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City of Angels

Year:

1998

Duration:

114 min

Genres:

Drama | Fantasy | Romance

IMDB rate:

6.7

Director:

Brad Silberling

Awards:

Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 10 wins & 11 nominations

Details

Country: Germany

Release Date: 1998-04-10

Filming Locations: Grand Central Market, 317 S. Broadway, Los Angeles, California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $55,000,000

Opening Weekend: $15,369,048 (USA) (12 April 1998)

Gross: $78,745,923 (USA) (30 August 1998)

Cast

Actor

Character

John Putch

Nicolas Cage

Seth

Meg Ryan

Dr. Maggie Rice

Andre Braugher

Cassiel

Dennis Franz

Nathaniel Messinger

Colm Feore

Jordan Ferris

Robin Bartlett

Anne

Joanna Merlin

Teresa Messinger

Sarah Dampf

Susan

Rhonda Dotson

Susan's Mother

Nigel Gibbs

Doctor

Lauri Johnson

Woman in Car

Christian Aubert

Foreign Visitor in Car

Jay Patterson

Air Traffic Controller

Shishir Kurup

Jimmy, Anesthesiologist

Brian Markinson

Tom, Surgical Fellow

Hector Velasquez

Scrub Nurse

Marlene Kanter

Circulating Nurse #1

Bernard White

Circulating Nurse #2

Dan Desmond

Mr. Balford

Deirdre O'Connell

Mrs. Balford

Kim Murphy

Balford's Daughter

Chad Lindberg

Balford's Son

Alexander Folk

Convenience Store Clerk

Rainbow Borden

Holdup Man

Harper Roisman

Old Man in Library

Sid Hillman

Librarian

Wanda-Lee Evans

Nurse in Messinger's Room

Wanda Christine

Station Nurse

E.J. Callahan

Waiter at Johnnie's

Tudi Roche

Messinger's Daughter

David Moreland

Frank, Messinger's Son-in-Law

Kristina Malota

Hannah, Messinger's Granddaughter

William Stanford Davis

Construction Foreman (as Stan Davis)

Mik Scriba

Construction Worker

Nick Offerman

Construction Worker

Kieu Chinh

Asian Woman (as Kieu-Chinh)

Geoffrey Thorne

Big Orderly (as Geoffrey A. Thorne)

Peter Spellos

Mack Truck Driver

Jim Kline

Store Clerk

Cherene Snow

Sewing Woman

Keaton Tyndall

Hannah's Friend

Kylie Tyndall

Hannah's Friend

Amy Brenneman

Angel in library at computers (uncredited)

Cabran E. Chamberlain

Angel In Library (uncredited)

Tanya Douglas

Student (uncredited)

Andrew Frankel

Medic (uncredited)

Alexander Gould

Little Boy (uncredited)

Aymara Limma

Girl Lover in Car (uncredited)

Steve Mora

Construction Worker (uncredited)

Elisabeth Shue

Pregnant Woman (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

The book that Seth gives to Maggie is "A Moveable Feast", a set of memoirs by Ernest Hemingway.

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Right before the falling sequence, when Nicolas Cage is preparing to fall, the music being played are the prayers "Our Father" and "Hail Mary" recited in Polish.

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The film shares many parallels and similarities to Hans Christian Andersen's 1837 short story, "The Little Mermaid." Both stories are about mystical beings who dream of becoming human after meeting and falling in love with one on earth. After repeated warnings from those around them, both protagonists find a way to become human and be with the one they love only to lose them shortly after.

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Goofs

When Maggie is riding her bike to the hospital at the beginning of the movie, the seat is clearly adjusted quite high. When she parks the bike, the close-up of the bike shows the seat only about two inches above minimum.

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When Maggie sees the truck she is about to hit towards the end of the movie, the truck is coming from the right side of the road and making a right turn. Later on when Nicolas Cage comes around to where Maggie is lying, the truck position is in the opposite direction, like it came from the left side of the road.

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When Maggie and Jordan are talking in the locker room and Jordan ask her to marry him, you can see his mouth move, several times, when the camera is behind him, but he doesn't speak in the scenes with the camera behind him.

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Quotes

Maggie: Why do you wear the same clothes all the time? Why won't you give me your phone number? Are you married?

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Seth: I came to take Mr. Balford... and I saw you. I couldn't take my eyes off you. How you fought for him. And you looked right at me... like I was a man.

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Seth: I would rather have had one breath of her hair, one kiss of her mouth, one touch of her hand, than eternity without it. One.

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