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Heaven

Heaven

1998Movie⏱️ 1h 43mR
CrimeThriller
⭐ 6.5
IMDB Rating
916 votes

Robert's wife is divorcing him for gambling etc. A strip club owner offers him work redesigning his club. Robert befriends a dancer there, who has premonitions.

Director
Scott Reynolds
Writers
Chad Taylor, Scott Reynolds
Stars
Martin Donovan, Daniel Edwards, Richard Schiff
Release Date
April 30, 1999
Language
English
Country
New Zealand, United States
πŸ† 1
Wins
πŸ’¬ 31
Reviews
πŸ“‹ 1.3K
Watchlists
πŸ“½οΈ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Martin Donovan
Martin Donovan
as Robert Marling
Daniel Edwards
Daniel Edwards
as Heaven
Richard Schiff
Richard Schiff
as Stanner
Joanna Going
Joanna Going
as Jennifer Marling
Patrick Malahide
Patrick Malahide
as Melrose
Karl Urban
Karl Urban
as Sweeper
Michael Langley
Michael Langley
as Sean Marling
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Jeremy Birchall
as Tree
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Clint Sharplin
as Nicely
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Barry Spring
as Wibber

πŸ’° Box Office

$2,838
Worldwide Gross
$2,838
Domestic Gross
$1,983
Opening Weekend

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
2.35 : 1
Sound
Stereo
Color
Color
Filming Location
Auckland, New Zealand
Production
Miramax, Midnight Film Productions Limited

🏷️ Keywords

oceaniasouthern hemispheredark comedytransgendertransgender woman

🎯 Categories

Dark ComedyCrimeThriller

⭐ Featured Review

Gore galore when Heaven hits Hollywood
by Philby-3 β€’ 1999-12-04

"I had a premonition about this movie. Young NZ director (Scott Reynolds) makes low budget but interesting first feature ("Ugly") and gets snared by Hollywood. Makes more ambitious next film (although the budget doesn't seem to be much greater) in the style of film noir meets Tarantino (with less humour and more gore.) Bet he fluffs it. Well, he does, up to a point. There's plenty of talent here in this familiar but painful tale of an architect (Martin Donovan) down on his uppers and suffering from a severe case of compulsive gambling trying to preserve access to his young..."

πŸ’‘ Did You Know?

The Miramax theatrical trailer contains several shots that aren't in the film, including:

  • Jennifer and Robert arguing about his 'friendship' with Stanner while driving.
  • A love scene between Robert and Jennifer.
  • Tree and Nicely wearing animal masks in one of Heaven's visions.
  • Heaven asleep in a movie theater.

πŸ“– Synopsis

Robert's wife is divorcing him for gambling etc. A strip club owner offers him work redesigning his club. Robert befriends a dancer there, who has premonitions.