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Key Information
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| Directors: |
Steven Spielberg |
| Stars: |
Richard Dreyfuss |
| Actors: |
Audrey Hepburn |
| Genre: |
Dramas |
| Subgenre: |
Romances · Ghosts · Tear Jerker · High Flying · Love Story · Afterlife |
| MPAA Rating: |
PG (MPAA) |
| Available Formats: |
VHS |
| UPC: |
025192055621 |
| Release Date: |
1989 |
| Running Time: |
2hr 3min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD: Widescreen, 2hr 3min
Release Company: Universal Studios Home Video (July 20, 1999)
UPC: 025192055621 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS: Widescreen, 2hr 3min
Release Company: Universal Studios Home Video (September 09, 1997)
UPC: 096898096737 |
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Professional Reviews
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(03/01/1987, p.144, Tom Milne): "...[ALWAYS] manages the not inconsiderable feat of making us realise the truth of one man's pain..." |
| More Information |
| Details: |
This remake of the 1943 film A GUY NAMED JOE stars Richard Dreyfuss as Pete Sandich, a daredevil pilot who specializes in putting out forest fires. Pete promises his girlfriend, Dorinda (Holly Hunter), that he will stop flying, but when his best friend, Al (John Goodman), gets into engine trouble while fighting a blaze, Pete attempts a daring rescue--saving his friend but killing himself. Waking up in the afterlife, Pete meets an angel, Hap (Audrey Hepburn), who sends him back to earth as a ghost no one can see or hear. When Dorinda flies into a fire to save trapped smoke jumpers, Pete telepathically talks her through the dangerous mission. Hap tells Pete he must help Dorinda overcome her grief and lead her to a new love with a novice pilot (Brad Johnson). While Pete watches the two start their romance, he battles feelings of jealousy and sadness at giving her up. Steven Spielberg and Richard Dreyfuss, while working together on JAWS in 1975, found that they shared an affinity for the 1943 film A GUY NAME... |
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