There are angels among us, and they like lots of sugar in their coffee, in writer-director Nora Ephron's comic fantasy Michael. Vartan Malt (Bob Hoskins) is the editor of a tabloid called the National Mirror that specializes in unlikely stories about celebrities and frankly unbelievable tales about ordinary folks. When Malt gets word that a woman is supposedly harboring an angel in a small town in Iowa, he figures that this might be right up the Mirror 's alley, so he sends out three people to get the story -- Frank ...
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There are angels among us, and they like lots of sugar in their coffee, in writer-director Nora Ephron's comic fantasy Michael. Vartan Malt (Bob Hoskins) is the editor of a tabloid called the National Mirror that specializes in unlikely stories about celebrities and frankly unbelievable tales about ordinary folks. When Malt gets word that a woman is supposedly harboring an angel in a small town in Iowa, he figures that this might be right up the Mirror 's alley, so he sends out three people to get the story -- Frank Quinlan (William Hurt), a reporter whose career has hit the skids; Huey Discoll (Robert Pastorelli), a photographer on the verge of losing his job (even though he owns the Mirror 's mascot, Sparky The Wonder Dog); and Dorothy Winters (Andie MacDowell), a self-styled "angel expert." They arrive at the rooming house of Patsy Millband (Jean Stapleton), who informs them that she does indeed have an angel for a tenant, and introduces them to Michael (John Travolta). Michael has wings like an angel, but the resemblance ends there; Michael loves cigarettes, has an uncontrollable sweet tooth (and a pot belly to match), tends to use a large number of non-angelic phrases, is not much on personal hygiene, and likes to hang out with the ladies. Michael informs his visitors that in Heaven, an angel is allowed a certain number of "vacations" on Earth, and he's in the midst of one now; trouble is, this is the last one he's entitled to, and he wants to make the most of it. Frank and Huey then stumble on a great story idea -- if Michael wants to have some fun, why not take him to Chicago, where he can really kick up his heels? Michael was written in part by Jim Quinlan, himself a one-time reporter, though with a much more respectable tabloid than the Mirror -- he wrote for the Chicago Sun-Times . Mark Deming, Rovi
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Studio:
New Line Cinema / Rank-Castle Rock / Turner Pictures Worldwide, Inc
Released:
1997-11-11
Language:
English
MPAA Rating:
PG
Alibris ID:
9365684005
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John Travolta, Andie MacDowell, William Hurt, Bob Hoskins, Robert Pastorelli. Run time: 105 mins. Originally released: 1996. Language: English. (m4) VHS movie is ex-video club copy in excellent cond, with box in excellent cond inside a hard plastic case.
Studio:
New Line Cinema / Rank-Castle Rock / Turner Pictures Worldwide, Inc
Released:
1997-11-11
Language:
English
MPAA Rating:
PG
Alibris ID:
10162179587
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Standard Shipping: $3.46
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Seller's Description:
John Travolta, Andie MacDowell, William Hurt, Bob Hoskins, Robert Pastorelli. Fine in fine packaging. Language: English. Run time: 105 mins. Originally released: 1996. (m124) VHS movie is in excellent cond, with box in excellent cond; from a private collection, not an ex-video club copy.
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