Down to Earth / Paramount Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures present in association with NPV Entertainment an Alphaville 3 Art Entertainment production ; a Chris Weitz & Paul Weitz film ; producers, Sean Daniel, Michael Rotenberg, James Jacks ; screenplay writers, Chris Rock, Lance Crouther & Ali LeRoi & Louis CK ; directors, Chris Weitz, Paul Weitz.

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All Lance Barton, a struggling black comedian, wants on Earth is landing a spot at the final Amateur Night Contest at the famed Apollo Theatre. Before he can get there he dies before his time on Earth is up. Since returning to Earth in his own body is impossible, Lance gets a second chance at life -...

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Widescreen DVD collection.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Corporate Authors: Paramount Pictures Corporation
Village Roadshow Pictures
Alphaville Productions
3 Arts Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Daniel, Sean
Rotenberg, Michael
Jacks, James
Rock, Chris
Crouther, Lance, 1962-
LeRoi, Ali
C. K., Louis
Weitz, Chris, 1969-
Weitz, Paul, 1966-
King, Regina
Addy, Mark, 1964-
Levy, Eugene, 1946-
Faison, Frankie
Germann, Greg
Coolidge, Jennifer
Palminteri, Chazz
Crudo, Richard
Nedd-Friendly, Priscilla
Sharifi, Jamshied
Little, Debrae
Peters, Paul
Segall, Harry, 1897-1975
Language:English
French
Language and/or Writing System:
English dialogue, English or French subtitles.
Closed captioned for the hearing impaired.
Published: [United States] : Paramount Pictures, [2000], ©2001.
Edition:Widescreen version.
Series:Widescreen DVD collection.
Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:
Feature films.
Video recordings.
Reincarnation > Drama.
Comedians > United States > Drama.
Comedians.
Reincarnation.
United States.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Drama.
Genre:
Drama.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (87 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
All Lance Barton, a struggling black comedian, wants on Earth is landing a spot at the final Amateur Night Contest at the famed Apollo Theatre. Before he can get there he dies before his time on Earth is up. Since returning to Earth in his own body is impossible, Lance gets a second chance at life - as a wealthy, callous, old white mogul.
Note:Based on the film "Heaven can wait", 1978 screenplay by Elaine May and Warren Beatty, from a play by Harry Segall.
Special features: exclusive cast & crew interviews; deleted scenes; theatrical trailer; interactive menus; scene selection.
Videorecording.
Call Number:AF9 D0002675 VideoDVD
Audience:
MPAA rating: PG-13.
ISBN:0792173066
9780792173069
Credits:Director of photography, Richard Crudo ; editor, Priscilla Nedd Friendly ; music score, Jamshied Sharifi ; costume designer, Debrae Little ; production designer, Paul Peters.
System Details:DVD, widescreen, Dolby digital, Dolby surround.
Cast:
Chris Rock, Regina King, Mark Addy, Eugene Levy, Frankie Faison, Greg Germann, Jennifer Coolidge, Chazz Palminteri.