Date with an Angel
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Date with an Angel is an American film which was released in 1987, starring Emmanuelle Béart
, Phoebe Cates
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."
), an executive at a cosmetics
company who's about to marry Patty Winston (Phoebe Cates
), who is 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.
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 nuptials to the spoiled Patty, Jim decides to keep 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.
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 comes back to see him, finally confirming that it was her original intention to take Jim 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, after making one request: French fries.
Emmanuelle Béart
Emmanuelle Béart is a French film actress, who has appeared in over 50 film and television productions since 1972. Béart won a César Award for Best Supporting Actress in the film Manon des Sources . She has been nominated a further seven times for Most Promising Actress and Best Actress.- Early...
, Phoebe Cates
Phoebe Cates
Phoebe Cates is an American film actress, model, and entrepreneur known for her roles in several teen films, most notably Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Gremlins.-Early life:...
and Michael E. Knight
Michael E. Knight
- Biography :Knight is best known for playing Tad Martin on the soap opera All My Children. His first stint on the show ran from 1982–1986. He returned from 1988–1990, and again from 1992 until the series finale in 2011...
. The romantic fantasy/comedy was an updated reworking of the 1942 film I Married an Angel
I Married an Angel
I Married An Angel is a musical comedy by Rodgers and Hart. It was adapted from a play by Hungarian playwright János Vaszary, entitled Angyalt Vettem Felesegul. The book was by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, with music by Rodgers and lyrics by Hart. The story concerns a wealthy banker who,...
and released by De Laurentiis Entertainment Group
De Laurentiis Entertainment Group
De Laurentiis Entertainment Group was a production company/distribution unit founded by producer Dino De Laurentiis.The company is notable for producing Manhunter, Blue Velvet, the horror films Near Dark and Evil Dead II, King Kong Lives , and Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, as well as...
. The film was written and directed by Tom McLoughlin
Tom McLoughlin
Tom McLoughlin is an American screenwriter, film/television director and former mime whose credits include numerous television movies, such as Murder in Greenwich, the feature film Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives and the 2009 Lifetime Movie Network film The Wronged Man.In 1977 McLoughlin was...
. The original music score was composed by Randy Kerber
Randy Kerber
Randy Kerber is a composer, orchestrator, keyboard player, born September 25, 1958 in Encino, California, who has had a prolific career in the world of cinema...
. The visual effects were produced at Boss Film Studios
Boss Film Studios
Boss Film Studios is a visual effects company, founded by visual effects veteran Richard Edlund after his departure from Industrial Light and Magic, producing visual effects for over thirty films from 1983 to 1997...
under the supervision of Visual Effects Supervisor Richard Edlund
Richard Edlund
Richard Edlund, A.S.C. is a multi-Academy Award-winning US special effects cinematographer.Edlund was born in Fargo, North Dakota. After first joining the Navy, he developed an interest in experimental film and attended the USC School of Cinematic Arts in the late 60s...
. The film was marketed with the tagline "Jim is about to marry a princess... but he's in love with an angel."
Plot synopsis
Date with an Angel tells the story of Jim Sanders (Michael KnightMichael Knight
Michael Knight is the name of:*Michael E. Knight , American actor known for work in daytime soap operas*Michael Knight , former Australian politician...
), an executive at a cosmetics
Cosmetics
Cosmetics are substances used to enhance the appearance or odor of the human body. Cosmetics include skin-care creams, lotions, powders, perfumes, lipsticks, fingernail and toe nail polish, eye and facial makeup, towelettes, permanent waves, colored contact lenses, hair colors, hair sprays and...
company who's about to marry Patty Winston (Phoebe Cates
Phoebe Cates
Phoebe Cates is an American film actress, model, and entrepreneur known for her roles in several teen films, most notably Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Gremlins.-Early life:...
), who is also the daughter of Jim's boss. But Jim also suffers from a brain tumor
Brain tumor
A brain tumor is an intracranial solid neoplasm, a tumor within the brain or the central spinal canal.Brain tumors include all tumors inside the cranium or in the central spinal canal...
, 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
Engagement
An engagement or betrothal is a promise to marry, and also the period of time between proposal and marriage which may be lengthy or trivial. During this period, a couple is said to be betrothed, affianced, engaged to be married, or simply engaged...
party.
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
Swimming pool
A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is a container filled with water intended for swimming or water-based recreation. There are many standard sizes; the largest is the Olympic-size swimming pool...
