Re: Stay (faraway, so close!) and City of...

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Tue, 21 Jul 1998 14:21:22 EDT

J and Patty said: J said:
>Did the director or producer or writer of City Of Angels ever
>credit Wim Wenders as the inspiration or did he ever
>mention Faraway So Close as his influence?
<<Yeah, City of Angels was billed as an American *remake* of Faraway,
<<So Close.
<<And it the director/producer could have been a her, you know. <ahem> ;-)

Well, I found this on a web site darlings ...

Produced by: Atlas Entertainment / Regency Pictures
Certification: USA:PG-13 / UK:12 / Norway:11 / Australia:M / Sweden:11 /
 Singapore:PG / France:U
Language: English
Genre/keyword: Romance / Drama / heaven / religion / medical / guilt / beach /
 _drama_ / angel / swimming / tearjerker / tragedy / fantasy / library / fall /
 twist-in-the-end / doctor / death / bicycle / hospital / suicide / god
Runtime: USA:114 / New Zealand:112
Sound Mix: DTS / SDDS
Distributed by: Warner Bros. [us] Effects by: Sony Pictures Imageworks MPAA
 reasons: Rated PG-13 for sexuality including language, and some nudity.

Directed by Brad Silberling�

Cast (in credits order)
Nicolas Cage.... Seth Meg Ryan.... Maggie Andr� Braugher.... Cassiel
Dennis Franz.... Messinger Colm Feore.... Jordan Robin Bartlett.... Anne
Joanna Merlin.... Teresa Sarah Dampf.... Susan
rest of cast listed alphabetically Sid Hillman.... Librarian

Written by (in credits order)
Wim Wenders�(screenplay Der Himmel �ber Berlin)
&Peter Handke�(screenplay Der Himmel �ber Berlin)
Dana Stevens�

Cinematography by John Seale
Original music by Gabriel Yared� (BEAUTIFUL MUSIC)
Production Design by Lilly Kilvert�
Costume Design by Shay Cunliffe�
Film Editing by Lynzee Klingman�
Produced by
Robert Cavallo�(executive) Alan Glazer�(associate) Jeff Levine
 (II)�(associate) Arnon Milchan�(executive) Charles Newirth�(executive) Charles
 Roven�Douglas Segal�(co-producer) Kelley Smith-Wait�(co-producer) Dawn Steel�

Links with other titles
remake of Himmel �ber Berlin, Der (1987)

features
Nutty Professor, The (1963)
"Jerry Springer Show, The" (1991)

Plot Summary for
City of Angels (1998)

Inspired by the modern classic, Wings of Desire, City involves an angel (Cage)
 who is spotted by a doctor in an operating room. Franz plays Cage's buddy who
 somehow knows a lot about angels.

http://us.imdb.com/More?plot+City+of+Angels+(1998)
 (thanks nico for the link --
 <> credit where it is due)

I don't know how accurate this info is ... I guess I could go see the movie
 again and pay attention to more than just the music credits at the end!!! And
 we all know you can't believe what you read.

Sorry about the non-die hard U2 content ... I hope this relates to what some
 of you are interested in... If not oh well ... What's done cannot be undone
 ... to bed to bed to bed...

In the name of Sparky
Shannon Carey-Thorpe

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