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City of Angels
When a guardian angel – who invisibly watches over the citizens of Los Angeles – becomes captivated by a strong-willed heart surgeon, he ponders trading in his pure, otherworldly existence for a mortal life with his beloved. The couple embarks on a tender but forbidden romance spanning heaven and Earth.
1998 · Directed by Brad Silberling · 114 min · Drama · Fantasy · Romance · 19 frames
Tagline
She didn't believe in angels until she fell in love with one.
Crew
- Screenplay: Dana Stevens
- Cinematography: John Seale
- Edited by: Lynzee Klingman
- Music: Gabriel Yared
- Production design: Lilly Kilvert
- Produced by: Charles Roven, Dawn Steel
Cast
- Nicolas Cage as Seth
- Meg Ryan as Maggie
- Dennis Franz as Messinger
- Andre Braugher as Cassiel
- Colm Feore as Jordan
- Robin Bartlett as Anne
- Joanna Merlin as Teresa
- Sarah Dampf as Susan
- Rhonda Dotson as Susan's Mother
- Nigel Gibbs as Doctor
Production
- Country: United States of America, Germany
- Language: English
- Studios: Atlas Entertainment, Regency Enterprises, Taurus Film, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Budget: $55,000,000
- Box office: $198,685,114
- Themes: suicide, operation, life and death, afterlife, angel, faith, heaven, remake, los angeles, california, interspecies romance
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