City
of Angels
DOWN &
DIRTY:
Romantic Drama: An angel falls in
love with a human and
contemplates giving up his
heavenly status so that he can
experience life as only a human
being can.
NITTY GRITTY:
Seth (NICOLAS CAGE) is a restless
angel on duty in Los Angeles.
Assigned to accompany the
recently deceased to Heaven, Seth
and his fellow angel, Cassiel
(ANDRE BRAUGHER), contemplate
what it must be like to be human.
Unable to experience touch,
taste, or any other human sense,
Seth longs for a chance to do
just that.
The opportunity arises when he
meets Dr. Maggie Smith (MEG
RYAN), a cardiac surgeon who has
just lost a patient.
Shaken to her very core, Maggie
begins to question both her
abilities and whom or what she
battles with over her patients'
lives.
At that moment, Seth decides to
let himself be seen, but only by
Maggie. As he comforts Maggie, he
begins to fall in love with her
and soon the feeling becomes
mutual.
He gets help and advice from
Nathaniel Messinger (DENNIS
FRANZ), one of Maggie's patients
and a person with firsthand
knowledge of Seth's plight.
Seth must decide whether to
remain an angel, or lose his
eternal status and become a
mortal human.
THE ENDING:
Seth decides to become human. He
then must track Maggie down to
her uncle's cabin in the
mountains. They make love and
everything is wonderful. While
Seth showers, Maggie bikes to the
grocery store to get a pear for
Seth's breakfast. On her return
trip, she is so in bliss that she
doesn't see a BIG lumber truck.
She hits the truck and dies in
Seth's arms.
Seth is left to continue his
'life' and what it feels like to
be human.
WHAT EVERYONE WILL BE
TALKING ABOUT:
The angels in their dark
overcoats hanging out on the tops
of high buildings and road signs.
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