Date with an Angel
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| Date with an Angel | |
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| Directed by | Tom McLoughlin |
| Produced by | Martha Schumacher |
| Written by | Tom McLoughlin |
| Starring | Michael E. Knight Phoebe Cates Emmanuelle Beart David Dukes |
| Music by | Randy Kerber |
| Cinematography | Alex Thomson |
| Editing by | Marshall Harvey |
| Distributed by | DeLaurentiis Entertainment Group |
| Release date(s) | November 20, 1987 |
| Running time | 105 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | Unknown |
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Date with an Angel is an American film which was released in 1987, starring Emmanuelle Béart and Michael E. Knight. The romantic fantasy/comedy was an updated reworking of the 1942 film I Married an Angel and released by De Laurentiis Entertainment Group. The film was written and directed by Tom McLoughlin. The original music score was composed by Randy Kerber. The visual effects were produced at Boss Film Studios under the supervision of Visual Effects Supervisor Richard Edlund. The film was marketed with the tagline "Jim is about to marry a princess... but he's in love with an angel."
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[edit] Plot synopsis
Date with an Angel tells the story of Jim Sanders (Michael Knight), an executive at a cosmetics company who's about to marry Patty Winston (Phoebe Cates), who'a also the daughter of Jim's boss. But Jim also suffers from a brain tumor, and his headaches have gotten worse. Indeed, it is suggested he will die, and an angel (Emanuelle Beart) arrives on the scene, given the task of bringing Jim's soul back to heaven on the night of his engagement party.
But after his three buddies 'kidnap' Jim to take him to another celebration for him at his home, Jim decides that he had enough of partying and goes to sleep. Later, Jim wakes up to see a bright light illuminating from his apartment's swimming pool...and discovers the angel knocked unconscious after her wings were clipped by a satellite.
Since having a real live angel around could hurt his upcoming nupituals to the spoiled Patty, Jim decides to keep the her shielded from the world while he helps her repair her wings. Inevitably, his buddies and his boss both discover the blonde beauty in his house; so does Patty, who thinks the angel is having an affair with Jim after spying the angel at his apartment. Later, Patty sees the angel and Jim together again...on television, as he rescues her from being exposed to the world by his buddies, after they kidnapped her by using Wendy's french fries as bait.
After they escape to an old hideaway that he knew from childhood, Jim finally helps the angel restore her wings, allowing her to return to the pearly gates. However, a drunken and delusional Patty (who in a memorable scene puts on a pair of panties outside her blue jeans), starts chasing after Jim with a shotgun; her father, Jim's parents, and his buddies also arrive to confront him. Amid the chaos, Jim's uncontrollable headaches cause him to collapse to the ground, but the angel returns to save him, by unleashing storm clouds.
Later, in the hospital, Jim's brain tumor gets worse and his situation appears grim. But then the angel cames back to see him, finally telling Jim that it was her original intention to take him to heaven. Instead, she actually saves him, and in the process is returned to earth as a normal human being (the "highest authority" has given her time off for "good behavior"). She assures Jim that he'll be around (and they'll be together) for a long time. She kisses Jim, and makes one request: french fries.
[edit] Critical reaction
Date With An Angel received strongly negative reviews when it was first released (it currently has only a 14% score on Rotten Tomatoes) [1], although some reviewers singled out Emmanuel Beart's performance and others have named it a minor cult classic.
[edit] Cast
- Michael E. Knight - Jim Sanders
- Phoebe Cates - Patty Winston
- Emmanuelle Béart - Angel
- David Dukes - Ed Winston
- Phil Brock - George
- Albert Macklin - Don
- Peter Kowanko - Rex
- Vinny Argiro - Ben Sanders
- Bibi Besch - Grace Sanders
- Cheryl Pollak - Rhonda/Cashier in Market
- Steven Banks - Aldridge
- Charles Lane - Father O'Shea
- J. Don Ferguson - Harlan Rafferty
- Bert Hogue - Police Officer #1
- O'Clair Alexander - Police Officer #2
- Tony Reitano - Love Bug Delivery Boy
- Eve Brent - Matron #1
- Muriel 'Dolly' Sherman - Matron #2
- Karen Durda - Italian Lady
- Leslie Norris - Receptionist
- Thomas L. McIntyre - Male Executive
- Nancy McLoughlin - Female Executive
- Albert Ash - Wimpy Executive
- Bonnie Cook - Another Executive
- D. Anthony Pender - Wertheimer
- Anna Maria Poon - Female Reporter
- David Fitzsimmons - Male Reporter
- Joe Herold - Reporter #1
- Mimi Green - Reporter #2
- Jerry Campbell - Gas Station Attendant
- Tom McLoughlin - Owlish Man in Church