... and discovers the angel knocked unconscious after her wings were clipped by a satellite
Satellite
In the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an object which has been placed into orbit by human endeavour. Such objects are sometimes called artificial satellites to distinguish them from natural satellites such as the Moon....
.
Since having a real live angel around could hurt his upcoming nuptials to the spoiled Patty, Jim decides to keep 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.
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 comes back to see him, finally confirming that it was her original intention to take Jim 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, after making one request: French fries.
Cast
- Michael E. KnightMichael E. Knight- Biography :Knight is best known for playing Tad Martin on the soap opera All My Children. His first stint on the show ran from 1982–1986. He returned from 1988–1990, and again from 1992 until the series finale in 2011...
- Jim Sanders - Phoebe CatesPhoebe CatesPhoebe Cates is an American film actress, model, and entrepreneur known for her roles in several teen films, most notably Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Gremlins.-Early life:...
- Patricia 'Patty' Winston - Emmanuelle BéartEmmanuelle BéartEmmanuelle Béart is a French film actress, who has appeared in over 50 film and television productions since 1972. Béart won a César Award for Best Supporting Actress in the film Manon des Sources . She has been nominated a further seven times for Most Promising Actress and Best Actress.- Early...
- Angel - David DukesDavid DukesDavid Coleman Dukes was an American character actor.-Life:Dukes was born in San Francisco, California, the son of a highway patrolman...
- Ed Winston - Phil Brock - George
- Albert MacklinAlbert Macklin- Film :* David & Layla * Cradle Will Rock * Daylight - Television :* Law & Order: Criminal Intent episode "Gemini" * Ed episode "The Music Box" * Frasier episode "Perspectives on Christmas"...
- Don - Peter Kowanko - Rex
- Vinny ArgiroVinny ArgiroVinny Argiro is an American actor who has appeared in such television shows as The Job, NYPD Blue, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Who's the Boss? and such films as Bulworth, Mars Attacks!, Ed Wood and Risky Business.-External links:...
- Ben Sanders - Bibi BeschBibi BeschBibiana "Bibi" Besch was an Austrian/American actress.-Early life:Besch was born in Vienna, Austria, the daughter of theater actress Gusti Huber, who starred in German films during World War II and left Austria in the mid 1940s. Besch had a stepfather, Joseph Besch, a radio executive and former...
- Grace Sanders - Cheryl Pollak - Rhonda/Cashier in Market
- Steven BanksSteven BanksSteven Banks is an American musician, comedian, actor, mime and writer of television, plays, books and cartoons, including SpongeBob SquarePants.Banks attended Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey Circus clown college...
- Aldridge - Charles LaneCharles Lane (actor)Charles Gerstle Levison , better known as Charles Lane, was an American character actor seen in many movies and TV shows, and at the time of his death may have been the oldest living professional American actor. Lane appeared in many Frank Capra films, including You Can't Take It With You , Mr...
- Father O'Shea - J. Don FergusonJ. Don FergusonJ. Don Ferguson , sometimes credited as "Don Ferguson", was an American film actor, stage actor and television actor....
- 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 NorrisLeslie NorrisGeorge Leslie Norris FRSL , was a prize-winning Welsh poet and short story writer. Up to 1974 he earned his living as a college lecturer, teacher and headmaster...
- 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 FitzsimmonsDavid FitzsimmonsDavid Fitzsimmons was a Scottish footballer. His regular position was as a defender. He was born in Annbank. He played for Annbank, Manchester United, Fairfield Athletic, and Wigan County.-External links:*...
- Male Reporter - Joe Herold - Reporter #1
- Mimi Green - Reporter #2
- Jerry CampbellJerry CampbellJerry "Soupy" Campbell is a former Canadian Football League linebacker for the Calgary Stampeders and the Ottawa Rough Riders . He was a CFL All-Star for seven straight years and played on three Grey Cup championship teams for Ottawa. He was inducted into the Canadian Football Hall of Fame in...
- Gas Station Attendant - Tom McLoughlinTom McLoughlinTom McLoughlin is an American screenwriter, film/television director and former mime whose credits include numerous television movies, such as Murder in Greenwich, the feature film Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives and the 2009 Lifetime Movie Network film The Wronged Man.In 1977 McLoughlin was...
- Owlish Man in Church