Movie: The Five People You Meet In Heaven

Top 7 Billed Cast

Jon Voight
Jon Voight

Edward

Ellen Burstyn
Ellen Burstyn

Ruby

Jeff Daniels
Jeff Daniels

Blue Man

Dagmara Dominczyk
Dagmara Dominczyk

Margeurite

Steven Grayhm
Steven Grayhm

Young Eddie

Matt Visser
Matt Visser

Blue Man - Child

Callum Keith Rennie
Callum Keith Rennie

Eddie’s Father

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    On his 83rd birthday, Eddie, a war vet and a maintenance worker at the Ruby Pier amusement park, dies while trying to save a girl who is sitting under a falling ride. When he awakens in the afterlife, he encounters five people with ties to his corporeal existence who help him understand the meaning of his life.

  • Release Date

    2004-12-05

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