Stairway to Heaven (AKA A Matter of Life and Death)

Stairway to Heaven (AKA A Matter of Life and Death)
by Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger

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Actor: David Niven, Kathleen Byron, Kim Hunter, Richard Attenborough, Robert Coote
Director: Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
Edition: VHS Tape
Audio: English (Original Language), Analog; French (Original Language)
Format: Black & White, Color, NTSC
Running Time: 104 minutes
Release Date: 1997-10-14
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Studio: Sony Pictures

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Movie Review: Consider this, and know Hollywood as it is now.
Summary: 5 Stars

Five unequivocal stars, 57 reviews and counting, and the nitwits at Sony Pictures have decided to discontinue the DVD of this seminal film. Consider this and understand why Hollywood now gives us the crap they do.

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Summary of Stairway to Heaven (AKA A Matter of Life and Death)

Briefed by the Ministry of Information to make a film that would foster Anglo-American relations in the post-war period, innovative filmmakers Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger came up with A Matter of Life and Death, an extravagant and extraordinary fantasy in which David Niven stars as a downed pilot who must justify his continuing existence to a heavenly panel because he has made the mistake of falling in love with an American girl (Kim Hunter) when he really should have been dead. National stereotypes are lampooned as the angelic judges squabble over his fate. In a neat reversal of expectations, the Heaven sequences are black and white, while Earth is seen in Technicolor. Daring cinematography mixes monochrome and color, incorporates time-lapse images, and even toys with background "time freezes" 50 years before The Matrix. Roger Livesey and Raymond Massey lead the fine supporting cast. This is one of the undoubted jewels of British cinema. --Mark Walker

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