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The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2004) -- On his 83rd birthday, Eddie (Voight), a war vet and a maintenance worker at the Ruby Pier amusement park...

Overview

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Director:
Lloyd Kramer
Writers (WGA):
Mitch Albom (book)
Mitch Albom (teleplay)
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Release Date:
24 April 2005 (Hungary) more
Genre:
Drama | Fantasy more
Tagline:
All ending are beginnings. We just don't know it at the time...
Plot:
On his 83rd birthday, Eddie (Voight), a war vet and a maintenance worker at the Ruby Pier amusement park... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Primetime Emmy. Another 6 nominations more
User Comments:
All Endings Are Also Beginning more (77 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Jon Voight ... Edward 'Eddie'

Ellen Burstyn ... Ruby

Jeff Daniels ... Blue Man

Dagmara Dominczyk ... Marguerite
Steven Grayhm ... Young Eddie

Michael Imperioli ... Captain

Callum Keith Rennie ... Eddie's Father
Rebecca Jenkins ... Eddie's Mother
Callahan Brebner ... Boy Eddie
Nicaela Weigel ... Tala
Shelbie Weigel ... Tala

Darcy Cadman ... Young Joe
Tim O'Halloran ... Mickey Shea

Zak Santiago ... Dominguez

Emy Aneke ... Willy
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Additional Details

Runtime:
180 min (including commercials) | Finland:160 min (2 parts)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The newspaper headline in Eddie's apartment reads, "Police Doubt Fire Was Accidental". The same headline appears in the movie Mrs. Doubtfire (1993) and is where the character gets her name. more
Quotes:
Blue Man: Fairness does not govern life and death...If it did, no good man would ever die young... more

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8 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
All Endings Are Also Beginning, 24 September 2008
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Author: Claudio Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Eddie (John Voight) is the responsible for the maintenance of the Ruby Pier amusement park and a veteran of World War II. While trying to save a five year old girl from an accident with ride that is falling after rupturing the wire, Eddie dies. He awakes in Heaven, and the Blue Man (Jeff Daniels) explains him that he will have a journey meeting five people in their heavens that will show the importance of his life before he goes to the next level.

"The Five People You Meet in Heaven" was a great surprise for me, with a beautiful and heartwarming message of the importance of an individual's life, following the idea of Frank Capra's masterpiece "It's a Wonderful Life", when George Bailey finds the importance of his life for the dwellers of Bedford Falls. The only problem with this contemporary movie is the too long running time, developing the story in an excessive low-pace; it could be shorter and developed in a more adequate pace. But anyway I encourage my family and friends to watch this touching movie. My vote is seven.

Title (Brazil): "As Cinco Pessoas Que Você Encontra no Céu" ("The Five People You Meet in Heaven")

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