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entertainment
Beatty's 'Heaven Can Wait'
comedy worth waiting to see
By L. Kent Wolgamott
By updating an old story and demonstrating his
growing abilities at film production, Warren Beatty has
given us one of the summer's best movies, Heaven Can
Wait.
Based on a play from the 30s of the same name, and a
1941 movie, Here Comet Mr. Jordan, Beatty's film
changes the story of a man who goes to heaven too soon
and must return to another man's body, to the Southern
California of the 70s.
Beatty produced; co-directed, with Buck Henry; wrote
the screenplay, with Elaine May, and stars in this well
done comedy.
In his role as Joe Pendleton, a quarterback for the Los
Angeles Rams and as Yds later transformation, industrial
ist Leo Farnsworth, Beatty, usually in the role of villian,
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performs strongly in a new role the epitome of the nice
Beatty and Henry also get strong performances from
the excellent cast they have assembled, particularly Jack
Warden as Beatty's trainer and friend. Max Corkle; Dyan
Cannon as Farnsworth's scheming wife; and her cohort,
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Charles Grodin as Tony Abbott, Farnsworth's executive
secretary.
The two representatives from heaven, Mr. Jordan and
the escort who takes Beatty from the earth too early, are
superbly played by James Mason and Henry.
Julie Christie, as Betty Logan, the love of Pendleton-Farnsworth-etc.'s
life, gives an excellent but unfortu
nately short performance.
Beatty and May's screenplay rolls along, taking shots
at corporate politics, the life of the rich and, in a subtle
way, America's obsession with sports, all without losing
track of the plot or the characters.
The billowy clouds of the station on the way to
heaven a station complete with a Concorde jet to sweep
the passengers along contrast with the L.A. Coliseum
full of screaming fans as Beatty weaves fantasy and
reality in a convincing manner, allowing for easy
identification.
Under Beatty and Henry's direction, the plot and
characters develop into an unexpected, but at the same
time expected climax, without sacrificing the humor the
screenplay intended.
With Heaven Can Wait Beatty has shown us he can put
all the pieces of moviemaking together and have them
result in an enjoyable film which takes its jabs at today's
society but mostly is just for entertainment.
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