Can't Be Heaven
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{{Infobox film
|name=Can't Be Heaven
(aka Forever Together)
|image=cantbeheaven.jpg
|alt=
|caption=poster as Forever Together
|native_name=
|director=Richard Friedman
|producer={{Plainlist|Ellen Endo Dizon|Cal Naylor|Charles O'Brien|Deborah Thompson-Duda}}
|writer=Dario Fagnani
|screenplay=
|story=
|based_on=
|starring={{Plainlist|Bryan Burke|Ralph Macchio|Diane Ladd|Rachel Ticotin|Michelle Trachtenberg|Garry Marshall}}
|narrator=
|music=Greg Barton
|cinematography=Mark Woods
|editing=Jimmy B. Frazier
|studio={{Plainlist|Charles O'Brien Productions|Unapix Entertainment Productions|World International Network}}
|distributor=Ardustry Home Entertainment
|released={{Film date|1999|12|5|United States}}
|runtime=94 minutes
|country=United States
|language=English
|budget=$2,000,000 (estimated)
|gross=$7,000,000 (Worldwide)
}}
Can't Be Heaven (also known as Forever Together) is a 1999 American comedy-drama film directed by Richard Friedman. The film stars Ralph Macchio, Bryan Burke, Michelle Trachtenberg, Rachel Ticotin and Diane Ladd.{{cite web|last=Bertrand|first=Merle|title=FOREVER TOGETHER (CAN'T BE HEAVEN)|url=http://www.filmthreat.com/reviews/1526/|website=Film Threat|access-date=July 28, 2014|date=January 9, 2001}}{{cite web|last=Scheib|first=Richard|title=CAN'T BE HEAVEN aka FOREVER TOGETHER|url=http://moria.co.nz/fantasy/cantbeheaven.htm|website=moria.co.nz|date=26 February 2007 |publisher=Moria|access-date=July 28, 2014}} The film was loosely based on the 1968 movie Blackbeard's Ghost.{{citation needed|date=July 2014}}
Plot
Danny, is a young student in middle school. He starts to develop feelings for his best friend, Julie. However a new student by the name of Archie comes in and sweeps Julie off her feet. Danny flees to the graveyard where his father is buried and talks to him about his problems. He soon comes across Hubbie the Ghost, who helps Danny with his girl problems. As a former living person from the 1930s, Hubbie, gives Danny his advice. The advice repeatedly backfires, always leaving Danny depressed. Danny soon learns that Hubbie once had a former lover before dying in an accident. Danny and Julie end up together at a school dance and Hubbie re-connects with his former love with the help of Danny.
Cast
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- Bryan Burke as Danny
- Ralph Macchio as Hubbie Darling
- Diane Ladd as Nana Gina
- Rachel Ticotin as Maggie
- Michelle Trachtenberg as Julie
- Garry Marshall as Pawn Shop Owner
- Kaley Cuoco as Teresa Powers
- Michael Galeota as Archie
- Matt McCoy as Mike
- Rachel Robinson as Miss Viola
- Shayna Fox as Shirley
- Mike Alaimo as Father Micelli
- Ralph Manza as Anzio
- Annie Abbott as Miss Wisser
- Siri Baruc as Young Nona Gina
- Bryan Robinson as Edgar
- Jamie Williams as Phil
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Releases
The film was first released in 1999 on DVD by Ardustry Home Entertainment, and re-released in 2009 by Mill Creek Entertainment.{{cite web|last1=Deming|first1=Mark|title=Forever Together (1999)|url=http://www.allmovie.com/movie/forever-together-v205824/|website=All Movie Guide|access-date=July 28, 2014}}
Reception
TV Guide praised the film as an imaginative and refreshing look at adolescent romance, writing that it was "an amusing coming of age story far above the run-of-the-mill teen fare churned out in abundance".{{cite news|url=http://movies.tvguide.com/forever-together/review/135827|last=Liebling|first=Rachel|title=Forever Together Review|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180918064340/https://www.tvguide.com/movies/forever-together/review/135827/|archivedate=September 18, 2018|publisher=TV Guide|access-date=July 29, 2014}}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0168563}}
- {{Rotten Tomatoes|forever_together|Can't Be Heaven (Forever Together)}}
Category:1999 comedy-drama films
Category:American comedy-drama films
Category:American teen comedy films
Category:American romantic comedy films