Heaven Can Wait (1978)
Directed by Warren Beatty
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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Some memorables include Heaven Can Wait (1978), Made in Heaven (1987), Ghost (1990), and, earlier this year, City Of Angels .
One of my favorite all-time films is "Heaven Can Wait," Buck Henry and Warren Beatty's remake of "Here Comes Mr. Jordan."
Chris Pine’s Steve Trevor is resurrected from the dead, much like Warren Beatty in “Heaven Can Wait.”
The model for this kind of venture is Kaufman’s “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind” or, better yet, Warren Beatty’s charming, bittersweet “Heaven Can Wait.”