list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around Michael on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/Michael/93667/default.aspx Title: Michael
Year: 1996
Director: Nora Ephron
Plot: There are angels among us...and they like lots of sugar in their coffee. 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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]]>Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:49:36 GMTMichael1996Nora EphronThere are angels among us...and they like lots of sugar in their coffee. Vartan Malt (<a href="/players/P____33185/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Bob Hoskins</a>) is the editor of a tabloid called the <I>National Mirror</I> 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 <I>Mirror</I>'s alley, so he sends out three people to get the story -- Frank Quinlan (<a href="/players/P____34104/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>William Hurt</a>), a reporter whose career has hit the skids; Huey Discoll (<a href="/players/P____55337/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Robert Pastorelli</a>), a photographer on the verge of losing his job (even though he owns the <I>Mirror</I>'s mascot, Sparky The Wonder Dog); and Dorothy Winters (<a href="/players/P____44167/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Andie MacDowell</a>), a self-styled "angel expert." They arrive at the rooming house of Patsy Millband (<a href="/players/P____67651/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Jean Stapleton</a>), who informs them that she does indeed have an angel for a tenant, and introduces them to Michael (<a href="/players/P____71670/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>John Travolta</a>). 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 <I>Mirror</I> -- he wrote for the <I>Chicago Sun-Times</I>. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide18Tag Target (>10)132http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/t00104gvaof.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/Michael/93667/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/love/MemberTagFilms.aspxlove
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