Chances Are

Chances Are is a 1989 romantic comedy film written by Perry & Randy Howze and directed by Emile Ardolino. Starring Cybill Shepherd, Robert Downey, Jr., Ryan O'Neal, and Mary Stuart Masterson. The original music score was composed by Maurice Jarre. Chances Are may have been inspired by the films The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975) and Karz (1980). Young D.A. Louie Jeffries is killed in a car crash in 1964 but manages to slip by the pearly gate... more

Chances Are is a 1989 romantic comedy film written by Perry & Randy Howze and directed by Emile Ardolino. Starring Cybill Shepherd, Robert Downey, Jr., Ryan O'Neal, and Mary Stuart Masterson. The original music score was composed by Maurice Jarre. Chances Are may have been inspired by the films The Reincarnation of Peter Proud (1975) and Karz (1980). Young D.A. Louie Jeffries is killed in a car crash in 1964 but manages to slip by the pearly gates and is instantly reborn. 23 years later, his widow Corinne still misses him, and ignores the frustrated devotion of his best friend Phillip Train. When Phillip brings home the college graduate Alex Finch, Alex suddenly realizes he is in fact Corinne's dead husband reborn. His memories of his life as Louie return after he becomes romantically involved with Louie's (his) daughter Miranda. Soon, Louie starts romancing his widow, spurning his daughter's advances, and frustrating Phillip's attempts to court Corrine. Many scenes were filmed in... less