Its scheme of heavenly bureaucracy and souls boarding planes to heaven has no theological basis. Before the matter can be rectified, joes body is cremated. It stars robert montgomery, claude rains and evelyn keyes the film script, based on harry segalls play heaven can wait, was written by sidney buchman and seton i. Boxer joe pendleton becomes the ward of angelic advisorcounselors after his earthly body is accidentally destroyed. Jordan, they had their doubts as to its boxoffice potential. The premise of coming back to life in someone elses body was very interesting and different and it seemed to be copied several times over the years. The majority of the flick seemed accurate and concise. Jordan arranges for joe to win the championship, expose the murderers and walk off arm and arm with bette is a bit too complex to detail here.
Robert montgomery played prizefighter and amateur pilot joe pendleton, who, on the verge of winning the championship, is. Jordan was so successful, it inspired a semisequel 1947s down to earth, which starred rita hayworth and was eventually remade in 1978 as heaven can wait. In this case the screenplay writer, sidney buchman, who also wrote holiday, the talk of the town and mr. Jordan 1941 the album did poorly in the album charts, but the lead single, the david bowie sounding now youre in heaven, reached number one on the billboard album rock tracks chart the album was reissued, along with the secret value of daydreaming and help yourself, on 8 september.
Jordan, american romantic comedy film, released in 1941, that involves a boxer who is taken to heaven before his time but is given a second chance at life. Jordan is a thoroughly beguiling fantasy with a boxing subplot. Jordan especially connected with audiences in 1941, as america faced the prospect of entering a global war and sending thousands of young men to face danger and uncertainty in strange, faraway lands. Nevertheless the breen office censors demanded rewrites because the film seemed to suggest predestination in its inference that joe pendleton was destined to be a boxing champ. Jordan is a 1941 american fantasy romantic comedy film directed by alexander hall, in which a boxer, mistakenly taken to heaven before his. Jordan is a very entertaining and thoughtprovoking film with great performances by robert montgomery and claude rains. Jordan comes to town, heaven can wait, le defunt recalcitrant. Full of hilarious plot twists and blessed with brilliant performances from a stellar cast, here comes mr. Jordan is a 1941 american fantasy romantic comedy film directed by alexander hall, in which a boxer, mistakenly taken to heaven before his time, is given a second chance back on earth.
The movie was adapted from the play heaven can wait. Jordan remains as endlessly amusing, clever, endearing, and dreamy as it was at its inception as the play heaven can wait gaining points for its whimsical view of the hereafter and preventing larcenous bankers, crooked fighter managers, and even two murder attempts from weighing down its innate sweetness and eternal optimism. The film, which received a total of seven 1941 nominations, including best picture, won two best motion picture story, best screenplay. Revisiting another laserdisc title, criterion presents alexander halls here comes mr. Jordan grants him the use of the body of wealthy bruce farnsworth, whos just. Jordan claude rains, sends joe back to earth in the body of a murdered playboy to straighten out his life and resume his boxing career. Arabic, bulgarian, danish, dutch, english, finnish, french, german, hindi. The latter title was used as a semisequel, the musical down to earth, 1947, with rita hayworth.
Jordan was so successful, it inspired a semisequel 1947s down to earth, which starred rita hayworth and. A sophisticated supernatural hollywood comedy whose influence continues to be felt, here comes mr. Jordan is a prime example of the classic film blanc in action. That the picture has held up spectacularly well since is a testament truer still to the machinery of. Jordan isnt as great outside of a stellar claude rains, but the plot is tighter. Jordan is one of the most consistently clever romantic comedies of the 1940s, and richly deserving of the oscars won by screenwriters sidney buchman, seton i.
It stars robert montgomery, claude rains and evelyn keyes. Jordan is often confused with the 1943 movie, heaven can wait, starring don ameche and directed by ernst lubitsch. Jordan was from a play, heaven can wait, by harry seagall, and was remade as heaven can wait in 1978, and as down to earth with chris rock in 2001. Jordan, american romantic comedy film, released in.
Jordan was based on a play harry segalls heaven can wait, but its hardly a stagebound film, given its ease at hopping between numerous locales both earthy and. This new 1080p24hz highdefinition presentation comes from a new 2k scan of a preservation fine. With robert montgomery, claude rains, evelyn keyes, rita johnson. Alexander halls classic romantic fantasy here comes mr. Boxer joe pendleton robert montgomery takes a joyride in a small plane, which crashes. Jordan claude rains, that his death was a clerical error, and that he can return to earth. Jordan 2002 boxer joe pendleton robert montgomery is killed in a plane crash on the way to a championship fight. Jordan, rita johnson, robert montgomery, evelyn keyes, 1941 e5n1p1 from alamys library of millions of. At times the movie came across as a bit soft and illdefined, but not with great frequency. Jordan 1941 directed by alexander hall, produced by everett riskin and starring robert montgomery, evelyn keyes, claude rains, rita johnson, edward everett horton, james gleason, john emery, donald macbride,and more.
The 1978 film, heaven can wait warren beatty was, as it was a remake not of heaven can wait but of here comes mr. His soul is rescued by 70, an officious angel edward everett horton, who assumed that joe could not. Jordan on bluray in its original aspect ratio of about 1. When columbia pictures financial advisors read the screenplay for the fantasy comedy here comes mr. A picture different from anything ever screened before boxer joe pendleton, flying to his next fight, crashes. Jordan and his hyper assistant 70 take his case as if he were a stranded plane passenger in need of v. Just log on to your verizon account and watch the latest shows online. Jordan is a comedy film in which a boxer, mistakenly taken to heaven before his time, is given a second chance back on earth. Smith goes to washington, was instrumental in getting the film made at all. The album title is a reference to the film here comes mr. Jordan is distinguished by little bits of business and rules that its constantly explaining, such as joe and mr. Heaven can wait, the title of the original play that was adapted for here comes mr. Harry segall won the academy award for best writing, original story based on his play heaven can wait.
Jordan dvd fs robert montgomery claude rains here comes mr. Robert montgomery, evelyn keyes, claude rains, rita johnson, edward everett horton, james gleason, john emery, donald macbride director. Boxer joe pendleton robert montgomery is killed in a plane crash on the way to a championship fight. Jordan stars the eminently versatile robert montgomery as a workingclass boxer and amateur aviator whose plane crashes in a freak accident. Jordan 1941 starring robert montgomery and evelyn keyes on dvd and bluray. Jordan being able to scout anybody and any body theyd like without being detected by the living. When a boxer robert montgomery is accidentally called to heaven 50 years before his time, its up to celestial executive extraordinaire mr. Jordan is a 1941 american fantasy romantic comedy film directed by alexander hall, in which a boxer, mistakenly taken to heaven before his tim. The only part that was a disappointment was an extremely heavy handed score that was a frequent distraction. Jordan, 1941, directed by alexander hall, with robert montgomery, evelyn keyes, claude rains, at turner classic movies. Jordan sits at a piano inside the farnsworth home, cracks a slight smile to joe. Boxer joe pendleton, flying to his next fight, crashes.
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