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Release Date
• USA: Feb 16, 2001
• UK: 8 Jun 2001
DVD Release Date
• R1: Jul 10, 2001
• R2: 24 Dec 2001
Budget $30,000,000
Official Website:
Down to Earth Website
MPAA Rating
Rated PG-13 for language, sexual humor and some drug references.
Running Time
1 hour, 27 minutes
Country USA | Australia | Germany | Canada
Production Companies
3 Art Entertainment, Alphaville Films, CHS Productions, Made To Love Productions, Munich Film Partners & Company (MFP) GHS Productions, NPV Entertainment, Paramount Pictures, Village Roadshow Pictures
Studio Alphaville 3 Arts Entertainment, NPV Entertainment, Paramount, Village Roadshow Pictures
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Other Titles
• Down to Earth (2001)
• I Was Made to Love Her
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Genre: Comedy, Love, Mistaken Identity, Marriage, Infidelity, Supernatural
Tagline: A story of premature reincarnation.
Plot: It seems everyone is trying to get into Heaven; at least those whose time is up. For Lance Barton, a struggling comedian and able bicycle messenger, his due date upstairs isn't for another 43 years. In the meantime, he has big dreams to pursue on Earth, including a crucial Amateur Night Contest at the famed Apollo Theatre. Hampering Lance's dream however, is one little problem — he ain't that funny.One day his life would change forever, thanks to an overcautious emissary from Heaven, Mr. Keyes (Eugene Levy). Showing that even God has difficulty finding good help these days, the inept minion mistakenly plucks Lance from a traffic accident — before it takes place. Transporting him to the Pearly Gates, or more accurately, the velvet roped-lines of the most desirous of clubs, the error is finally addressed by Mr. King (Chazz Palminteri), the no-nonsense head angel who man ages the place. Since returning to his own body on Earth is impossible, the urban raised Lance reluctantly agrees to an unthinkable proposal. He will occupy the body of a wealthy old mogul, Charles Wellington, until a more suitable replacement could be found. There, in a plush Park Avenue penthouse, servants and butlers fill his new social circle as Lance works on his streetwise comedy routine for the big Apollo
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| Directed by |
Chris Weitz
American Pie, The Golden Compass, About a Boy |
 | Paul Weitz
American Pie, About a Boy, In Good Company |
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 | Elaine May
Primary Colors, Heaven Can Wait, Small Time Crooks | | Ali LeRoi
Head of State, Everybody Hates Chris, Pootie Tang | Louis C.K.
I Think I Love My Wife, 2002 MTV Movie Awards, Late Show with David Letterman: (Episode dated 25 June 2004) |
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