Additional information for Heaven Can Wait, which has a domestic theatrical release set for June 28, 1978. The film is being distributed by Paramount Pictures and has not yet been rated. Heaven Can Wait has a total running time of 101 minutes.
13
Argentina
14
Chile
K-12
Finland
L
Iceland
12
Norway
PG
Singapore
11
Sweden
PG
UK
PG
USA
12
West Germany
PG
Australia
PG
Canada
15
South Korea
14
Peru
101min
El cielo puede esperar
Argentina
El cielo puede esperar
Mexico
El cielo puede esperar
Peru
El cielo puede esperar
Spain
Der Himmel kann warten
Austria
Der Himmel kann warten
West Germany
Le ciel peut attendre
Canada
Le ciel peut attendre
France
O Céu Pode Esperar
Brazil
O Céu Pode Esperar
Portugal
Ép testben épp, hogy élek
Hungary
As perimenei, o Paradeisos
Greece
Cennet Bekleyebilir
Turkey
Der Himmel soll warten
West Germany
Himlen kan vänta
Sweden
Himlen må vente
Denmark
Himmelen kan vente
Norway
Il paradiso può attendere
Italy
Niebiosa moga zaczekac
Poland
Taivas saa odottaa
Finland
June 28, 1978
USA
September 11, 1978
Sweden
September 15, 1978
Denmark
October 26, 1978
West Germany
November 09, 1978
Argentina
December 13, 1978
France
January 13, 1979
Japan
February 02, 1979
Italy
February 16, 1979
Finland
April 05, 1979
Colombia
April 05, 1979
Hong Kong
December 24, 1994
Japan
December 21, 2000
Germany
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A Los Angeles Rams quarterback, accidentally taken away from his body by an over-anxious angel before he was supposed to die, comes back to life in the body of a recently-murdered millionaire.
Joe Pendleton (Warren Beatty) is a quarterback for the LA Rams, and has just been given a chance to start. He is an exercise fanatic, and while bicycling, he is hit by a car. He is plucked into a "way station" by his Escort (Buck Henry) by mistake. Joe refuses to go on to heaven, and by the time the Escort and Mr. Jordan (James Mason) realize this, his body has been cremated, and they cannot return him to his body.Mr. Jordan allows Joe to see several candidate bodies (just before they die), offering Joe a chance to inhabit their body. He finally selects the body of a murdered millionaire, Leo Farnsworth. It turns out the millionaire was murdered by his wife Julia (Dyan Cannon) and assistant Tony (Charles Grodin). He makes his decision after seeing Betty Logan (Julie Christie), a teacher who is petitioning on behalf of a small town. Joe realizes he can help Betty as Farnsworth. He tries to explain to Betty that he's Joe, but she doesn't buy it.Joe starts to assimilate into Farnsworth's life, but the lack of football is annoying. He's not very happy with the corporate cutthroat style, and amazes everyone with his new, more caring attitude. He uses football analogies to define his company's new direction, and people think he's crazy. Betty is impressed, and he takes her out to dinner - at a drive-thru. They fall in love, awkwardly.The Escort tells Joe they have another body, but Joe has decided to get Farnsworth's body in shape instead. He tells Julia he wants a divorce, and Julia and Tony continue to try and kill him. He contacts his old trainer Max (Jack Warden) to get him into shape. He manages to convince Max that he's Joe. They start an exercise program, and get the staff to participate. He buys the team and announces he wants to play QB. During a scrimmage, Tony drops comments designed to get the players angry at Joe. The defense keeps jumping offside and punishing Joe, but Joe perserveres and wins the players over.After the scrimmage, Joe hosts a party, and Julia and Tony see him wander off with Betty. He sees the Escort, who tells him he can't continue using Farnsworth's body. Joe tells Betty to remember him, and after she's gone, Tony shoots him. The body falls into a well and Joe and Mr. Jordan return to the way station. Meanwhile, the staff and police cannot find Farnsworth's body. During the investigation, Julia tries to pin the murder on Betty.During the Super Bowl, the Rams QB gets mortally, injured, and Joe takes over his body. Watching the game, Max realizes Joe is in a new body and Tony cracks, blaming Julia for the murder. Joe wins the Super Bowl with the Rams, then Mr. Jordan appears and tells Joe that he won't remember being Joe - he's Tom Jarrett, the Rams QB now. Max doesn't realize Joe is now Tom, but finally comes to grips with it.Betty comes to see Max and sees Joe/Tom in the hallway. They speak, and she sees glints of Joe in the new Tom. He invites her to have coffee, and they walk away together. The end.
Warren Beatty
Buck Henry
Director(s)
Elaine May
Warren Beatty
Harry Segall
Robert Towne
Writer(s)
Warren Beatty
producer
Hawk Koch
executive producer (as Howard W. Koch Jr.)
Charles H. Maguire
executive producer
Producer(s)
Dave Grusin
Composer(s)
Joe Pendleton
Warren Beatty
Betty Logan
Julie Christie
Mr. Jordan
James Mason
Max Corkle
Jack Warden
Tony Abbott
Charles Grodin
Julia Farnsworth
Dyan Cannon
The Escort
Buck Henry
Krim
Vincent Gardenia
Sisk
Joseph Maher
Bentley
Hamilton Camp
Everett
Arthur Malet
Corinne
Stephanie Faracy
Lavinia
Jeannie Linero
Gardener
Harry D.K. Wong
Security Guard
George J. Manos
Peters
Larry Block
Conway
Frank Campanella
Tomarken
Bill Sorrells
TV Interviewer
Dick Enberg
Head Coach
Dolph Sweet
General Manager
R.G. Armstrong
Trainer (as Ed V. Peck)
Ed Peck
Former Owner
John Randolph
Advisor to Former Owner
Richard O'Brien
Haitian Ambassador
Joseph F. Makel
Team Doctor
Will Hare
Way Station Attendant
Lee Weaver
Newspaperman
Roger Bowen
Oppenheim
Keene Curtis
Renfield
William Larsen
Middleton
Morgan Farley
Lawson
William Bogert
Board Member
Robert E. Leonard
Board Member
Joel Marston
Board Member
Earl Montgomery
Board Member
Robert C. Stevens
Coliseum Security Guard
Bernie Massa
Reporter
Peter Tomarken
Nuclear Reporter
William Sylvester
Woman Reporter
Lisa Blake Richards
Buck Henry
Director(s)
Warren Beatty
Harry Segall
Robert Towne
Writer(s)
producer
Hawk Koch
executive producer (as Howard W. Koch Jr.)
Charles H. Maguire
executive producer
Producer(s)
Composer(s)
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