City of Angels (1998)
Fantasy, Romance.
City of Angels is romantic fantasy film directed by Brad Silberling and starring Nicolas Cage and Meg Ryan. Set in Los Angeles, California, the film is a loose remake of Wim Wenders’ 1987 film Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin), which was set in Berlin.
Love story between a female doctor (Ryan) and a heavenly angel (Cage). When Cage finds out that he can be seen by Ryan, he longs to give up his immortality to become human. Once he becomes human, he realizes the true meaning of love, and with that, the consequences of the fragile nature of life around him.
Director: Brad Silberling
Writers: Wim Wenders, Peter Handke, Richard Reitinger, Dana Stevens
Stars: Nicolas Cage, Meg Ryan, Andre Braugher, Dennis Franz, Colm Feore, Robin Bartlett, Joanna Merlin
►Cast:
Nicolas Cage | ► | Seth |
Meg Ryan | ► | Dr. Maggie Rice |
Andre Braugher | ► | Cassiel |
Dennis Franz | ► | Nathaniel Messinger |
Colm Feore | ► | Jordan Ferris |
Robin Bartlett | ► | Anne |
Joanna Merlin | ► | Teresa Messinger |
Sarah Dampf | ► | Susan |
Rhonda Dotson | ► | Susan’s Mother |
Nigel Gibbs | ► | Doctor |
John Putch | ► | Man in Car |
Lauri Johnson | ► | Woman in Car |
Christian Aubert | ► | Foreign Visitor in Car |
Jay Patterson | ► | Air Traffic Controller |
Shishir Kurup | ► | Jimmy, Anesthesiologist |
Brian Markinson | ► | Tom, Surgical Fellow |
Hector Velasquez | ► | Scrub Nurse |
Marlene Kanter | ► | Circulating Nurse #1 |
Bernard White | ► | Circulating Nurse #2 |
Dan Desmond | ► | Mr. Balford |
Deirdre O’Connell | ► | Mrs. Balford |
Kim Murphy | ► | Balford’s Daughter |
Chad Lindberg | ► | Balford’s Son |
Alexander Folk | ► | Convenience Store Clerk |
Rainbow Borden | ► | Holdup Man |
Harper Roisman | ► | Old Man in Library |
Sid Hillman | ► | Librarian |
Wanda-Lee Evans | ► | Nurse in Messinger’s Room |
Wanda Christine | ► | Station Nurse |
E.J. Callahan | ► | Waiter at Johnnie’s |
Tudi Roche | ► | Messinger’s Daughter |
David Moreland | ► | Frank, Messinger’s Son-in-Law |
Kristina Malota | ► | Hannah, Messinger’s Granddaughter |
William Stanford Davis | ► | Construction Foreman |
Mik Scriba | ► | Construction Worker |
Nick Offerman | ► | Construction Worker |
Kieu Chinh | ► | Asian Woman |
Geoffrey Thorne | ► | Big Orderly |
Peter Spellos | ► | Mack Truck Driver |
Jim Kline | ► | Store Clerk |
Cherene Snow | ► | Sewing Woman |
Keaton Tyndall | ► | Hannah’s Friend |
Kylie Tyndall | ► | Hannah’s Friend |
Amy Brenneman | ► | Angel in library at computers |
Cabran E. Chamberlain | ► | Angel In Library |
Tanya Douglas | ► | Student |
Andrew Frankel | ► | Medic |
Alexander Gould | ► | Little Boy |
Aymara Limma | ► | Girl Lover in Car |
Steve Mora | ► | Construction Worker |
Elisabeth Shue | ► | Pregnant Woman |
Jimi Wheeler | ► | Library Angel |