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Heaven Can Wait

Joe Pendleton... the only guy who ever raised Hell about going to Heaven.

6.7(462)19781h 41m3

Joe Pendleton is a quarterback preparing to lead his team to the superbowl when he is almost killed in an accident. 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. His wife and accountant—the murderers—are confused by this development, as he buys the L.A. Rams in order to once again quarterback them into the Superbowl.

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Status
Released
Budget
$15M
Box office
$98.8M
Language
English
  • infidelity
  • sports
  • afterlife
  • american football
  • based on play or musical
  • remake
  • los angeles, california
  • quarterback
  • super bowl
  • environmental activist

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalPG28 Jun 1978
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalPG7 Sept 1978
  • DenmarkDK

    • Physical1128 Jun 1978
  • FinlandFI

    • TheatricalK-1228 Jun 1978
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalTP13 Dec 1978
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical1226 Oct 1978
  • IrelandIE

    • TheatricalPG8 Sept 1978
  • ItalyIT

    • TheatricalT2 Feb 1979
  • JapanJP

    • TheatricalG20 Jan 1979
  • SwedenSE

    • Theatrical1528 Jun 1978

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Heaven Can Wait was released on 28 June 1978.

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    CinemaSerf

    11/23/2024

    6/10

    Maybe Warren Beatty was also a fan of Powell & Pressburger as this has shades of "Matter of Life and Death" (1946) to it. Rather than a fighter pilot though, it's quarter-back "Joe" (Beatty) who is erroneously selected to take the Concorde to heaven. He protests to supremo "Jordan" (James Mason) who discovers that his new charge is still supposed to have another fifty-odd years with his mortal coil. OK, let's just pu…

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