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Release Date:
25 December 1996 (USA)
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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
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'Murphy Brown' Actor Robert Pastorelli Found Dead
(From WENN. 9 March 2004)
Truth In Credits?
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 13 March 1998)
(From WENN. 9 March 2004)
Truth In Credits?
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 13 March 1998)
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John Travolta will 'ruffle your feathers'…
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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 |
 | 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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Rated PG for a mild barroom brawl, some language and sensuality.
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105 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:L |
South Korea:15 |
Argentina:Atp |
Australia:PG |
Austria:U |
Finland:S |
France:U |
Germany:6 (w) |
Netherlands:AL |
Peru:PT |
Portugal:M/12 |
Singapore:PG |
Spain:T |
Sweden:7 |
UK:PG |
USA:PG (certificate no. 34653)
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Miscellaneous: When the group first leaves Pansy's house, and they're driving down the highway on their way back to Chicago, the rear-view mirror appears and disappears, depending on the shot. Views from inside the car show the mirror. Views looking in from the outside reveal the mirror is missing.
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Dorothy Winters:
It's cookies, he smells like cookies, and the smell gets stronger when he's in heat.
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Crazy Arms
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| NOT to be confused with REAL angels! | jimor |
| Movie Theme | lucasbhz |
| 'Michael' and 'Phenomenon' = 2... | manannan |
| Feels Like Home? | ask386 |
| Sound Trach? | jokoco |
| Film Location | jhdowner |
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…in this, yet again, Nora Ephron pleaser. How can you not sniggle, laugh, guffaw and even cheer for a love-handled, smoking, suger-eating, beer-drinking, bull-charging, bar-dancing Archangel who sloops cereal and pie with his whole left-hand wrapped around a spoon-handle while outfitted in Vinnie Barbarino's middle-aged body with wings? It's one of the most ludicrous, classic, side-splitting images available on the silver screen. And if you don't 'get' that image, here's a quarter --- go buy yourself a life.
I found the supporting cast, well -- well-cast. Hurt, MacDowell, Pastorelli, Hoskins, Stapleton et al played the characters they were given to a 'T." And despite Travolta stealing the show, those characters are quintessential to the storyline – you'll see. Though this is a simple feel-good story (nothing complicated to follow, just out of the ordinary) with laughs, sniffles and a touch of heart, you can't get out of this without some introspection into your own life. Maybe that's why the IMDb nay-sayers of this film have such a problem with it (you poor, sad people).
Please – do yourself a favor, ignore the 'lifeless' and treat yourself to something GOOD. Lord knows, we can't get enough of that…