Heaven Can Wait (1978)
| Release Date | 28 June 1978 |
| Genre | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Sport |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Exposition Park, Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Mono |
| Color | Color |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Heaven-Can-Wait Fantasies, Romantic Fantasy, Fantasy Comedy, Heavenly Comedy |
| Mood | Fantastic Reality |
| Themes | Supernatural Romance, Reincarnation, Football Players |
| Tones | Fanciful, Humorous, Whimsical, Warm, Literate |
| Tags | Accident, Activist, Afterlife, Angel, Environment, Extramarital Affair, Football, Heaven, Industrialist, Kill, Murder, Quarterback, Reincarnation, Romance, Second Chance, Secretary, Sports |
Heaven Can Wait is a 1978 American comedy film directed by Warren Beatty and Buck Henry. The screenplay, by Beatty, Elaine May, and an uncredited Robert Towne, is adapted from the original stage play Heaven Can Wait by Harry Segall. The original score was composed by Dave Grusin. Beatty also stars in the lead role, playing a football player who, after being killed in a collision accident, is sent back to earth in the body of a millionaire.
Cast and Crew
Jeannie Linero
Lavinia
Harry D.K. Wong
Gardener
George J. Manos
Security guard
Larry Block
Peters
Bill Sorrells
Tomarken
Ed Peck
Trainer
Richard O'Brien
Advisor to former owner
Joseph F. Makel
Haitian ambassador
Will Hare
Team doctor
Roger Bowen
Newspaperman
William Larsen
Renfield
Morgan Farley
Middleton
William Bogert
Lawson
Robert E. Leonard
Board member
Joel Marston
Board member
Earl Montgomery
Board member
Robert C. Stevens
Board member
Bernie Massa
Coliseum security guard
Peter Tomarken
Reporter
Lisa Blake Richards
Woman reporter
Charlie Charles
Highwire performer
Nick Outin
Chauffeur
Jerry Scanlan
Hodges
Jim Boeke
Kowalsky
Marvin Fleming
Gudnitz
Deacon Jones
Gorman
Les Josephson
Owens
Jack T. Snow
Cassidy
Curt Gowdy
TV commentator
Al DeRogatis
TV color analyst
Allison Caine
Additional voices
Joe Corolla
Football player
Charlie Cowan
Football player
Garrett Craig
Swimmer
Paul D'Amato
Swimmer's friend
Robert Fortier
Wealthy man in restaurant
Jim Healy
TV sportscaster
Chick Hearn
Radio announcer
Byron Webster
Waiter
Director
Writer
Harry Segall
Producer
Hawk Koch
executive producer
Charles H. Maguire
executive producer
Original Music
Cinematographer
William A. Fraker
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Editor
Robert C. Jones
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Don Zimmerman
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Casting Director
Patricia Mock
Production Designer
Paul Sylbert
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Art Director
Edwin O'Donovan
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Set Decorator
George Gaines
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Costume Designer
Richard Bruno
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Makeup Department
Lynda Gurasich
hair stylist
Lee Harman
makeup artist
Production Manager
Charles H. Maguire
unit production manager
Lindsley Parsons Jr.
executive production manager: Paramount
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Craig Huston
second assistant director
Hawk Koch
assistant director
Art Department
Alan Levine
property master
Ralph Votaw
labor foreman
Sound Department
Richard Oswald
sound effects editor
Tom Overton
sound mixer
John Wilkinson
sound re-recording mixer
Special Effects
Robert MacDonald
special effects
Stunts
Craig R. Baxley
stunt double: Warren Beatty, stunt coordinator
David Sharpe
stunts: van driver
Camera and Electrical Department
Arthur Brooker
key grip
Nick McLean
camera operator
Doug Pentek
gaffer
Peter Sorel
still photographer
Robert Samuels
second assistant camera
Richard Walden
additional first assistant camera
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Arlene Encell
costumer: women
Michael W. Hoffman
costumer: men
Theadora Van Runkle
costumes: Julie Christie and Dyan Cannon
Editorial Department
Elyane Bretherton
assistant editor
Battle Davis
assistant editor
Music Department
Milton Lustig
music editor
Transportation Department
James Davis
transportation
Other Crew
Sam Bernstein
production accountant
Helen L. Feibelmann
assistant: Mr. Beatty
Karen Hale Wookey
script supervisor
Les Josephson
technical consultant
David Leigh MacLeod
administrative associate
Frank O'Neill
technical consultant
Production Company
Paramount Pictures
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Shelburne Associates
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Distributor
Paramount Pictures
American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Argentina Video Home
Paramount Home Video
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Miscellaneous
Sportsrobe
costumes
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