Heaven Can Wait

Heaven Can Wait

Comedy 1978 1 hr 41 min

Heaven Can Wait is a romantic fantasy about Joe Pendleton (Warren Beatty), a Los Angeles Rams quarterback who is accidentally summoned to Heaven by an overly zealous celestial escort. Pendleton is returned to earth in the body of another man, who is a corporate giant. While practicing to once again play for the Rams, Pendleton must escape attempts on his life while romantically pursuing a beautiful English woman (Julie Christie) who protests the destruction caused to her village by one of his many corporations.

Comedy 1978 1 hr 41 min

PG

Starring Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, Jack Warden

Director Warren Beatty, Buck Henry

Heaven Can Wait

Warren Beatty

Joe Pendleton
Julie Christie

Betty Logan
Jack Warden

Max Corkle
James Mason

Mr. Jordan
Dyan Cannon

Julia Farnsworth

About

Heaven Can Wait

COMEDY

Heaven Can Wait is a romantic fantasy about Joe Pendleton (Warren Beatty), a Los Angeles Rams quarterback who is accidentally summoned to Heaven by an overly zealous celestial escort. Pendleton is returned to earth in the body of another man, who is a corporate giant. While practicing to once again play for the Rams, Pendleton must escape attempts on his life while romantically pursuing a beautiful English woman (Julie Christie) who protests the destruction caused to her village by one of his many corporations.

Still-relevant '70s comic fantasy has some profanity.

Average 7.7
Reviews 49
Fresh 42
Rotten 7

Information

Studio: Paramount Pictures
Released: 1978
Run Time: 1 hr 41 min
Rated: PG
Region of Origin: United States

Languages

Original Audio: English
Audio: English (United States) (AAC), Spanish (Latin America) (AAC)
Subtitles: English (United States) (CC), and 3 more...

Accessibility

: Closed captions (CC) refer to subtitles in the available language with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.