Maggie, a surgeon is trying to save the life of her patient. Unbeknown to her an angel called Seth is present. The angel falls in love with Maggie who is unaware of his angelic status...
Product Identifiers
Producer
Charles Roven, Dawn Steel
EAN
7321900163200
eBay Product ID (ePID)
3939180
Product Key Features
Actor
Jay Patterson, Brian Markinson, Andre Braugher, Joanna Merlin, John Putch, Meg Ryan, Nicolas Cage, Rhonda Dotson, Robin Bartlett, Dennis Franz, Colm Feore
Widescreen, Interactive Menus\Production Notes\Scene Access\Making Angels Documentary\Additional Scenes\Commentary By Brad Silberling, Closed Caption, With Subtitles
Genre
Drama, Romantic
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs
1
Certificate
12A/12
Hearing Impaired
English\Italian
Composer
Gabriel Yared
Production Designer
Lilly Kilvert
Additional Information
Based in part on Wim Wenders' 1988 film Wings of Desire, this is the story of Seth (Cage), an angel who wanders the Los Angeles area invisible to humans. As the demise of an individual approaches he spends time near them and becomes visible while acting as their traveling companion during their trip to the great hereafter. His discovery of distraught heart surgeon Maggie (Ryan) inspires him to forego his immortality and exist on earth with her as a feeling and mortal entity.
Reviews
Sight and Sound - ...Cage's performance [is] at once intense and ethereal..., Entertainment Weekly - "...This New Agey take will still engage the heartrings of any mortal with the teensiest desire to believe..." -- Rating: B