Michael Director: Nora Ephron Cast: John Travolta, Andie MacDowell, William Hurt, Bob Hoskins
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- DVD Release Date: 09/08/2009
- Original Release: 1996
- Rating:
- Sales Rank: 9,348
Features
Closed Caption; Theatrical Trailer
Full Product DetailsScene Index
Disc #1 -- Michael
1. Credits [1:55]
2. Closing an account [2:05]
3. "Winter Wonderland" [1:26]
4. Missing Americans and a topless tree [3:20]
5. Off to see an angel [4:03]
6. Dog tales [1:51]
7. Pansy greets her guests [2:32]
8. Meet Michael [4:04]
9. Winged-man theories [3:13]
10. The last breakfast [4:39]
11. The works [2:17]
12. Terms of the trip [4:31]
13. World's largest ball of twine [2:48]
14. The 6,360th battle [3:49]
15. Inventions and other angelic deeds [3:00]
16. Fancy footwork [2:11]
17. Barroom brawl [1:57]
18. A favor behind bars [4:47]
19. In chambers [2:49]
20. Roadside interlude [5:15]
21. A pie capital of America [2:27]
22. "The Pie Song" [3:53]
23. Room rondelay [4:27]
24. Confessions at dawn [4:56]
25. A miracle [5:29]
26. Godspeed [3:21]
27. Not Quinlan's area [2:58]
28. Solo acts [2:32]
29. The Angel of Frank's dreams [3:30]
30. Mission accomplished [2:07]
31. Dancing home; End Credits [6:35]
Editorial Reviews
There are angels among us, and they like lots of sugar in their coffee, in writer-director Nora Ephron's comic fantasy Michael. Vartan Malt (Bob Hoskins) is the editor of a tabloid called the National Mirror that specializes in unlikely stories about celebrities and frankly unbelievable tales about ordinary folks. When Malt gets word that a woman is supposedly harboring an angel in a small town in Iowa, he figures that this might be right up the Mirror's alley, so he sends out three people to get the story -- Frank Quinlan (William Hurt), a reporter whose career has hit the skids; Huey Discoll (Robert Pastorelli), a photographer on the verge of losing his job (even though he owns the Mirror's mascot, Sparky The Wonder Dog); and Dorothy Winters (Andie MacDowell), a self-styled "angel expert." They arrive at the rooming house of Patsy Millband (Jean Stapleton), who informs them that she does indeed have an angel for a tenant, and introduces them to Michael (John Travolta). Michael has wings like an angel, but the resemblance ends there; Michael loves cigarettes, has an uncontrollable sweet tooth (and a pot belly to match), tends to use a large number of non-angelic phrases, is not much on personal hygiene, and likes to hang out with the ladies. Michael informs his visitors that in Heaven, an angel is allowed a certain number of "vacations" on Earth, and he's in the midst of one now; trouble is, this is the last one he's entitled to, and he wants to make the most of it. Frank and Huey then stumble on a great story idea -- if Michael wants to have some fun, why not take him to Chicago, where he can really kick up his heels? Michael was written in part by Jim Quinlan, himself a one-time reporter, though with a much more respectable tabloid than the Mirror -- he wrote for the Chicago Sun-Times. Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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