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Box office. $119.7 million [1] Michael is a 1996 American comedy fantasy film directed by Nora Ephron. The film stars John Travolta as the Archangel Michael, who is sent to Earth to do various tasks, including mending some wounded hearts. The cast also includes Jean Stapleton, Andie MacDowell, William Hurt, Bob Hoskins, Joey Lauren Adams, and ...
- $119.7 million
- Randy Newman
- December 25, 1996
Dec 25, 1996 · Michael: Directed by Nora Ephron. With John Travolta, Andie MacDowell, William Hurt, Bob Hoskins. Two tabloid reporters checking out a report of the Archangel Michael living with an old woman find that it's true.
- (44K)
- Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
- Nora Ephron
- 1996-12-25
Synopsis. Michael (John Travolta) is not a stereotypical archangel. He epitomizes the freedom that an angel might command if living among mere mortals. As the tagline says, "He's an angel, not a saint." Two reporters, Frank Quinlan (William Hurt) and Huey Driscoll (Robert Pastorelli), one cynical and the other innocent, work for a tabloid ...
lead film recordist: SPI (as Ken Kurras) Allen Mansour ... visual effects equipment manager: SPI Michael J. McAlister ... visual effects director of photography: SPI (as Mike McAlister) John McGee ... matte painter: SPI Mickey McGovern ... visual effects producer: SPI M. Scott McKee ...
Unshaven, chain-smoking archangel Michael (Travolta) is discovered in an elderly woman's home by a group of cynical tabloid writers, who resolve to prove his existence to the world.
- Nora Ephron
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Dec 27, 1996 · The movie evokes Michael as a character of whimsical, petulant, brilliant, perplexing charm. Travolta plays the angel as a tourist who has grown fond of Earth during many previous visits and regrets that this one is his last blast: “There are only so many visits allowed.”.
Dec 29, 2023 · Michael means “who resembles God” or “who is like God,” which implies a likeness, most likely of character. The word “archangel” is a transliteration of the Greek archangelos. The term combines “archon ,” which means “chief,” and “angelos ,” which translates to “messenger” or “angel.”. Both Bible references to an ...
