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Is there love after death? After he dies suddenly, the hapless advertising executive Daniel Miller finds himself in Judgment City, a gleaming way station where the newly deceased must prove they lived a life of sufficient courage to advance in their journey through the universe. As the self-doubting Daniel struggles to make his case, a budding relationship with the uninhibited Julia offers him a chance to finally feel alive.

Date: 03/22/1991

Rating: 6.9

Cast: Albert Brooks, Meryl Streep, Rip Torn, Lee Grant, Michael Durrell, James Eckhouse, Gary Beach, Julie Cobb, Peter Schuck, Time Winters, Sharlie Stuart, Beth Black, Clayton Norcross, Jim McKrell, Wil Albert, Sage Allen, Mary Pat Gleason, Maxine Elliott Hicks, Marilyn Rockafellow, Roger Behr, Art Frankel, Ernie Brown, George D. Wallace, Lillian Lehman, Raffi Di Blasio, Kristopher Kent Hill, Eric Ehasz, Matthew Scharch, S. Scott Bullock, Carol Bivins, Ethan Embry, Gary Ballard, Mary Mukogawa, Toshio Shikami, Samee Park, Kagko Shikami, Tommy Inouye, Ken Thorley, Bob Braun, Jennifer Barlow Grodsky, Buck Henry, Joey Miyashima, Nurit Koppel, Susan Walters, Sidney Chankin, Greg Finley, Leonard O. Turner, Clifford Einstein, Rachel Bard, Newell Alexander, Shirley MacLaine, Hal Landon Jr., Ida Lee, Noley Thornton, Glen Chin, James Ekim, Clarke Coleman, Ronald L. Colby, David Purdham, James Paradise, Jerry Prell, Arell Blanton, Shana Ballard, Chris Macris, Joseph Darrell, James Manis, Alex Sheafe, Cathleen Chin, Lisa Sears, Mark Dunlap, Vernon Roguen, Dennis Germain, Jorga Caye, Robert Gatewood, John Michael Quinn, Douglas M. Nelson

Albert Brooks