City of Angels
by Brad Silberling
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Actor: Andre Braugher, Colm Feore, Dennis Franz, Meg Ryan, Nicolas CageDirector: Brad Silberling
DVD: 2 Sides, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: AC-3, Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Special Edition, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 2.35:1
Running Time: 114 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1998-09-29
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Home Video
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Movie Review: Taking the plunge
Summary: 5 Stars
CITY OF ANGELS starring Meg Ryan and Nicholas Cage is a moving film. Cage plays one of God's messenger's, Seth, who happens to fall in love with Maggie Rice, a heart surgeon, who is adamant into believing that Seth is actually an angel. But as the film proceeds, their relationship blossoms into a sweep you off your feet type of romance that is seldom seen in films these days, but lives are altered in the process.
The highlight of the film is Cage's character Seth. Throughout the film he carries an expressionless but gentle and friendly fa?ade with those he meet, especially with Maggie as well as with his angel cohort, Cassiel (Andre Braugher) and hospital patient, Nathaniel Messinger (Dennis Franz); Franz and Cage's dive into the ocean and catch a wave scene is quite a metaphor to the film as well as the concluding scene, which only shows how the simple things in life are taken for granted.
This may eventually become a classic, or if it is not already, end up on the American Film Institute's top films. The production, the screenplay, and the cinematography are exceptional. And for those who enjoy a little romance and tinge of metaphysics in a film, CITY OF ANGELS is not at all too deep to understand but enlightening. The theme of this film is quite similar to films, such as MEET JOE BLACK and WHAT DREAMS MAY COME, which have the underlining meaning involving immortality.
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Some critics complained that City of Angels could never compare to Wim Wenders's exquisite German film Wings of Desire, which served as the later film's primary inspiration. The better argument to make is that any such comparisons are beside the point, because Wings of Desire was a much more deeply poetic, artfully contemplative film, whereas City of Angels is an enchanting product of mainstream Hollywood. Meg Ryan stars as Dr. Maggie Rice, a heart surgeon who is grieving over a lost patient when an angel named Seth (Nicolas Cage) appears to comfort her. She can see him despite the "rule" that angels are invisible, and Seth's love for Maggie forces him to choose between angelic immortality and a normal human existence on earth with her. Featuring heavenly roles for TV veterans Andre Braugher and Dennis Franz, the film liberally borrows imagery from Wings of Desire, but it also creates its own charming identity. Cage and Ryan give fine performances as lovers convinced they are soul mates, and although the plot relies on a last-minute twist that doesn't quite work, this earnest love story struck a chord with audiences and proved to be one of the surprise hits of 1998. The Special Edition widescreen DVD includes audio commentary by Nicolas Cage, producer Charles Roven, and director Brad Silberling in addition to deleted scenes, a behind-the-scenes documentary, a featurette about the film's special effects, and the theatrical trailer. --Jeff ShannonDrama DVD Video
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