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A woman enters the afterlife briefly after a car crash that kills her husband. But she survives - and finds herself possessing strange powers.A woman enters the afterlife briefly after a car crash that kills her husband. But she survives - and finds herself possessing strange powers.A woman enters the afterlife briefly after a car crash that kills her husband. But she survives - and finds herself possessing strange powers.
- Nominated for 2 Oscars
- 3 wins & 9 nominations total
Madeleine Sherwood
- Ruth
- (as Madeleine Thornton-Sherwood)
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Did you know
- TriviaMartin Scorsese was reportedly healed from asthma by the real-life healer who inspired this film.
- Quotes
Esco Brown: Go carefully, with peace in your heart, with love in your eyes, and with laughter on your tongue. And if life don't hand you nothing but lemons, you just make you some lemonade. That's from Book Brown, Chapter One, Verse One.
- Crazy creditsStills of different portions of the movie are shown during the credits. The final still is a part not previously seen and it shows the rock garden behind the gas station which is referenced earlier in the movie.
- Alternate versionsABC edited 8 minutes from this film for its 1983 network television premiere.
- ConnectionsEdited into Murder, She Wrote: Reflections of the Mind (1985)
Featured review
Like numerous stories dealing with the (supposedly) supernatural, this one requires the audience to take on faith that which cannot be justified "scientifically." So there are loose ends, and matters that will leave some of us asking, "How could that happen - even in this story?" But to accept the premise and the events on their own terms is to provide oneself with a powerful emotional experience of the sort that few pictures even try to create.
Especially effective was the Ellen Burstyn character remaining her low-key, unassuming self even after she becomes aware of her power. Along the same lines is her admission that she fails about a third of the time, and her altogether plausible attempt to explain it.
Less convincing was her inability to resist romance with someone obviously unsuitable. Was this to show us that she was, after all, only human? That she would want a man in her life we can easily accept. But him? She turns away repeatedly until his sheer persistence overcomes her better judgment. It doesn't ring true.
The performances are excellent throughout. And could anyone have come up with a more appropriate, satisfying ending?
Especially effective was the Ellen Burstyn character remaining her low-key, unassuming self even after she becomes aware of her power. Along the same lines is her admission that she fails about a third of the time, and her altogether plausible attempt to explain it.
Less convincing was her inability to resist romance with someone obviously unsuitable. Was this to show us that she was, after all, only human? That she would want a man in her life we can easily accept. But him? She turns away repeatedly until his sheer persistence overcomes her better judgment. It doesn't ring true.
The performances are excellent throughout. And could anyone have come up with a more appropriate, satisfying ending?
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Box office
- Budget
- $6,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $3,910,019
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $308,068
- Sep 28, 1980
- Gross worldwide
- $3,910,019
- Runtime1 hour 43 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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