The Five People You Meet In Heaven

Dec 5, 2004

2h 12m

★ 7.0

Overview

On his 83rd birthday, Eddie, a war vet and a maintenance worker at the Ruby Pier amusement park, dies while trying to save a girl who is sitting under a falling ride. When he awakens in the afterlife, he encounters five people with ties to his corporeal existence who help him understand the meaning of his life.

Genres

Drama

Fantasy

Science Fiction

TV Movie

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Cast

Edward

Jon Voight

Ruby

Ellen Burstyn

Blue Man

Jeff Daniels

Captain

Michael Imperioli

Margeurite

Dagmara Dominczyk

Young Eddie

Steven Grayhm

Blue Man - Child

Matt Visser

Eddie’s Father

Callum Keith Rennie

Rabozzo

Birkett Turton

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