| 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 Maureen Stapleton Ann Wedgeworth Mare Winningham Don Murray Amanda Plummer |
| 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 |
| Budget |
$9 million gross = $4,573,000 |
Made in Heaven is a 1987 feature film directed by Alan Rudolph, script from Bruce A. Evans and Raynold Gideon, and produced by Lorimar Productions. The film stars Timothy Hutton and Kelly McGillis and has cameos by Tom Petty, Ric Ocasek, Ellen Barkin and Neil Young. An additional character known only as "Emmett" in the film was played by Debra Winger (Hutton's then wife), who acted as a chain-smoking male angel.
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.
In 2009, the film made its DVD debut as part of the Warner Archive Collection.
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In a small Pennsylvania town in the 1950s, Mike Shea (Hutton) 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 a 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 (McGillis).
But their love is abruptly interrupted 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 with despair, but the heavenly powers, in the form of Emmett Humbird, chain-smoking and sporting an orange crew-cut, offers him a deal. Mike can return to Earth, with the stipulation that neither he nor Annie will remember each other. He then has thirty years in which they must find each other again.
| 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) |
| Ric Ocasek | Mechanic (uncredited) |
| Neil Young | Truck Driver (uncredited) |
Made In Heaven: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack was released through Elektra Records on LP and cassette, but not on CD.
Pre-recorded songs from the film that were not on the soundtrack album:
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