While many people want to get into heaven, one young man looks to it as a good employment opportunity as well as a spiritual path in this offbeat comedy. Jimmy Spud (Sean Landless) is an 11-year-old boy growing up in a working-class neighborhood in Newcastle, England. Like many boys his age, Jimmy already has a clear idea of what he wants to do with his future, but his ambitions are a bit different than those of his peers -- Jimmy wants to be an angel. In fact, Jimmy is so set upon doing good deeds and being able to fly ...
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While many people want to get into heaven, one young man looks to it as a good employment opportunity as well as a spiritual path in this offbeat comedy. Jimmy Spud (Sean Landless) is an 11-year-old boy growing up in a working-class neighborhood in Newcastle, England. Like many boys his age, Jimmy already has a clear idea of what he wants to do with his future, but his ambitions are a bit different than those of his peers -- Jimmy wants to be an angel. In fact, Jimmy is so set upon doing good deeds and being able to fly that he submits a resume to a nearby church, hoping to apply for work in Heaven. The archangel Gabriel (Billy Connolly) arrives (in street clothes) to take Jimmy's C.V., and informs him that he'll pass it along to the proper authorities. When Jimmy doesn't get an immediate answer, he decides that he needs to do more good works to prove he's worthy of the job, and in his homemade angel's costume (complete with feathers), Jimmy saves a Boy Scout from drowning, then befriends the lonely lad. Jimmy's father (Iain Glen) thinks his son has gone a bit mad, but Jimmy decides saving his dad is his next project -- his father has been out of work for some time, and the stress is taking a fearful toll. However, that soon turns out to be the least of his father's problems; it turns out he has cancer, which is likely to soon prove fatal, and Jimmy wants to find a way to save his dad and earn credit with Heaven. Gabriel & Me was written by Lee Hall, who also penned the script for another film about a British lad with unusual aspirations, Billy Elliot. Mark Deming, Rovi
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Iain Glen, David Bradley, Sean Landless, Rosie Rowell, Billy Connolly. Good in good packaging. Language: English. Run time: 84 mins. Originally released: 2001. Ex) Library copy. Typical library stampings, stickers and markings. Moderate wear.
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Iain Glen, David Bradley, Sean Landless, Rosie Rowell, Billy Connolly. Run time: 84 mins. Originally released: 2001. Language: English. Factory Sealed Bran New DVD "Emotionally raw...powerful"-Daily Record "A cockles-of-your-heart-warming drama"-The Birmingham Post Heroes Come In All Sizes Eleven-year-old Jimmy Spud wants to be an angel the kind with wings that fly. In other words, he wants to be like his friend Gabriel (Billy Connolly-Open Season, The Last Samurai), a high-ranking archangel who heeds prayers. Jimmy wants to use his "angelic" powers to save his father, who is diagnosed with lung cancer and hospitalized, but first, Gabriel must teach Jimmy the nuances of what it really means to become an angel. Only Jimmy is too impetuous to be coached...and his father's time is running out. Penned by Academy AwardŽ nominee Lee Hall, Gabriel & Me is an inspiring story of innocence and youthful dreams put to the test.
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