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The Five People You Meet in Heaven

  • TV Movie
  • 2004
  • Not Rated
  • 3h
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
6.2K
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The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2004)
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An elderly amusement park maintenance man, Eddie, is trapped in purgatory and the only way out is to confront five people from his past. Unfortunately, dark secrets from his service in the P... Read allAn elderly amusement park maintenance man, Eddie, is trapped in purgatory and the only way out is to confront five people from his past. Unfortunately, dark secrets from his service in the Philippines begin to haunt him.An elderly amusement park maintenance man, Eddie, is trapped in purgatory and the only way out is to confront five people from his past. Unfortunately, dark secrets from his service in the Philippines begin to haunt him.

  • Director
    • Lloyd Kramer
  • Writer
    • Mitch Albom
  • Stars
    • Jon Voight
    • Ellen Burstyn
    • Jeff Daniels
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.2/10
    6.2K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Lloyd Kramer
    • Writer
      • Mitch Albom
    • Stars
      • Jon Voight
      • Ellen Burstyn
      • Jeff Daniels
    • 88User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 1 win & 10 nominations total

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    Jon Voight
    Jon Voight
    • Eddie
    Ellen Burstyn
    Ellen Burstyn
    • Ruby
    Jeff Daniels
    Jeff Daniels
    • Blue Man
    Dagmara Dominczyk
    Dagmara Dominczyk
    • Marguerite
    Steven Grayhm
    Steven Grayhm
    • Young Eddie
    Michael Imperioli
    Michael Imperioli
    • Captain
    Callum Keith Rennie
    Callum Keith Rennie
    • Eddie's Father
    Rebecca Jenkins
    Rebecca Jenkins
    • Eddie's Mother
    Callahan Brebner
    • Eddie - Boy
    Nicaela Weigel
    • Tala
    Shelbie Weigel
    • Tala
    Darcy Cadman
    Darcy Cadman
    • Joe - Young
    Tim O'Halloran
    • Mickey Shea
    Zak Santiago
    Zak Santiago
    • Dominguez
    Emy Aneke
    Emy Aneke
    • Willie
    Elias Toufexis
    Elias Toufexis
    • Morton
    Billy Wickman
    Billy Wickman
    • Smitty
    Birkett Turton
    Birkett Turton
    • Rabozzo
    • (as Kett Turton)
    • Director
      • Lloyd Kramer
    • Writer
      • Mitch Albom
    • All cast & crew
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    • Trivia
      The newspaper headline in Eddie's (Jon Voight's) apartment reads, "Police Doubt Fire Was Accidental". The same headline appears in Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), and is where the character got her name.
    • Goofs
      There are two boys on a ride. Eddie helps the one boy get out and he is handed a blue balloon. Then he helps the other boy out and his wife Marguerite hands that boy a yellow balloon. The camera then pans over to the boys heading to their mom but both boys are holding blue balloons instead of one blue and one yellow.
    • Quotes

      Ruby: Eddie, anger is a poison. It eats us inside. We think when we hate someone we hurt them, but hatred is a curved blade, and the harm we do to others we also do to ourselves.

    • Soundtracks
      You Made Me Love You
      (uncredited)

      written by James V. Monaco ( as J. Monaco) and Joseph McCarthy (as J. McCarthy)

      performed by John Pizzarelli and Janine Albom

    User reviews88

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    Great Movie !!!

    Usually, a movie adapted from a book does not live up to expectations. I received the book last Christmas, and after reading it, I felt that if done correctly, it would make a good movie. This movie surpassed it's expectation and did the job. If a person had not read the book previous to watching the movie, it may have been hard to follow the flow. I could identify with every major event in the movie and felt the screen writers, producers, directors and actors, all did a marvelous job of bringing Mitch Albom's writings to life. I hope that sometime in the near future this movie is released to DVD format. Mitch Albom has a special gift in the fact that he is both a great talk show personality and an even greater author.
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    • Dec 6, 2004
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    • Release date
      • April 24, 2005 (Hungary)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Japanese
      • Italian
      • French
    • Also known as
      • Mitch Albom's 'The Five People You Meet in Heaven'
    • Filming locations
      • Santa Monica Pier, Santa Monica, California, USA(Exterior)
    • Production companies
      • Five People Productions Inc.
      • Hallmark Entertainment
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    • Budget
      • $20,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      3 hours
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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