)
R.A. Rondell	....	stunts
Spike Silver	....	stunt coordinator
Mike Tillman	....	stunts

Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Anderson	....	grip
Audie Aragon	....	dolly grip
Brian Bansgrove	....	chief lighting technician
Ray Brown	....	first company grip
Brad Emmons	....	electrician
Jerry Enright	....	electrician
Rusty Geller	....	panaglide operator
Adam Glick	....	set lighting technician
Kelly Green	....	second assistant camera
Kenji Inouye	....	grip
Buzz Jochheim	....	grip (as Robert G. Jochheim)
Stephen Johnstone	....	electrician
Kevin J. Lang	....	electrician
Peter Menzies Jr.	....	camera operator
Bob Miyamoto	....	second company grip (as Robert Miyamoto)
Randy Nolen	....	panaglide operator
Rudy Pahoyo	....	camera loader
Brad Rea	....	grip
Tony Rivetti	....	first assistant camera: "a"camera, steadicam
Richard Smock	....	electrician
Peter Sorel	....	still photographer
Roger Spurgeon	....	lighting technician: musco light
Monte Swann	....	video playback operator
Joseph F. Valentine	....	panaglide operator
Randy Nolen	....	Steadicam operator (uncredited)

Casting Department
Joy Dickson	....	casting associate

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lois DeArmond	....	costume illustrator

Editorial Department
Jim Makiej	....	second assistant editor
Chris Peppe	....	assistant editor
Stella Savvas	....	assistant editor
Yôko Seto	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Tom Boyd	....	musician: oboe soloist
Dan Carlin Sr.	....	music editor
George Doering	....	musician
Shawn Murphy	....	scoring mixer
Maria Newman	....	musician
Patrick Russ	....	orchestrator
James Thatcher	....	musician: french horn

Other crew
Delvene Cornell	....	still photo coordinator
Lee Dillow	....	coordinating executive
Stacy Hagen	....	assistant production accountant
Kevin Halloran	....	location manager
Monica Harmon	....	assistant to producer
Kate Heyhoe	....	production coordinator
Andrew C. Keeter	....	assistant location manager
Daphne Paris	....	script supervisor
Frank Ramey	....	production assistant
Eric P. Steckler	....	assistant accountant
Jim Stubblefield	....	production assistant
Thais Zoe	....	assistant production coordinator

Production Companies

• Ironbark Films

Distributors

• Paramount Pictures (1990) (USA) (theatrical)
• CIC Vídeo (????) (Brazil) (VHS)
• CIC-Taft Home Video (????) (Australia) (VHS)
• Legend Films (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Video (1991) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Paramount Home Video (????) (USA) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Reeltime Creative  trailer music

Also Known As:

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Finland:S | Iceland:L | Australia:PG | USA:PG (Certificate #30011) | UK:PG

Filming Locations:

Echo Park, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Ironbark Films

Trivia:

Final film of Hank Worden.

Goofs:

Factual errors: (at around 1 min) The priest is shown Terry's arrest record by a police officer. The record is for an arrest on January 12, 1986, and shows his date of birth as October 25, 1952, and his age as 37. Terry would have been 33 on that date in 1986, not 37.

Movie Connections:

Features "Santa Barbara" (1984)

Hogan's hidden writing qualities.

One of the most overlooked performances in years goes to Elias Koteas as the paraplegic who introduces the 'born again' Hogan into the story of a care centre under threat of closure. It is sensitive and touching without being over sentimental or condescending.

This shows a hidden quality in Hogan's writing that Hollywood missed in his post-Crocodile Dundee movies, and is also in evidence in Lightning Jack and the part of Cuba Gooding Jnr. This movie may not have the charm of Dundee, but the comedy is there and it is certainly more thought provoking about our attitudes to the disabled.

A very good movie.