Jordan stars the eminently versatile robert montgomery as a workingclass boxer and amateur aviator whose plane crashes in a freak accident. Jordan, they had their doubts as to its boxoffice potential. This is the classic comedy whose success spawned a number of light supernatural films including down to earth, its a wonderful life, heaven can wait, the. Simplyscripts oscar winning screenplays 1928 to present. Jordan is a 1941 american fantasy romantic comedy film directed by alexander hall, in which a boxer, mistakenly taken to heaven before his. Maybe i should say by way of preface, that my wife and i enjoyed old movies like topper, here comes mr. 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. Robert montgomery played prizefighter and amateur pilot joe pendleton, who, on the verge of winning the championship, is. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free. It stars robert montgomery, claude rains and evelyn keyes. The film script, based on harry segall s play heaven can wait, was written by sidney.
Jordan on bluray in its original aspect ratio of about 1. To correct this problem, he is brought back to earth from heaven to be put back into his body that has already been cremated, so the search begins for a new body. 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, and blithe spirit, ghost or truly, madly, deeply.
Jordan, 1941, directed by alexander hall, with robert montgomery, evelyn keyes, claude rains, at turner classic movies. Frederick hollanders sweet score comes across well on the clear soundtrack. Story and screenplaybased on factual material or material not previously published or produced. Heaven can wait, the title of the original play that was adapted for here comes mr. Its scheme of heavenly bureaucracy and souls boarding planes to heaven has no theological basis. Jordan is often confused with the 1943 movie, heaven can wait, starring don ameche and directed by ernst lubitsch. Although the film was remade twice, by warren beatty as heaven can wait. Smith goes to washington, was instrumental in getting the film made at all. A sophisticated supernatural hollywood comedy whose influence continues to be felt, here comes mr. Jordan was based on a play harry segalls heaven can wait, but its hardly a stagebound film, given its ease. Jordan claude rains, that his death was a clerical error, and that he can return to earth. Jordan is a mindbending romantic comedy that stars robert montgomery as kindhearted boxer joe pendleton, who is killed in a plane crash on his way to a championship fight. Revisiting another laserdisc title, criterion presents alexander halls here comes mr. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing here comes mr.
Jordan starring robert montgomery in this fantasy on directv. When there was a movie like that, wed put it on the old netflix queue and snuggle up. Jordan 2002 boxer joe pendleton robert montgomery is killed in a plane crash on the way to a championship fight. The restoration a number of years ago was a collaboration between sony and the ucla film and television archive, and a new 2k digital workover has resulted in a polished, glossy final product. Jordan has spawned two direct remakes and a sequel, but the 1941 original retains a snap and a vigorand a unique charmthat no other version has been able to duplicate. Jordan 1941 alexander hall on allmovie the usually debonair robert montgomery stepped. Here comes mr jordan is my all time favourite movie and being only fourteen and not having seen many movies i believe that this would be impossible for any other movie. 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.
Jordan pics, images, clips, trailers, production photos and more from rotten tomatoes movie. Preorder the hunger games prequel now download our free nook app. The 1978 film, heaven can wait warren beatty was, as it was a remake not of heaven can wait but of here comes mr. Jordan is a 1941 comedyfantasy film directed by alexander hall, starring robert montgomery and claude rains. Jordan won academy awards for best original story and screenplay and was nominated for best picture, best director, best actor, best supporting actor gleason and best cinematography. Multiple links are listed since a different versions exist and b many scripts posted become unavailable over time. An illustration of a computer application window wayback machine an illustration of an open book. Screenwriter sidney buchman went directly to studio president harry cohn in an effort to convince him to make the film. Its a comedy and fantasy movie with a very high rotten tomatoes critics score of. Alexander halls classic romantic fantasy here comes mr.
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. He finds himself in heaven but is told, by a wry angel named mr. 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. Jordan comes to town 1941 is a romantic comedyfantasy film in which a boxer, mistakenly taken to heaven before his time, is given a second chance back on earth. The album title is a reference to the film here comes mr. Its available to watch on tv, online, tablets, phone. Jordan is one of the most consistently clever romantic comedies of. While flying to his next bout, his plane suffers a mechanical failure and goes into a dive. Jordan was so successful, it inspired a semisequel 1947s down to earth, which starred rita hayworth and.
When columbia pictures financial advisors read the screenplay for the fantasy comedy here comes mr. This new 1080p24hz highdefinition presentation comes from a new 2k scan of a preservation fine. In this case the screenplay writer, sidney buchman, who also wrote holiday, the talk of the town and mr. 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. 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 pictures and movie photo gallery check out just released here comes mr.
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. Jordan 1941 starring robert montgomery and evelyn keyes on dvd and bluray. Jordan story from harry segalls play heaven can wait humorously poses the theory of reincarnation of a personality and soul that has been snatched from its earthly body 50 years. The film, which received a total of seven 1941 nominations, including best picture, won two best motion picture story, best screenplay.
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