# Le ciel peut attendre (1978)

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**Original title**: *Heaven Can Wait*
**Runtime**: 101 min
**Genres**: Fantasy, Comedy, Romance
**Directed by**: Buck Henry, Warren Beatty
**Written by**: Warren Beatty, Elaine May
**Starring**: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, James Mason, Jack Warden, Charles Grodin, Dyan Cannon

> *Joe Pendleton... the only guy who ever raised Hell about going to Heaven.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A quarterback gets prematurely yanked to heaven then denied reentry because HR down in Accounting misplaced his file. With his original body incinerated, he’s rerouted through the recently deceased, who happened to own the team he wanted to buy anyway. The murderous next-of-kin stare as he buys the club just to resume throwing touchdown passes.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, cozy

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