Heaven Can Wait (1978)
Heaven Can Wait is not a remake of the 1943 Heaven Can Wait, but it is a remake of 1941’s Here Comes Mr. Jordan, starring Robert Montgomery and Claude Rains, so if you want to see the original, make sure you rent the right movie.
Both films have the same story: a young man is taken prematurely up to Heaven, but since it was a mistake and he wasn’t supposed to die for decades, the angel Mr. Jordan sends him back to Earth in another man’s body. For the sake of the audience’s confusion, the actor stays the same, but it’s made clear that everyone else in the movie sees him as the other “new” man. If you think about it, it’s really not fair. He may have an extension of life, but he’s placed in another man’s surroundings, with another man’s reputation, house, and wife.
Warren Beatty stars in the remake, and while he’s more likable and gorgeous than Robert Montgomery, there’s still the question hanging above everyone’s heads in the movie: Why was this remade? Since the changes are so minimal from the original, and since there are so many other “God made a mistake” movies out there, why was it necessary to make such a direct remake? The two women in Warren’s “new” life are Dyan Cannon and Julie Christie, but neither are very easy to root for. Dyan is clearly the villain, and Julie is an outrageous, obnoxious protester, but if you’re only in it for the eye candy, you could do a lot worse. James Mason plays the angel Mr. Jordan, and while he adds enormous class and maturity to the film, he’s not sufficiently different from Claude Rains to have justified a remake.
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Both films have the same story: a young man is taken prematurely up to Heaven, but since it was a mistake and he wasn’t supposed to die for decades, the angel Mr. Jordan sends him back to Earth in another man’s body. For the sake of the audience’s confusion, the actor stays the same, but it’s made clear that everyone else in the movie sees him as the other “new” man. If you think about it, it’s really not fair. He may have an extension of life, but he’s placed in another man’s surroundings, with another man’s reputation, house, and wife.
Warren Beatty stars in the remake, and while he’s more likable and gorgeous than Robert Montgomery, there’s still the question hanging above everyone’s heads in the movie: Why was this remade? Since the changes are so minimal from the original, and since there are so many other “God made a mistake” movies out there, why was it necessary to make such a direct remake? The two women in Warren’s “new” life are Dyan Cannon and Julie Christie, but neither are very easy to root for. Dyan is clearly the villain, and Julie is an outrageous, obnoxious protester, but if you’re only in it for the eye candy, you could do a lot worse. James Mason plays the angel Mr. Jordan, and while he adds enormous class and maturity to the film, he’s not sufficiently different from Claude Rains to have justified a remake.
Want to watch it? Click here to watch it on ok.ru. And thanks "Classic Movies Kristine Rose" for posting!
More James Mason movies here!