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PolyGram Filmed Entertainment
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After life there is more. The end is just the beginning.
Chris Nielsen dies to find himself in a heaven more amazing than he could have ever dreamed of. There is one thing missing: his wife. After he died, his wife Annie killed herself and went to hell. Chris decides to risk eternity in Hades for the small chance that he will be able to bring her back to heaven.
CinemaSerf
Aug 7, 2025 · via TMDB
Hindsight, and all that, but I wonder how much of the things going through the mind of his character here were actually going through the mind of Robin Williams himself in his later life? Here, he is doctor “Chris” who quite literally collides with “Annie” (Annabella Sciorra) in their boats, and the whirlwind that ensues sees them married and living in the USA. An accident in a road tunnel sees him try to help a stranded driver, but before he can assist he comes a cropper himself and is soon up in heaven being looked after by Cuba Gooding Jnr. So far, it does sound quite heavenly! Unfortunately, “Annie” just cannot handle life without her new husband especially as this is not the first time tragedy has affected her life, and now she is truly bereft. Her solution sees her sent elsewhere and so “Chris” has to convince his new friend “Albert” that - yep - true love conquers all, even in matters of heaven and hell. To prove that very point, he decides to sacrifice his Elysian existence and set off to find her - but that is a journey fraught with emotional pitfalls that build on his memories of her, their family, and of his own frailties. Upon his journey, he is also to have the sagely honesty of “The Tracker” (Max Von Sydow) on his shoulder. Perhaps I’m a bit of a cynic, but though Williams’s effort is engaging, I found this all just a little too soft-focus sentimental. It presents character difficulties and flaws at us, but never ones that we know won’t be resolved, and usually fairly predictability. The bumps in his not so yellow brick road seem contrived for the plot rather than to really showcase the ghastliness and loneliness of grief. On that front, Sciorra delivers quite potently for a time; as the story develops it gives Gooding a little more to get his teeth into, and von Sydow has his “Seventh Seal” (1957) to draw from - which he does with a scene-stealing integrity. Mainly, though, it is a showcase for the star to show he is not just about comedy. He can clearly tackle more substantial issues and at no point throughout didn’t ever feel like laughing. Sadly, though, I didn’t ever feel like crying either. For a film that is all about the essence of what makes us people, it’s remarkably soul-less.
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Robin Williams
Chris Nielsen
Cuba Gooding Jr.
Albert Lewis
Annabella Sciorra
Annie Collins-Nielsen
Max von Sydow
The Tracker
Jessica Brooks Grant
Marie Nielsen
Rosalind Chao
Leona
Lucinda Jenney
Mrs. Jacobs
Maggie McCarthy
Stacey Jacobs
Wilma Bonet
Angie
Matt Salinger
Reverend Hanley
June Carryl
Woman in Car Accident
Werner Herzog
Face
Phaedra Neitzel
Angel (uncredited)
Tom O'Reilly
Devil (Hell Scene) (uncredited)
Anastas N. Michos
Camera Operator
Eduardo Serra
Director of Photography
Yvonne Blake
Costume Design
Fríða Aradóttir
Key Hair Stylist
Charles Croughwell
Stunt Coordinator
Debbie Evans
Stunt Driver
Bob Yerkes
Stunts
Brian Smrz
Stunts
Clay Donahue Fontenot
Stunts
Dan Bell
Stunts
Dane Farwell
Stunts
Darlene Ava Williams
Stunts
Gary Morgan
Stunts
Gilbert Rosales
Stunts
Gregg Smrz
Stunts
Jeff Habberstad
Stunts
Liisa Cohen
Stunts
Noby Arden
Stunts
Rosine 'Ace' Hatem
Stunts
William Morts
Stunts
Vincent Ward
Director
David Brenner
Editor
Maysie Hoy
Editor
Heidi Levitt
Casting
Monika Mikkelsen
Casting Associate
Ronald Bass
Executive Producer
Ted Field
Executive Producer
Dawn Solér
Music Supervisor
Michael Kamen
Original Music Composer
Stephen McLaughlin
Scoring Mixer
Hector C. Gika
Sound Editor
Scott Martin Gershin
Sound Editor
Michael Keller
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Matthew E. Butler
3D Artist
Daryl Tucker
VFX Artist
Dean Wright
Visual Effects Producer
Kevin Scott Mack
Visual Effects Supervisor
Richard Matheson
Novel
Ronald Bass
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The Shadow of Two Flies Upon a Pin
Grief
Memento Mori
Blister
Last Year
Alexandra
Portrait of a Smile
Gardenia
Chernobyl
Evil Postal Service Guy
Before I'm Dead
Are You Living?
