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Dec 12, 2023 · In the classic fantasy film, A Matter of Life and Death (also released as Stairway to Heaven), RAF pilot Peter Carter finds himself in a celestial trial after miraculously surviving...
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- Coral Gables Art Cinema
In "A Matter of Life and Death," a British fantasy romance film, a British airman, Peter Carter, miraculously survives a plane crash after his radio operator...
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British Air Force pilot Peter Carter (David Niven) is on his way home to England from a World War II bombing mission in a badly damaged aircraft. Before he bails out of the plane into the ocean ...
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- Michael Powell, Emeric Pressburger
- PG
- Fantasy, Drama
Dec 15, 2021 · Now celebrating its 75th anniversary, A Matter of Life and Death still finds new fans. Gregory Wakeman looks at how a wartime propaganda film became a cinematic classic.
- Gregory Wakeman
At a charity auction, reporter Lee wins a bid on a painting just to meet its imprisoned painter Shen, who was once a powerful and notorious gang hitman and main suspect in the brutal murders of the Yeh family.
When a young airman miraculously survives bailing out of his aeroplane without a parachute, he falls in love with an American radio operator. But the officials in the other world realise their mistake, and dispatch an angel to collect him. Directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger (Black Narcissus, The Red Shoes), and starring David Niven (Separate Tables).
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Mar 15, 2022 · David Niven, Kim Hunter, Robert Coote. Screening Date: 15 Mar 2022. Trailer: View Trailer. Summary: A British WWII aviator who cheats death must argue for his life before a celestial court. This visually arresting Powell and Pressburger film stars David Niven. Film Notes.