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Golden Globe Best Performance By an Actor in a Motion Picture - Musical or Comedy 1979 · Winner
Golden Globe Best Motion Picture - Comedy or Musical 1979 · Winner
Golden Globe Best Performance By an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture 1979 · Winner
Academy Award Art Direction 1979 · Winner
Academy Award Actor in a Leading Role 1979 · Nominated
Academy Award Directing 1979 · Nominated
Academy Award Best Picture 1979 · Nominated
Academy Award Cinematography 1979 · Nominated
Academy Award Actress in a Supporting Role 1979 · Nominated
Academy Award Music (Original Score) 1979 · Nominated
Academy Award Writing (Screenplay - Based on Material From Another Medium) 1979 · Nominated
Academy Award Actor in a Supporting Role 1979 · Nominated
Heaven Can Wait. Jump to. 9 wins & 14 nominations. Academy Awards, USA. 1979 Nominee Oscar. Best Picture. Warren Beatty. 1979 Nominee Oscar. Best Actor in a Leading Role. Warren Beatty. 1979 Nominee Oscar. Best Actor in a Supporting Role. Jack Warden. 1979 Nominee Oscar. Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Dyan Cannon. 1979 Nominee Oscar.
The film was nominated for nine Academy Awards, with Beatty becoming the second person (after Orson Welles for Citizen Kane) to be nominated for producing (Best Picture), directing (Best Director with Henry), writing (Best Adapted Screenplay with May) and acting for the same film, and the film won for Best Art Direction.
- $6 million
- June 28, 1978
- Warren Beatty
- Dave Grusin
Heaven Can Wait 9 NOMINATIONS, 1 WIN * Art Direction - Art Direction: Paul Sylbert, Edwin O'Donovan; Set Decoration: George Gaines
Academy Awards: Outstanding Motion Picture: Ernst Lubitsch: Nominated Best Director: Nominated Best Cinematography – Color: Edward Cronjager: Nominated Hugo Awards: Best Dramatic Presentation – Long Form: Samson Raphaelson and Ernst Lubitsch Won Photoplay Awards: Best Performances of the Month (September) Gene Tierney and Don Ameche: Won
- Ernst Lubitsch
- Ernst Lubitsch
- Birthday/Születésnap, 1934 play, by Ladislaus Bus-Fekete
- Samson Raphaelson
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36th Golden Globe Awards; Date: January 27, 1979: Highlights; Best Film: Drama: Midnight Express : Best Film: Musical or Comedy: Heaven Can Wait : Best Drama Series: 60 Minutes : Best Musical or Comedy Series: Taxi
DramaComedy Or MusicalMidnight Express Coming Home Days of ...Heaven Can Wait California Suite Foul ...Jon Voight – Coming Home as Luke Martin ...Jane Fonda – Coming Home as Sally Hyde ...Warren Beatty – Heaven Can Wait as Joe ...Ellen Burstyn – Same Time, Next Year as ...John Hurt – Midnight Express as Max Bruce ...Dyan Cannon – Heaven Can Wait as Julia ...- 60 Minutes
- Taxi
- Midnight Express
- January 27, 1979
Ernst Lubitsch’s Heaven Can Wait, nominated for Academy Awards for best picture and director, is an enduring classic that showcases the filmmaker’s trademark blend of wit, urbanity, and grace. Deceased playboy Henry Van Cleve (Don Ameche) presents himself to the outer offices of Hades, where he asks a bemused Satan for permission to enter ...
Film Details. Awards. Articles & Reviews. Quotes. Trivia. Notes. Brief Synopsis. When a football player dies early, he gets a second chance in the body of a crooked industrialist. Photos & Videos. View All. Heaven Can Wait (1978) -- (Movie Clip) Opening, Lookin' Good! Heaven Can Wait (1978) - (Original Trailer)