Michael [Blu-ray]

Director: Nora Ephron Nora Ephron

Overview

There are angels among us, and they like lots of sugar in their coffee, in writer-director Nora Ephron's comic fantasy Michael. Vartan Malt (Bob Hoskins) is the editor of a tabloid called the National Mirror that specializes in unlikely stories about celebrities and frankly unbelievable tales about ordinary folks. When Malt gets word that a woman is supposedly harboring an angel in a small town in Iowa, he figures that this might be right up the Mirror's alley, so he sends out three people to get the story -- Frank Quinlan (William Hurt), a reporter whose career has hit the skids; Huey Discoll (Robert Pastorelli), a photographer on the verge of losing his job (even though he owns the Mirror's mascot, Sparky The Wonder Dog); and Dorothy Winters (Andie MacDowell), a self-styled "angel expert." They arrive at the rooming house of Patsy Millband (Jean Stapleton), who informs them that she does indeed have an angel for a tenant, and introduces them to Michael (John Travolta). Michael has wings like an angel, but the resemblance ends there; Michael loves cigarettes, has an uncontrollable sweet tooth (and a pot belly to match), tends to use a large number of non-angelic phrases, is not much on personal hygiene, and likes to hang out with the ladies. Michael informs his visitors that in Heaven, an angel is allowed a certain number of "vacations" on Earth, and he's in the midst of one now; trouble is, this is the last one he's entitled to, and he wants to make the most of it. Frank and Huey then stumble on a great story idea -- if Michael wants to have some fun, why not take him to Chicago, where he can really kick up his heels? Michael was written in part by Jim Quinlan, himself a one-time reporter, though with a much more respectable tabloid than the Mirror -- he wrote for the Chicago Sun-Times.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/11/2020
UPC:	0883929719501
Original Release:	1996
Rating:	PG
Source:	Warner Archives
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Language:	English
Time:	1:46:00
Sales rank:	15,020

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

John Travolta	Michael,Reporter No. 1
Andie MacDowell	Dorothy Winters
William Hurt	Frank Quinlan
Bob Hoskins	Vartan Malt
Robert Pastorelli	Huey Driscoll
Jean Stapleton	Pansy Milbank
Teri Garr	Judge Esther Newberg
Wallace Langham	Bruce Craddock
Joey Lauren Adams	Anita
Carla Gugino	Bride
Tom Hodges	Groom
Catherine Lloyd Burns	Evie
Richard Schiff	Italian Waiter
Calvin Trillin	Sheriff
Donald J. Lee Jr.	Court Bailiff
Don Lee	Court Bailiff
Joann Jansen	Tammy,Tammy
David Harrod	Mal
Jane Lanier	Suzanne
John Hussey	Minister
Betsy Sokolow	Reporter No. 3
Tracey A. Doyle	Reporter No. 4,reporter
Blue Deckert	Joe
Debrah Nunez	Woman No. 1
Dell Aldrich	Woman No. 2
Kay Colvin	Woman No. 3
James Harrell	Old Geezer No. 1
Peyton Park	Old Geezer No. 2
Dianne Dreyer	Jennifer
Tim Harrison	Slacker No. 1
Daniel Mimura	Slacker No. 2
Mark Nutter	Counterman
Carla Cugino	bride
David Bernstein	reporter
James Garrell	old geezer
Randy Newman	Conductor,Musician,Composer

Technical Credits

Nora Ephron

Pete Dexter

Jim Quinlan

Nora Ephron	Director,Producer,Executive Producer,Screenwriter,Screenwriter,Producer
David Blitstein	Special Effects
Charlie Croughwell	Stunts
Sean Daniel	Producer
Mary Goldberg	Casting
James Jacks	Producer
Jonathan D. Krane	Executive Producer,Producer
Pete Dexter	Screenwriter
Jim Quinlan	Screenwriter
Beau Baker	Sound Effects
Sony Pictures Imageworks	Special Effects
Debbie Denise	Executive Producer
Ralph Horan	Executive Producer
Jo Boldin	Casting
Colin Campbell	Sound/Sound Designer
Warren Shaw	Sound Editor
Dan Korintus	Sound Editor