When Frank Quinlan (William Hurt) is sent by a tabloid newspaper to investigate the appearance of an angel in a sleepy town in rural Iowa, he and his co-workers Huey Driscoll(Robert Pastorelli) and Dorothy Winters (Andie MacDowell) are surprised to find a chain smoking overweight beerdrinking battle-axe. But as Micheal (John Travolta) explains, he’s not that kind of angel. Soon the three reporters are off on a road trip with the archangel Micheal as they attempt to get him back to Chicago and grab the story of a lifetime. Nora Ephron directs this sweet romance, with Travolta utilising his screen charisma to create an engaging angel.
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ACMI Identifier
308113
Language
English
Audience classification
PG
Subject categories
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Spirituality
Feature films → Feature films - United States
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Spirituality
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)