When a guardian angel – who invisibly watches over the citizens of Los Angeles – becomes captivated by a strong-willed heart surgeon, he ponders trading in his pure, otherworldly existence for a mortal life with his beloved. The couple embarks on a tender but forbidden romance spanning heaven and Earth.
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Nicolas Cage | Seth |
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Meg Ryan | Dr. Maggie Rice |
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Andre Braugher | Cassiel |
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Dennis Franz | Nathaniel Messinger |
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Colm Feore | Jordan Ferris |
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Robin Bartlett | Anne |
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Joanna Merlin | Teresa Messinger |
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Sarah Dampf | Susan |
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Rhonda Dotson | Susan's Mother |
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Nigel Gibbs | Doctor |
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John Putch | Man in Car |
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Lauri Johnson | Woman in Car |
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Christian Aubert | Foreign Visitor in Car |
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Jay Patterson | Air Traffic Controller |
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Shishir Kurup | Jimmy / Anesthesiologist |
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Brian Markinson | Tom / Surgical Fellow |
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Hector Velasquez | Scrub Nurse |
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Marlene Kanter | Circulating Nurse #1 |
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Bernard White | Circulating Nurse #2 |
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Dan Desmond | Mr. Balford |
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Deirdre O'Connell | Mrs. Balford |
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Kim Murphy | Balford's Daughter |
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Chad Lindberg | Balford's Son |
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Alexander Folk | Convenience Store Clerk |
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Rainbow Borden | Holdup Man |
Director | Brad Silberling |
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Writer | Wim Wenders, Peter Handke, Richard Reitinger, Dana Stevens | |
Producer | Robert Cavallo, Alan Glazer, Jeff Levine, Arnon Milchan, Charles Newirth, Charles Roven, Douglas Segal, Kelley Smith-Wait, Dawn Steel | |
Musician | Gabriel Yared | |
Photography | John Seale |