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- RedemptionAfterlifeHopesMind and SoulGolden YearsInnocence LostSelf DiscoveryDanger more...
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven, 2004
English
USA
Profile of The Five People You Meet in Heaven
The mood of The Five People You Meet in Heaven is emotional and touching. The plot centers around the afterlife, redemption, and hopes. It is a drama and fantasy movie. In approach, it is serious. It happens in the 1930s, during World War 2, and in the 1950s. It is based on a book.
Summary of The Five People You Meet in Heaven
A TV movie adapted from Mitch Albom's best-selling novel of the same name, THE FIVE PEOPLE YOU MEET IN HEAVEN stars Jon Voight (MIDNIGHT COWBOY, THE MANCHURIAN CANDIDATE) as Eddie, whose 83rd birthday marks the movie's opening. An impassive man of few words and a self-effacing modesty, Eddie's lifelong employment as the maintennance man at the Ruby Pier amusement park has endowed him with a stoicism puncuated by flashes of kindness. Over the years, he has grown to accept a vague disappointment in his life. But Eddie's 83rd birthday also marks his death, as he is injured while trying to save a young girl; we are then treated to Eddie's experiences in the afterlife, where he is greeted by five people whose lives were intertwined with his in more or less unexpected ways. Though at times saccharine and preachy, this is a moving tale of a man who discovers the true meaning of his life, as he looks back on it with the enhanced perspective of death.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 24 April 2005 |
| Runtime: | 160 min |
Cast and Crew
as Edward 'Eddie'
as Ruby
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