USA, 1990
95m, 8569 feet
Super 35mm film (anamorphic), colour, 2.35:1
Dolby, English
An American fantasy film directed by John Cornell.
Plot Summary
Electronics whizz and petty criminal Terry Dean is hit by a car while saving a young girl. He’s visited by God who makes him an angel, sending him back to Earth to do good deeds to atone for his past sins. But is any of this real or is it all just in Dean’s head?
Credits
Crew
Director: John Cornell
Ironbark Films
Coordinating Executive: Lee Dillow
Executive Producer: Paul Hogan
Producer: John Cornell
Line Producer: Kelly Van Horn
Associate Producer: Mark Turnbull
Script: Paul Hogan
Director of Photography: Russell Boyd
Editor: David Stiven
Music: Maurice Jarre
Sound Recordist: Tom Brandau
Costume Designer: April Ferry
Production Designer: Henry Bumstead
Cast
Paul Hogan (Terry Dean)
Elias Koteas (Steve Garner)
Linda Kozlowski (Rose Garner)
Doreen Lang (Mrs Garner)
Douglas Seale (father)
Ruth Warshawsky (Irene Bealeman)
Parley Baer (George Bealeman)
Michael Alldredge (Detective Sergeant Freebody)
David Alan Grier (Detective Bill)
Larry Miller (teller)
Travis Venable (Bubba)
Robert Sutton (Guido)
Ben Slack (Reverend Barton)
Troy Curvey Jr (Tom the guard)
Eddie Frias (young guard trainee)
Peter Mark Vasquez (thug)
Lyle J. Omori (thug’s crony)
Joseph Walton (prisoner 1)
Steven Brill (2nd male teller)
Richard Grove (uniformed cop)
Alternative Titles
Almost an Angel – varkaista hartain – Finland
Angelo da quattro soldi, Un – Italy
Beinahe ein Engel – Germany
Casi un ángel – Venezuela
Prawie aniol – Poland
Links
Includes extracts from
Highway to Heaven (1984-1989)
References
Periodicals
- Cinefantastique June 1991 p.59 – review
Books
- Film Review 1991-1992 pp.11 – 12 – credits, review
