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Heaven Can Wait
Starring: Don Ameche & Gene Tierney Director: Ernst Lubitsch

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Format: DVD

Genre: Drama

Average Customer Rating: Rating 4.5
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DVD Features:

Notes:  This release is a new, restored high-definition digital transfer.
Encoding: Region 1; USA & Canada
Package Type: Keep Case
Aspect Ratio: Full Frame - 1.33

Audio:

  • Mono - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Video Interview - 1. Molly Haskell/Andrew Sarris - Film Critics
  • Bonus Feature - 1. CREATIVITY WITH BILL MOYERS: A PORTRAIT OF SAMSOM RAPHELSON. (1982, 32 minutes)

 Audio Seminar with Samson Raphelson and film critic Richard Cross (1977).
  • Trailers - 1. Original Theatrical Trailer

Text/Photo Galleries:

  • Essay By William Paul - Film Scholar

Entertainment Reviews:

USA Today - 03/09/1990

"...[A] Technicolor 'Man Confronts Satan' fantasy, directed by the incomparable Ernst Lubitsch....With Gene Tierney and an astonishing cast of character-actor legends..."

Entertainment Weekly - 06/17/2005

"Lubitsch nimbly conveys the passage of time..."

Description by OLDIES.com:

Deceased turn-of-the-century playboy Henry Van Cleve (Don Ameche) presents himself to the outer offices of Hades, where he asks a bemused Satan for permission to enter the gates of hell. Though the devil doubts that Henry's sins qualify him for eternal damnation, Henry proceeds to recount a lifetime of wooing and pursuing women, his long, happy marriage to Martha (Gene Tierney) notwithstanding. Ernst Lubitsch's Heaven Can Wait, nominated for Academy Awards for best picture and director, is an enduring classic that showcases his trademark blend of wit, urbanity and grace.

Product Description:

A sharp romantic comedy with the Lubitsch touch. When a dearly departed former playboy (Ameche) goes to Hell, he must convince the ruler of the realm of darkness that he has come to the right place. He recounts his life story including his unfaithfulness to his beautiful wife (Tierney), but as his life flashes in front of his eyes, he and the devil find he was a terribly good father, a horribly loyal husband and a hideously kindhearted soul. Academy Award Nominations: Best Color Cinematography, Best Picture, Best Director.

Plot Keywords:

Afterlife | Betrayal | Comedy | Ghosts | Heaven | Hell | Recommended | Vintage

Cast and Crew:

Starring Don Ameche & Gene Tierney
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch

DVD Details:

  • High Definition Digital Transfer
  • Video Conversation Between Film Critics Molly Haskell & Andrew Sarris
  • Creativity With Bill Moyers: A Portrait Of Samson Raphaelson, 1982 Program Exploring the Screenwriter's Life/Career
  • 1977 Audio Seminar with Samson Raphaelson & Film Critic Richard Corliss
  • Ernst Lubitsch Home Piano Recordings
  • Original Theatrical Trailer
  • Subtitles: English (Optional)
  • Label: The Criterion Collection
  • Originally Released in: 1971
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 52 minutes
  • Video: Color
  • Region: Region 1 encoding; USA & Canada.
  • Release Date: June 14, 2005
  • OLDIES.com Sales Rank: 22,972
  • Item UPC: 715515016322
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx); Counts as 1 item(s) for International Shipping.

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