Mitch Albom's The Five People You Meet in Heaven

Director: Lloyd Kramer Lloyd Kramer

Overview

Mitch Albom wrote the screenplay for this made-for-television adaptation of his best-selling story, which offers a novel perspective on life, death, and the meaning of our existence. Eddie (Jon Voight) is an elderly maintenance man who has spent most of his life keeping the rides at an amusement park in good repair; Eddie has had a hard life, sustaining a serious injury during World War II and losing his wife, and he often wonders what the purpose behind it all is. One day, Eddie is killed while trying to save a young girl who has fallen from a ride, and in the afterlife, he's greeted by five people he knew during his lifetime, who explain to him what the key moments in his life were, and what was to be learned from them. The Five People You Meet in Heaven also features Steven Grayhm (who plays Eddie as a younger man), Ellen Burstyn, Jeff Daniels, Michael Imperioli, and Callum Keith Rennie.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/03/2017
UPC:	0683904546449
Original Release:	2004
Rating:	NR
Source:	Sonar
Region Code:	1
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	2:40:00
Sales rank:	15,949

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Jon Voight	Old Eddie
Jeff Daniels	Blue Man
Michael Imperioli	Captain
Ellen Burstyn	Ruby
Dagmara Dominczyk	Marguerite
Nicaela Weigel	Tala,Tala
Steven Grayham	Young Eddie
Callahan Brebner	Eddie as a Boy
Matthew Viser	Blue man as a Boy
Allie Mickelson	Ruby as a Young Woman
Callum Keith Rennie	Eddie's Father
Rebecca Jenkins	Eddie's Mother
Damon Johnson	Joe as an Old Man
Darcy Cadman	Joe as a Young Man
Tim O'Halloran	Mickey Shea
Zak Santiago	Dominguez
Emy Aneke	Willie
Elias Toufexis	Morton
Billy Wickman	Smitty
Kett Turton	Rabozzo
Ava Rebecca Hughes	Amy
Daniel Munns	Young Emil
Steve Grayhm	Young Eddie
David Hirschfelder	Composer

Technical Credits

Mitch Albom

Lloyd Kramer	Director
Howard Ellis	Producer
Mitch Albom	Executive Producer,Screenwriter
Robert Halmi, Sr.	Executive Producer
Lynn Kressel	Casting

Editorial Reviews

Taking its cue from It's a Wonderful Life, Mitch Albom's The Five People You Meet in Heaven is about how everyone's life - no matter how unimportant that life seems to be - actually matters a great deal.