
, Cuba Gooding, Jr.
, and Annabella Sciorra
. The film is based on the 1978 novel of the same name
by Richard Matheson
, and was directed by Vincent Ward
. The title is taken from a line in Hamlet
's To be, or not to be
soliloquy
.
While vacationing in Italy
, Dr. Christopher "Chris" Nielsen (Robin Williams
) accidentally meets artist Annie Collins (Annabella Sciorra
), with whom he has an instant connection. They marry and have two children: Ian (Josh Paddock) and Marie (Jessica Brooks Grant).
When I was young, I met this beautiful girl by a lake.
[After meeting his dog in the afterlife] Boy, I screwed up. I'm in dog Heaven!
[to his dog] A place where we all go can't be bad, can it girl?
Annie, I'm here. I still exist.
Is that a kind of occupational hazard of soul mates- one's not much without the other?
What some folks call impossible, is just stuff they haven't seen before.
A whole human life is just a heartbeat here in Heaven. Then we'll all be together forever.
That's when I realized I'm part of the problem. Not because I remind you. But because I couldn't join you. So I left you alone. Don't give up, okay?
Thank you for every kindness. Thank you for our children. For the first time I saw them. Thank you for being someone I was always proud to be with. For your guts, for your sweetness. For how you always looked, for how I always wanted to touch you. God, you were my life. I apologize for everytime I ever failed you. Especially this one...