Heaven Can Wait (1978)
Director: Warren Beatty, Buck Henry
Starring: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, James Mason, Charles Grodin, Dyan Cannon, Buck Henry, Vincent Gardenia, Jack Warden
Studio: Paramount
Other Oscar nominations: director, best actor (Warren Beatty), supporting actor (Jack Warden), supporting actress (Dyan Cannon), adapted screenplay (Elaine May, Warren Beatty), production design (Paul Sylbert, Edwin O’Donovan, George Gaines, winner), cinematography (William A. Fraker), original score (Dave Grusin)
Beatty and Buck Henry’s sports-fantasy dramedy about a Los Angeles Rams quarterback who’s mistakenly taken to heaven in his prime.
Co-written by Beatty and Elaine May, the movie brings moral questions about our purpose on Earth.
The movie lost the award to “The Deer Hunter,” along with “An Unmarried Woman,” “Coming Home” and “Midnight Express.”
