《天堂可以等待》是美国当前最受注意的喜剧电影艺术家沃伦·比蒂1978年的作品,内容描写一个身强力壮、前途无量的足球运动员在一次车祸中死去,当他即将被引渡到“天堂”时,忽然发现他“寿数未尽”,“天堂”的领路人立即遣送他回人间,不料他的尸体已被火化,只好借别人的尸体“还魂”。在“天堂”领路人四出寻找合适的躯壳的过程里,闹出了许多笑话,而借用他人皮囊的运动员在“下半世”生活里更是步步生事,令人捧腹……影片上映后轰动一时,成为去年美国票房收入最高的一部影片。该片在美国第三十六届金球奖中获得最佳喜剧片奖。后来又曾被提名为1979年度奥斯卡奖九项金像奖候选片,但最后只获得了最佳美工金像奖。影片的成功使沃伦·比蒂在美国有“好莱坞的喜剧天才”之称。他同卓别林一样,自兼制片人、编剧、导演和演员。虽然他至今只有十年左右的从影历史,但已经证明他是一个多才多艺的人。 《天堂可以等待》是好莱坞近年来出现的“旧片重拍热潮”的产物。早在1941年时由哥伦比亚公司拍摄的《约旦先生来了》一片,就是《天堂可以等待》的旧版,因为这两者都是根据哈里·西格尔的舞台剧改编,在内容上并无二致。据美国著名影评家安德鲁·萨里斯称,比蒂这次重拍的影片,同四十年代的旧版相比,“显得更轻松、更? “Paradise can Wait” is the 1978 most influential comedy film artist Warren Beatty, whose work describes a strong and promising footballer who died in a car accident when he was about to be extradited to “ Heaven ”, he suddenly found out that he had“ lost his life ”and that“ paradise ”leader immediately deported him to the earth. Unexpectedly, his body had been cremated and he had to“ reincarnate ”through the bodies of others. In the “Heaven” lead the way to find the right body four in the process of making a lot of jokes, while borrowing others’ skins athletes in the “second half” life is even more troublesome, lofty ... ... after the release of the movie A sensation, as the highest box office receipts in the United States last year, a movie. The film won the Best Comedy at the 36th Golden Globe Awards in the United States. Later, he was nominated for the 1979 Oscars Nine Golden Medal Candidates, but in the end received only the Best Art Award. The success of the film so that Warren Beatty in the United States has “Hollywood comedy genius,” said. Like Chaplin, he is a self-producer, screenwriter, director and actress. Although he has only about a decade history of filming, he has proven himself to be a versatile person. “Paradise can wait” is the product of Hollywood’s “remake of old movies” that has emerged in recent years. As early as 1941, “Mr. Jordan’s” was shot by a Colombian company, the old version of “Heaven Can Wait” because both are based on Harleys Siegel’s play and have no content To According to Andrew Saris, a famous American film critic, Beattie’s remake of this film “makes it easier and more dramatic than the old version of the 1940s.”