Heaven Can Wait
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- Common Sense Age 12+
- Critics Consensus 87%
- UHD
- Dolby Vision
- CC
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- Romance
- 1 Hour 41 Minutes
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4.6 • 82 Ratings
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Heaven Can Wait is a romantic fantasy about Joe Pendleton (Warren Beatty), a Los Angeles Rams quarterback who is accidentally summoned to Heaven by an overly zealous celestial escort. Pendleton is returned to earth in the body of another man, who is a corporate giant. While practicing to once again play for the Rams, Pendleton must escape attempts on his life while romantically pursuing a beautiful English woman (Julie Christie) who protests the destruction caused to her village by one of his many corporations.
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Heaven Can Wait is a romantic fantasy about Joe Pendleton (Warren Beatty), a Los Angeles Rams quarterback who is accidentally summoned to Heaven by an overly zealous celestial escort. Pendleton is returned to earth in the body of another man, who is a corporate giant. While practicing to once again play for the Rams, Pendleton must escape attempts on his life while romantically pursuing a beautiful English woman (Julie Christie) who protests the destruction caused to her village by one of his many corporations.
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- Rent $3.99
- Buy $14.99
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Ratings and Reviews
Critics Consensus: A throwback to the high-gloss screwball comedies of the 1940s, Heaven Can Wait beguiles with seamless production values and great comic relief from Charles Grodin and Dianne Cannon.
Still-relevant '70s comic fantasy has some profanity.
Cast & Crew
- Cast
- Warren Beatty
- Julie Christie
- James Mason
- Jack Warden
- Charles Grodin
- Dyan Cannon
- Buck Henry
- Vincent Gardenia
- Joseph Maher
- Dolph Sweet
- Director
- Warren Beatty
- Buck Henry
- Producers
- Warren Beatty
- Buck Henry
- Screenwriter
- Warren Beatty
- Elaine May
Information
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
- Genre
- Romance
- Released
- Copyright
- © 1978 Paramount Pictures Corporation. All Rights Reserved
Languages
- Primary
- English (Stereo, CC)
- Additional
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Cantonese (Subtitles), Spanish (Stereo, Subtitles), Thai (Subtitles)
Accessibility
- CC
- Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.