Michael

Michael is the title of an American fantasy motion picture directed by Nora Ephron and released in 1996. The film stars John Travolta as the Archangel Michael, who is sent to Earth to do various tasks, including mending some wounded hearts. The cast includes Andie MacDowell, William Hurt, Joey Lauren Adams and Robert Pastorelli as people who cross Michael's path. The original music score was composed by Randy Newman. The dance scene and other loc... more

Michael is the title of an American fantasy motion picture directed by Nora Ephron and released in 1996. The film stars John Travolta as the Archangel Michael, who is sent to Earth to do various tasks, including mending some wounded hearts. The cast includes Andie MacDowell, William Hurt, Joey Lauren Adams and Robert Pastorelli as people who cross Michael's path. The original music score was composed by Randy Newman. The dance scene and other location shots were filmed at the community center of Holy Trinity Catholic Church in Cornhill, Texas and on country roads near Walburg, Texas, as well as at Texas's Gruene Hall. Contrary to popular depictions of angels, Michael is portrayed as a boozing, smoking, oversexed slob—yet capable of imparting unexpected wisdom. The character has several parallels with the unkempt, possibly deranged angel Michael in two BBC plays by Dennis Potter, Angels Are So Few (1970) and Only Make Believe (1973). Vartan Malt is the editor of a tabloid called the... less