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Movies
Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom with Jack Lemmon "if you know how to die, you know how to live"
lessons on life, including dying
License to Kill with Denzel Washington contains information on Grief and on Healing
this story is about a family's, particularly the father's, journey to seek justice after his graduating high school senior daughter is killed by a drunk driver with multiple offenses for driving drunk. Washington plays the prosecuting attorney for the State.
Five People You Meet in Heaven with John Voight, Ellen Burstyn, Jeff Daniels, Dagmara Dominczyk and Michael Imperioli The New York Times praised the story for its genuine power "to stir and comfort."
"This Hallmark production explores the unexpected mysteries of the afterlife by reminding us what really matters here on earth."
By the author of the book,Tuesdays with Morrie.
Three Wishes with Patrick Swayze (from "Ghost"), Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio and Joseph Mazzello and Seth Mumy. If you really believe, magic will find you.
This story line takes place in the 1950's. This mother and two children are somewhat different than the normal family. The father is missing during the Korean War. Swayze plays a drifter with a dog name Betty. The mother accidently hits the stranger with her car, breaking his ankle. Untypical of her, she invites the stranger into her home to recuperate and the family's life is changed forever and they learn the magic given of wishes granted to them for helping a stranger in need.
Defending Your Life with Meryl Streep and Albert Brooks The front cover says this is the first true story of what happens when you die. There is a billboard for Judgment City, just minutes away. There is a subtitle "Turn Left Onto the Past Lives Parkway"
"After a head-on automobile crash with a bus, the male character wakes up deceased and his troubles are just beginning. Brooks wrote and directed this film which is a witty peek at the affterlife wherein you can eat all you want, for example, and not gain weight. There's a catch however and that requires you are saddled with defending your life. If you can't make a case for having lived a full and fearless life, you have to return to earth and try again. Once he meets Streep's character, he is determined not to return to earth again."
Heaven Can Wait with Warren Beatty and Julie Christie Beatty's character, who plays quarterback for the Los Angeles Rams, is accidentally summoned to Heaven by an overly zealous celestial escort. He returns to earth with the escort in search of another body so he can continue playing football. His character must escape the attempts on his life by the murderers of the man whose body is used by Beatty's character. During this time, he romances Christie's character who protests the destruction caused to her English village by one of the business man's corporations as he has to live in the body and circumstances of the man whose body he is now using.
Always with Richard Dreyfus, Holly Hunter and John Goodman with guest appearance of Audrey Hepburn. This Steven Spielberg film is about a legendary pilot who flies in daredevil situations to fight forest fires. Both the woman he loves and Goodman's character know he can't take risks forever. After Dreyfus' character saves his best friend during a mission to fight a fire, he then has to help his girlfriend get on with life.
Contains concepts that talk about "life on the other side of the veil".
Ghost with Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore and Whoopi Goldberg. This Academy (2 such) Award winning romantic comedy/thriller film is about a young man who is murdered and his interactions just before and after the act with his wife and at work. Whoopi plays a psychic medium (such as you see on TV in shows such as as the broadcasts by John Edward on cable TV. Whoopi is truly gifted and the comedy element is well provided by her as she grows into the role from ordinary psychic to a medium channelling Swayze's character as he protects his girlfriend from a similar fate where greed plays a role.
A must-see film covering a wide-range of human emotion. Remember, this #1 film was in the theaters in 1990, long before the topic became more commonly accepted of communication from the "other side of the veil".
Contains concepts that talk about "life on the other side of the veil".
Books
Richard Zarro
Other Printed Material
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