On his 83rd birthday, Eddie, a war vet and a maintenance worker at the Ruby Pier amusement park, dies while trying to save a girl who is sitting under a falling ride. When he awakens in the afterlife, he encounters five people with ties to his corporeal existence who help him understand the meaning of his life.
Director: Lloyd Kramer
Cast: Jon Voight, Ellen Burstyn, Jeff Daniels, Michael Imperioli, Dagmara Dominczyk, Steven Grayhm, Matt Visser, Callum Keith Rennie
On his 83rd birthday, Eddie, a war vet and a maintenance worker at the Ruby Pier amusement park, dies while trying to save a girl who is sitting under a falling ride. When he awakens in the afterlife, he encounters five people with ties to his corporeal existence who help him understand the meaning of his life.
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On his 83rd birthday, Eddie, a war vet and a maintenance worker at the Ruby Pier amusement park, dies while trying to save a girl who is sitting under a falling ride. When he awakens in the afterlife,…
2h 12m
December 5, 2004
Lloyd Kramer
Jon Voight, Ellen Burstyn, Jeff Daniels
Drama, Fantasy, Science Fiction, TV Movie
NR