The Five People You Meet in Heaven

TV Movie
2004
Not Rated
3h

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The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2004)

An elderly amusement park maintenance man, Eddie, is trapped in purgatory and the only way out is to confront five people from his past. Unfortunately, dark secrets from his service in the P... Read allAn elderly amusement park maintenance man, Eddie, is trapped in purgatory and the only way out is to confront five people from his past. Unfortunately, dark secrets from his service in the Philippines begin to haunt him.An elderly amusement park maintenance man, Eddie, is trapped in purgatory and the only way out is to confront five people from his past. Unfortunately, dark secrets from his service in the Philippines begin to haunt him.

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7.2/10

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Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 win & 10 nominations total

Trivia
The newspaper headline in Eddie's (Jon Voight's) apartment reads, "Police Doubt Fire Was Accidental". The same headline appears in Mrs. Doubtfire (1993), and is where the character got her name.

Goofs
There are two boys on a ride. Eddie helps the one boy get out and he is handed a blue balloon. Then he helps the other boy out and his wife Marguerite hands that boy a yellow balloon. The camera then pans over to the boys heading to their mom but both boys are holding blue balloons instead of one blue and one yellow.

Quotes
Ruby: Eddie, anger is a poison. It eats us inside. We think when we hate someone we hurt them, but hatred is a curved blade, and the harm we do to others we also do to ourselves.

Soundtracks
You Made Me Love You
(uncredited)
written by James V. Monaco ( as J. Monaco) and Joseph McCarthy (as J. McCarthy)
performed by John Pizzarelli and Janine Albom

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10/10

Heartwarming and tear-jerking all at the same time!

I watched this movie and thought it was such a wonderful story. It really goes through all the parts of his life and who he touched (whether he knew it or not). I would love to think that we will all have that kind of resolution when our time on Earth is done. This movie will definitely make you cry! I lost my mother when I was younger and this movie made me understand what my father went through at this time. It also gave me an idea of what it was like to fight in a war and have to live with what happened there for the rest of your life. I would absolutely recommend this movie to everyone. For all of us that think death is such an awful thing and are sad to think of those we would leave behind, it was a great way to look at what could happen after our life is over. It also gives hope that those we have lost are still watching over us.