Heaven Can Wait [Includes Digital Copy] [Blu-ray]

Director: Warren Beatty, Buck Henry Warren Beatty

Overview

In this film, Warren Beatty plays pro-football-player Joe Pendleton, who is whisked to Heaven before his due date by over-eager celestial escort Buck Henry. The erudite Mr. Jordan arranges for Joe to enter the mortal coil of a cold-hearted businessman named Farnsworth, who has just been murdered by his wife.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/30/2021
UPC:	0191329207819
Original Release:	1978
Source:	Paramount
Language:	English
Time:	1:41:00
Sales rank:	13,463

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Warren Beatty	Joe Pendleton
Julie Christie	Betty Logan
James Mason	Mr. Jordan
Jack Warden	Max Corkle
Dyan Cannon	Julia Farnsworth
Charles Grodin	Tony Abbott
Buck Henry	The Escort
Vincent Gardenia	Lt. Krim
Joseph Maher	Sisk
Hamilton Camp	Bentley
Arthur Malet	Everett
Stephanie Faracy	Corinne
Jeannie Linero	Lavinia
Harry D.K. Wong	Gardener
George J. Manos	Security Guard
Larry Block	Peters
Frank Campanella	Conway
Bill Sorrells	Tomarken
Dick Enberg	TV Interviewer
Dolph Sweet	Head Coach
R.G. Armstrong	General Manager
Ed Peck	Trainer
John Randolph	Former Owner
Richard O'Brien	Former Owner's Adviser
Joseph F. Makel	Haitian Ambassador
Will Hare	Team Doctor
Lee Weaver	Way Station Attendant
Roger Bowen	Newspaperman
Keene Curtis	Oppenheim
William Larsen	Renfield
Morgan Farley	Middleton
William Bogert	Lawson
Robert E. Leonard	Board Member
Joel Marston	Board Member
Earl Montgomery	Board Member
Robert C. Stevens	Board Member
Bennie Massa	Coliseum Security Guard
Peter Tomarken	Reporter
Lisa Blake Richards	Reporter
William Sylvester	Nuclear Reporter
Charlie Charles	High-Wire Performer
Nick Outin	Chauffeur
Jerry Scanlan	Hodges
Jim Boeke	Kowalsky
Marvin Fleming	Gudnitz
Deacon Jones	Gorman
Les Josephson	Owens
Jack T. Snow	Cassidy
Charlie Cowan	Football Player
Joe Corolla	Football Player
Bryant Gumbel	TV Sportscaster
Jim Healy	TV Sportscaster
Curt Gowdy	TV Commentator
Al DeRogatis	TV Color Analyst
Elliott Reid	Waiter
Byron Webster	Waiter
Garrett Craig	Swimmer
Paul D'Amato	Swimmer's Friend
Robert Fortier	Wealthy Man in Restaurant
Bernie Massa	Coliseum Security Guard
Earl Montgomery, Jr.	Actor
Penelope Milford	Actor
Allison Caine	Voices
Dave Grusin	Composer

Technical Credits

Warren Beatty

Elaine May

Warren Beatty	Producer,Director,Screenwriter
Buck Henry	Director,Producer
Howard W. Koch Jr.	Executive Producer
Robert MacDonald	Special Effects
Charles Maguire	Executive Producer,Producer,Executive Producer
Elaine May	Screenwriter
John Wilkinson	Sound/Sound Designer
Tom Overton	Sound/Sound Designer
Charles McGuire	Producer

Editorial Reviews

It might be named after Ernst Lubitsch's 1943 masterpiece, Heaven Can Wait, but this 1978 Warren Beatty vehicle was actually a remake of the 1941 classic Here Comes Mr. Jordan. Not bad company for co-director, co-writer and star Beatty to keep. He may have set out to fill some pretty big shoes, but he chose his collaborators well, recruiting co-director Buck Henry and screenwriter Elaine May to help re-create an intelligent, old-fashioned story. The snappy, amiable fun remained intact, making it one of the biggest hits of the year. It took much convincing for Beatty to get his ex-girlfriend, Julie Christie, in the role as his leading lady. When she finally agreed, she wasn't happy to be doing it and the resulting performance isn't her best. Legend has it that during the filming of an actual scene -- one where the voices weren't being recorded -- she told Beatty that she couldn't believe that he was still making such vapid films as this one.