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Richard Dreyfuss Richard Dreyfuss
Pete Sandich
Holly Hunter Holly Hunter
Dorinda Durston
Brad Johnson Brad Johnson
Ted Baker
John Goodman John Goodman
Al Yackey
Keith David Keith David
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Ed Van Nuys Ed Van Nuys
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Jerry Belson Jerry Belson
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Reasonable movie.

15 years, 10 months ago at May 3 8:55
2 votes
"He's too beautiful. He's too much twisted steel and sex appeal. I can't be with a guy that looks like I won him in a raffle."

Always is yet another very good effort from legendary director Steven Spielberg; but unfortunately this film is not one of his best efforts. I am glad to report that the film boasts all the qualities we expect in a Spielberg film like this: it's for the fami... read more

An average movie

7 years, 11 months ago at Apr 14 13:36
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To be honest, it has been a while since I have seen this movie. Still, I remember fairly well when I saw the damned thing. Indeed, back then, it was one of the very last movies directed by Steven Spielberg that I still hadn’t watch yet at the time so I was really eager to check the damned thing. Well, eventually, even though it was certainly not that bad at all, it was still easily one of the le... read more

Always

4 years, 7 months ago at Aug 9 21:49
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Steven Spielberg and Richard Dreyfuss have both mentioned a deep love and appreciation for 1944’s A Guy Named Joe and discussed remaking it as far back as 1975’s Jaws. A Guy Named Joe is one of those heavily romantic studio era films that easily moved into magical realism territory. You buy into silvery images of Spencer Tracy as a helpless, benevolent angel mentoring his replacement (Van John... read more
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Description: Always offers a rich lore of ideas and ideals that could be put under the umbrella of spirituality—the concept of life as mission, mentoring, love, and letting go. The film is at once a rousing adventure story, a romantic comedy, and an affecting afterlife fantasy. Steven Spielberg directed this romantic remake of the World War II film A GUY NAMED JOE. A daredevil firefighter pilot, Pete Sandich (Richard Dreyfuss), dies after saving fellow flyer Al (John Goodman), leaving behind his soulmate, Dorinda (Holly Hunter). Pete, in ghost form, "wakes up" six months later when an angel, Hap (Audrey Hepburn), instructs him ... (more)
Release date: 22 December 1989
UPC: 025192055621
Tags: Romance (11), Drama (10), Fantasy (9), Afterlife (5), 1980s (4), Love Story (4), Airplane (4), Ghosts (4), Death (4), 1989 (3), Ghost (3), Relationships (3), Friendship (3), Spiritual Cinema (2), Powers Of Spirit (2), Soulmates (2), Firefighter (2), Growth/healing (2), MMG (2), Sort (1)
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" Always is a 1989 American romantic fantasy drama film directed by Steven Spielberg, and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, John Goodman, Brad Johnson and Audrey Hepburn in her final film role. Always is a remake of the 1943 romantic drama A Guy Named Joe, which was set during World War II. The main departure from the 1943 film is the changing of the setting from wartime to a modern aerial firefighting operation. Pete Sandich and buddy Al Yackey are daredevil aerial forest-fire fighte"


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"Released on December 22, 1989 A co-production with Universal Pictures. Produced in association with Amblin Entertainment. "


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"as Dorinda Durston"


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Always

“Steven Spielberg and Richard Dreyfuss have both mentioned a deep love and appreciation for 1944’s A Guy Named Joe and discussed remaking it as far back as 1975’s Jaws. A Guy Named Joe is one of those heavily romantic studio era films that easily moved into magical realism territory. You buy into silvery images of Spencer Tracy as a helpless, benevolent angel mentoring his replacement (Van Johnson) in both love (with Irene Dunne) and employment (a fighter pilot) because so many of those movies have an artifice that’s expertly weaved into their DNA.   Remaking them is a tough prospect. Spielberg has the right touch of sentimentality, sometimes too much, but he doesn’t have the right touch of magical realism. His films are often filled with wonder, like Close Encounter of the Third” read more

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" Directed by: Steven Spielberg Produced by: Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, Steven Spielberg, and Richard Vane Written by: Jerry Belson Based on the screenplay "A Guy Named Joe" by: Dalton Trumbo, Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, Chandler Sprague, and David Boehm Cinematography: Mikael Solomon Edited by: Michael Kahn Music by: John Williams Distributed by: Universal Pictures"


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An average movie

“To be honest, it has been a while since I have seen this movie. Still, I remember fairly well when I saw the damned thing. Indeed, back then, it was one of the very last movies directed by Steven Spielberg that I still hadn’t watch yet at the time so I was really eager to check the damned thing. Well, eventually, even though it was certainly not that bad at all, it was still easily one of the least interesting directing efforts coming from this guy. I mean, it was rather well done and the cast was pretty good but even though it was a sweet story, eventually, I thought it was rather boring. I mean, during the previous 15 years, Spielberg single-handedly created the concept of the blockbuster (a concept still ruling the box-office nowadays) and, with each movies, he would push the limit of” read more

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