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.
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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 | |
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Donald J. Lee Jr. | ... | Court Bailiff |
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Frank Quinlan and Huey Driscoll, two reporters from a Chicago-based tabloid, along with Dorothy Winters, an 'angel expert', are asked to travel to rural Iowa to investigate a claim from an old woman that she shares her house with a real, live archangel named Michael. Upon arrival, they see that her claims are true - but Michael is not what they expected: he smokes, drinks beer, has a very active libido and has a rather colourful vocabulary. In fact, they would never believe it were it not for the two feathery wings protruding from his back. Michael agrees to travel to Chicago with the threesome, but what they don't realise is that the journey they are about to undertake will change their lives forever. Written by Jonathan Broxton <j.w.broxton@sheffield.ac.uk>
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He's an angel... Not a saint.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG for a mild barroom brawl, some language and sensuality | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USARelease Date:
25 December 1996 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Майкл See more »Filming Locations:
Gruene Hall - 1281 Gruene Road, New Braunfels, Comal County, Texas, USA See more »Edit
Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$27,629,196, 29 December 1996, Wide ReleaseGross USA:
$95,318,203Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$119,718,203Company Credits
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1.85 : 1
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(1939)
Music by Jimmy Van Heusen
Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Published by Lewis Music Co., Inc. (ASCAP)
administered by Music Sales Corp./Bourne Co. (ASCAP)/Johnny Mercer Music Publishing Co., Inc. (ASCAP)
administered by WB Music Corp. (ASCAP)
Performed by Frank Sinatra
Courtesy of Capitol Records
Under license from EMI-Capitol Music Special Markets
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Music by Jimmy Van Heusen
Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
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administered by Music Sales Corp./Bourne Co. (ASCAP)/Johnny Mercer Music Publishing Co., Inc. (ASCAP)
administered by WB Music Corp. (ASCAP)
Performed by Frank Sinatra
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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