Made in Heaven (1987)

movie

(3676)

Country: USA
Genres: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Release: 1987-11-06
Director: Alan Rudolph
Writers: Bruce A. Evans , Raynold Gideon
Language: English
Stars: Timothy Hutton , Timothy Hutton , Kelly McGillis , Kelly McGillis , Maureen Stapleton , Ann Wedgeworth , James Gammon (I) (1940–2010) , Mare Winningham , Don Murray , Tim Daly , David Rasche , Amanda Plummer
Runtime: 103 min
Awards: 1 win & 2 nominations
AKA: Сделано в Раю , Hecho en el cielo (Spain) , Między niebem a ziemią (Poland) , Amor más allá de la muerte (Colombia) , Taivaassa tavanneet (Finland) , Made in Heaven (India) , メイド・イン・ヘブン (Japan) , Made in Heaven , Hecho en el cielo (Mexico) , Şi îngerii se îndrăgostesc (Romania) , Mennyei szerelem (Hungary) , Gracias al cielo (Argentina) , Paixão Eterna (Brazil) , Accadde in paradiso (Italy) , Ο παράδεισος δεν περιμένει (Greece) , Made in Heaven (United Kingdom) , Ο παράδεισος δεν μπορεί να περιμένει (Greece) , Made in Heaven: Bienvenue au paradis (France, French Republic) , Talhados no Céu (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Made in Heaven (United States of America) , Made in Heaven (Finland) , Bienvenue au paradis (Canada)
Plot: In 1952 while driving to California to start his life anew, twenty-something Mike Shea accidentally dies while doing a heroic act. Despite floundering in his life - he was having troubles holding a steady job and his supposed girlfriend was about to marry someone else - he was not ready to leave the living. In heaven, he learns that despite it being a fantastical other world existence, he still has human emotions, such as romantic love, which he feels for a "new" soul he meets named Annie Packert (i.e. she has never been among the living on Earth), who in turn loves him. He also learns that one's next life is somewhat predetermined by their stay in heaven. So when Annie is sent to Earth for her first go around as a human, Mike pleads with the man in charge at heaven, Emmett Humbird, to locate him in his next human life at least in the same country so that he can find Annie. Emmett reluctantly agrees, but only gives Mike thirty years in his next life to find her. Those next lives of Annie and Mike are as Allison Chandler and Elmo Barnett respectively. Each carries a bit of their experience with each other in heaven to their new subconscious human being, Ally's manifesting itself in an imaginary childhood friend named Mike, whereas Elmo grows up to be a drifter but one not sure for what he is looking. With Elmo receiving a little help from both Emmett and some people from his past life, will the match made in heaven find its way to Earth before the thirty year deadline?
IMDB:tt0093467