Steven Spielberg
directed this romantic remake of the
World War II film A GUY NAMED JOE. A
daredevil firefighter pilot, Pete
Sandich (Richard Dreyfuss), dies after
saving fellow flyer Al (John Goodman),
leaving behind his soulmate, Dorinda
(Holly Hunter). Pete, in ghost form,
"wakes up" six months later when an
angel, Hap (Audrey Hepburn),
instructs him to somehow resolve his
relationship with Dorinda. Pete must
selflessly and silently encourage
Dorinda to overcome her grief with
the help of a new love.
This remake
of the 1943 film A GUY NAMED JOE
stars Richard Dreyfuss as Pete
Sandich, a daredevil pilot who
specializes in putting out forest
fires. Pete promises his girlfriend,
Dorinda (Holly Hunter), that he will
stop flying, but when his best
friend, Al (John Goodman), gets into
engine trouble while fighting a
blaze, Pete attempts a daring rescue--saving
his friend but killing himself.
Waking up in the afterlife, Pete
meets an angel, Hap (Audrey Hepburn),
who sends him back to earth as a
ghost no one can see or hear. When
Dorinda flies into a fire to save
trapped smoke jumpers, Pete
telepathically talks her through the
dangerous mission. Hap tells Pete he
must help Dorinda overcome her grief
and lead her to a new love with a
novice pilot (Brad Johnson). While
Pete watches the two start their
romance, he battles feelings of
jealousy and sadness at giving her
up. Steven Spielberg and Richard
Dreyfuss, while working together on
JAWS in 1975, found that they shared
an affinity for the 1943 film A GUY
NAMED JOE. They managed to come
together years later to make their
own version of it in ALWAYS. |