Macbeth: Washington National Opera
In Between
Saints & Sinners: Judgment Day
Les petites couleurs
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
La Dolce Vita
The Infiltrators
Imelda
Wilting at the Roots
Rent: Filmed Live on Broadway
A Beautiful Mind
The Best Offer
1900
Forbidden Games
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
The Longest Day
The Executioner
Boogie Nights
Testament of Orpheus
Serpico
The Road Home
Winter Sleep
Bloodlock
My Girl
The Farewell
Faust
Everyone Dies Alone
Beetlejuice
Selma
The In Between
Sissi
La Belle Noiseuse
Jodhaa Akbar
The Invite
A Bridge Too Far
The Wedding Banquet
Fresh
After Life
Takva: A Man's Fear of God
American Satan
The Guardian
Resort to Love
Sissi: The Young Empress
The Bothersome Man
El Cantante
Death Note
Love at Second Sight
Mr. Holland's Opus
The Swimming Pool
Wristcutters: A Love Story
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle
Cooley High
Lend a Hand for Love
Dying to Come Back
No Apologies
The Constant Gardener
The Time Traveler's Wife
Jacob the Liar
The Bow
Benny's Video
Tyler Perry's The Family That Preys
Carnival of Souls
Reds
Heaven Can Wait
Adam's Woman
King's Game
Truly Madly Deeply
Zuzu Angel
Moonstruck
The Baby of Mâcon
Dead or Alive 2: Birds
Cop Land
Smart Money
Force Majeure
Crime Story
The Firm
Foxtrot
The Return of Martin Guerre
The Tree of Life
Only You
Under Fire
Sabotage
Ten Canoes
Beaches
George Washington
Hager
Priscilla
True North
Pollock
Enough
Venus
Mauri
Life Is Beautiful
Things We Lost in the Fire
Respiro
Since Otar Left
The Bricklayers
Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi
Get Out Your Handkerchiefs
A Perfect Murder
Underworld: Rise of the Lycans
From the Ashes
The Last Supper
The Fall of the Roman Empire
Journey to Hell
Kinds of Kindness
The River Wild
Shall We Dance?
Involuntary
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
Days of Thunder
Bluebeard
I Love You Phillip Morris
Gods and Generals
Night of Red Wine
Chasuke's Journey
Derailed
Biker Boyz
Titane
To Paint or Make Love
Casper
Twilight
Up Close & Personal
Chalte Chalte
R.I.P.D. 2: Rise of the Damned
Sky High
Jamon Jamon
Mandy
Frontier(s)
Gemma Bovery
Return with Honor
Izo
Viva Las Vegas
The Canterbury Tales
Evita
Marie-Jo and Her 2 Loves
Zulu Dawn
The Sentinel
Castle Freak
Moll Flanders
All Dogs Go to Heaven 2
Blackwater Lane
Angel Eyes
The Star Chamber
Heartburn
The Lazarus Project
Five Miles to Midnight
Squatters
Stonewall
Her Last Chance
The Rally
Edmond
The Eye
The Legend of Paul and Paula
The Prophecy 3: The Ascent
Arcana
Their Eyes Were Watching God
The Other Lamb
Sirens
Random Hearts
Don't Look Back
Goodbye, Charley
Someone Behind the Door
Enter the Ninja
My Friend from Faro
Stoned
Devil's Diary
Night Terror
Breakfast of Champions
Death in Charge
Soa
Peaches
Boogeyman
Cargo
Inside
Zandalee
Debbie Does Damnation
Der Fall Bachmeier - Keine Zeit für Tränen
Mandala Night Club
The Kids Turned Out Fine
Bahnwärter Thiel
Mercy
When We Are Gone
Mugworth
Angel Sign
Long Live Death!
DETRIMENTO
Estás Muerto
Beatus Ille
New Equilibrium
With My Fingers
Enjaulada
Jingga And Colors That Refuse To Fade
Mil Yardas
Gone Fishin'
L'art d'aimer mourir
Shotgun
Triangle
The Place of Chimeras
Little Pains
Almost Finished
Con las manos de ella
Minbera
See You on the Other Side
El Cuerpo de Lili
A Cura
Life Goes On
Addicted to Change
M... & F...
Beyond The Past
It's a Wonderful Life
Days of Heaven
The In Between
The Life of Chuck
Ghost
We Live in Time
2 Hearts
Jane Eyre
A Ghost Story
The Lovely Bones
The Leisure Seeker
Forever First Love
Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Horse Whisperer
Untamed Heart
City of Angels
Love in the Time of Cholera
The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Her
Endless
Dragonfly
Stealing Home
Not Easily Broken
Winter's Tale
Always
Hereafter
Fallen
Blind
Moll Flanders
Northfork
To the Wonder
Oct 2, 1998
Feb 2, 1999
Polygram Video #058 275-3 [VHS] 114 minutes (Screener)
Mar 9, 1999
Polygram Video #440 058 275-3 [VHS] 114 minutes
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