Ein Engel kommt auf die Erde, um einem Prediger zu helfen, seine Gemeinde und seine Familie zu retten.Ein Engel kommt auf die Erde, um einem Prediger zu helfen, seine Gemeinde und seine Familie zu retten.Ein Engel kommt auf die Erde, um einem Prediger zu helfen, seine Gemeinde und seine Familie zu retten.
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- WissenswertesIn 2009, Whitney Houston revealed on Die Oprah Winfrey Show (1986) that by the time Rendezvous mit einem Engel (1996) started shooting, her cocaine and marijuana habits had gotten so bad that there was never a day while filming the movie on which she had not done some drugs.
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Jeremiah Biggs: Just because you can't see the air doesn't keep you from breathing. And just because you can't see God doesn't keep you from believing.
- SoundtracksI Believe In You And Me
(main theme from The Preacher's Wife)
Written by David Wolfert and Sandy Linzer
Performed by Whitney Houston
Courtesy by Arista Records
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1947's "The Bishop's Wife" is a never-to-be-repeated total triumph of fantasy and heart. But that was generations ago, under different circumstances and with different attitudes (and not even one black extra on set)
Nevertheless, this was a natural as a remake with the proper tweaking. 1996 audiences would never have gone for unabashedly fantastic aspects that are so appealing and endearing in the original, so all of that's toned-down, and as that is so fundamental to the original's success, it inevitably diminishes some of the remake's sparkle.
Still, there are worthwhile additions here. The perpetual problems of police-community relations and threats of gentrification are seamlessly inserted, and the monster that threatens is no longer a monolithic Tower to Mammon, but now a Luxury Gated Community development. And you can bet the preacher's church has a lot more than the bishop's wimpy boychoir, it's got a full-throated gospel group that nearly brings the house down, literally, but stops at breaking the boiler, just when they can least afford it.
Whitney Houston plays the devoted wife, but, true to her times, she is not the resigned shrinking violet the former bishop's wife was. Without ever jeopardizing her standing as the preacher's (Courtney B Vance) wife, she has no problem voicing her positions just as loud as he does.
Denzel Washington plays the angel sent to save the pastor's marriage and he and Whitney do make a very cute couple. Of note is Jenifer Lewis, already, playing Gramma 20 years before "Black-sh " There's a cute scene of white carolers, traditionally dressed, singing outside the posh digs of the evil black real estate developer (Gregory Hines) who, in 1996, can live anywhere he can afford to, and it's definitely NOT the ghetto. Best of all there's Whitney singing gospel like she did at her home church in East Orange, NJ, although the film shoot location was actually Jersey City a couple towns away, not far. .
As a Christmas Movie for the Whole Family, it does have a Hallmarkish air about it that can sometimes be contrived and cloying, but generally a Christmas Movie families of all colors should be able to enjoy
Nevertheless, this was a natural as a remake with the proper tweaking. 1996 audiences would never have gone for unabashedly fantastic aspects that are so appealing and endearing in the original, so all of that's toned-down, and as that is so fundamental to the original's success, it inevitably diminishes some of the remake's sparkle.
Still, there are worthwhile additions here. The perpetual problems of police-community relations and threats of gentrification are seamlessly inserted, and the monster that threatens is no longer a monolithic Tower to Mammon, but now a Luxury Gated Community development. And you can bet the preacher's church has a lot more than the bishop's wimpy boychoir, it's got a full-throated gospel group that nearly brings the house down, literally, but stops at breaking the boiler, just when they can least afford it.
Whitney Houston plays the devoted wife, but, true to her times, she is not the resigned shrinking violet the former bishop's wife was. Without ever jeopardizing her standing as the preacher's (Courtney B Vance) wife, she has no problem voicing her positions just as loud as he does.
Denzel Washington plays the angel sent to save the pastor's marriage and he and Whitney do make a very cute couple. Of note is Jenifer Lewis, already, playing Gramma 20 years before "Black-sh " There's a cute scene of white carolers, traditionally dressed, singing outside the posh digs of the evil black real estate developer (Gregory Hines) who, in 1996, can live anywhere he can afford to, and it's definitely NOT the ghetto. Best of all there's Whitney singing gospel like she did at her home church in East Orange, NJ, although the film shoot location was actually Jersey City a couple towns away, not far. .
As a Christmas Movie for the Whole Family, it does have a Hallmarkish air about it that can sometimes be contrived and cloying, but generally a Christmas Movie families of all colors should be able to enjoy
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- Budget
- 40.000.000 $ (geschätzt)
- Bruttoertrag in den USA und Kanada
- 48.102.795 $
- Eröffnungswochenende in den USA und in Kanada
- 7.649.752 $
- 15. Dez. 1996
- Weltweiter Bruttoertrag
- 48.102.795 $
- Laufzeit2 Stunden 3 Minuten
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- 1.85 : 1
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By what name was Rendezvous mit einem Engel (1996) officially released in Canada in French?
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