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Michael (1996)

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User Rating: 5.4/10 (12,194 votes)
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Overview

Director:
Nora Ephron
Writers (WGA):
Peter Dexter (story) &
Jim Quinlan (story) ...
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Release Date:
25 December 1996 (USA) more view trailer
Tagline:
He's an angel... Not a saint.
Plot:
Two tabloid reporters checking out a report of the Archangel Michael living with an old woman find that it's true. But that's not the only surprise. full summary | full synopsis
User Comments:
charming, quirky, offbeat, light, fun ... do not take too seriously more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)

John Travolta ... Michael

Andie MacDowell ... Dorothy Winters

William Hurt ... Frank Quinlan

Bob Hoskins ... Vartan Malt

Robert Pastorelli ... Huey Driscoll

Jean Stapleton ... Pansy Milbank

Teri Garr ... Judge Esther Newberg
Wallace Langham ... Bruce Craddock

Joey Lauren Adams ... Anita, Brown's Waitress

Carla Gugino ... Bride
Tom Hodges ... Groom
Catherine Lloyd Burns ... Evie

Richard Schiff ... Italian Waiter
Calvin Trillin ... Sheriff
Donald J. Lee Jr. ... Court Bailiff
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG for a mild barroom brawl, some language and sensuality.
Runtime:
105 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Portuguese
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital | SDDS
Filming Locations:
Austin, Texas, USA more
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Goofs:
Miscellaneous: When Michael is sitting outside of Brown's Motel, talking to Sparky, big rolls of hay can be seen relatively close to them. In later shots, the hay is in a field much farther off in the distance. more
Quotes:
Frank Quinlan: Bring him back.
Michael: That's not my area.
Frank Quinlan: Would someone please tell me what his area is? Don't give me that "that's not my area" stuff. BRING HIM BACK.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Kevin Spacey/Beck (#22.10)" (1997) more
Soundtrack:
Sittin' By the Side of the Road more

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16 out of 16 people found the following comment useful:-
charming, quirky, offbeat, light, fun ... do not take too seriously, 28 October 2005
8/10
Author: john-herbert22 from United States

Possibly the best John Travolta role ever. Saturday Night Fever was a great movie & role, but a LONG time ago. I can't think of many of his movies or roles I've even liked, and it's easy to think of rotten ones. He can do meanies like in Pulp Fiction, but he makes the perfect funky angel, and it's hard to imagine anyone doing a better (equally slobby) job with it. Plot summaries are available everywhere, but the plot isn't the point. Just go for the ride and enjoy the cleverness of the little funnies along the way. There is nothing to dislike about this movie, unless one is searching for something profound. I wish there were more movies like this. We need a break from deep or awesome or grisly or complex or hysterical.

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Why Psalm 85? gdlindberg
'Michael' wasn't supposed to be a religious movie, idiots! XfeedXyourXheadX
I cry EVERY time *spoiler* krazyj2472002
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