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Heaven Can Wait is a 1978 American sports fantasy comedy-drama film directed by Warren Beatty and Buck Henry about a young man (played by Beatty) being mistakenly taken to heaven by his guardian angel, and the resulting complications of how this mistake can be undone, given that his earthly body has been cremated.
Jun 28, 1978 · Heaven Can Wait: Directed by Warren Beatty, Buck Henry. With Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, James Mason, Jack Warden. A Los Angeles Rams quarterback, accidentally taken away from his body by an overanxious angel before he was meant to die, returns to life in the body of a recently murdered millionaire.
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- Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
- Warren Beatty, Buck Henry
- 1978-06-28
Heaven Can Wait (1978) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
An overanxious angel plucks him to heaven only to discover that he wasn't ready to die, and that his body has been cremated. A new body must be found, and that of a recently-murdered millionaire is chosen.
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- Paramount
- Warren Beatty, Buck Henry
Once he decided to direct and write Heaven Can Wait himself, Beatty enlisted Buck Henry as co-director, and Elaine May as co-writer. Henry also played the hapless escort whose mistake sets Joe's predicament in motion.
Heaven Can Wait is a 1978 American fantasy-comedy film co-directed by Warren Beatty and Buck Henry. It was the second film adaptation of Harry Segall's play of the same name, being preceded by Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941). The film was nominated for nine Academy Awards.
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Heaven Can Wait is a film directed by Warren Beatty, Buck Henry with Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Jack Warden, Dyan Cannon .... Year: 1978. Original title: Heaven Can Wait. Synopsis: When L.A. Rams quarterback Joe Pendleton (Warren Beatty) is plucked from Earth too soon by an overzealous angel, he is sent back to Earth in another, older body.
