Made in Heaven (film)

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Made in Heaven

Directed by	Alan Rudolph
Produced by	David Blocker Bruce A. Evans Raynold Gideon
Written by	Bruce A. Evans Raynold Gideon
Starring	Timothy Hutton Kelly McGillis
Music by	Mark Isham
Cinematography	Jan Kiesser
Editing by	Tom Walls
Distributed by	Lorimar Productions
Release date(s)	November 6, 1987
Running time	102 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Gross revenue	$4,573,000
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Made in Heaven is a 1987 feature film directed by Alan Rudolph, script from Bruce A. Evans and Raynold Gideon. It stars Timothy Hutton and Kelly McGillis and has cameos by Tom Petty, Ric Ocasek, and Neil Young. The original music score was composed by Mark Isham. The film was marketed with the tagline "How in Heaven did they meet? How on Earth will they find each other?"

Made in Heaven concerns two souls who cross paths in Heaven and then attempt to reconnect once they are reborn on Earth.

[edit] Plot summary

In a small Pennsylvania town in the 1950s, Mike Shea dreams of escaping small town life and moving to California with his girlfriend Brenda Carlucci. But Brenda leaves him with his motor running and Mike takes off alone. On the way, he rescues a woman and her children from an icy river but perishes himself. He finds himself in Heaven, where he is greeted by Aunt Lisa, who explains the rules and regulations. Once in the ethereal realm, Mike falls in love with a heavenly lass with flaxen locks named Annie Packert.

But their love is torn asunder because Annie has not yet earned her wings on Earth; she must leave on a tour of duty and put in time inhabiting a human body. Mike is beside himself in despair, but the heavenly powers, in the form of Emmett Humbird, chain-smoking and sporting an orange crewcut like a ghostly Laurie Anderson, offer him a deal. Mike can return to Earth, but only on the stipulation that neither he nor Annie will remember each other. Then they have thirty years in which to find each other again.

[edit] Main cast

Actor	Role
Timothy Hutton	Mike Shea/Elmo Barnett
Kelly McGillis	Annie Packert/Ally Chandler
Maureen Stapleton	Aunt Lisa
Ann Wedgeworth	Annette Shea
James Gammon	Steve Shea
Mare Winningham	Brenda Carlucci
Don Murray	Ben Chandler
Timothy Daly	Tom Donnelly
David Rasche	Donald Summer
Amanda Plummer	Wiley Foxx
Ellen Barkin	Lucille (uncredited)
Debra Winger	Emmett Humbird (uncredited)