Back from the past

Movie
German title	Back from the past
Original title	The Heavenly Kid
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1985
length	87 minutes
Age rating	FSK 12
Rod
Director	Cary Medoway
script	Cary Medoway Martin Copeland
production	Mort Engelberg
music	Kennard Ramsey
camera	Steven B. Poster
cut	Christopher Greenbury
occupation
Lewis Smith : Bobby Fantana Jason Gedrick : Lenny Barnes Jane Kaczmarek : Emily Barnes Richard Mulligan : Rafferty Mark Metcalf : Joe Barnes Beau Dremann : McIntyre / Bill Stephen Gregory : Fred Gallo Anne Sawyer : Sharon Nancy Valen : Melissa William Kerwin : Suburban Lynne Griffin : Waitress

The Heavenly Kid is an American comedy film from the year 1985 .

action

In the early 1960s, Joe Barnes and Bobby Fantana drive a race for the love of Emily, in which both drive a car into a ravine and whoever brakes first loses. Joe grabs fear relatively quickly, so that he gets out early and loses the race. But Bobby cannot enjoy his victory because he gets tangled in the steering wheel and races into the ravine with the car and dies. He then wakes up in the middle town and is refused a trip to the upper town because Raffael tells him that he has to do a job as a guardian angel on earth beforehand. He is sent back to Earth, where, after falling hopelessly in love with Sharon and losing his job, he saves Lenny by catching him when Lenny falls off a cliff by carelessness. That doesn't stop the job as he continues to be forced to stay on Earth with Lenny and help him get on with Sharon.

So he dresses him up, does sports with him and shows him how a confident appearance works. Lenny is clumsy every time, which is why Bobby reaches into the bag of tricks and gets him a new car. But it takes another turn before Lenny does a good job with the ladies. He gains so much self-confidence that he speaks to Sharon, ignores his secret admirer Melissa and provokes Fred, who doesn't like it at all, that he messes with Sharon. So he challenges him to a duel after school. Lenny then beats him up thanks to Bobby's help. Sharon likes this so much that she goes on a date with Lenny and sleeps with him. This changes Lenny's character and behavior, which not only leads to him ignoring his parents and Bobby, but also becoming more and more like Bobby himself.

Meanwhile, Bobby had to learn that his childhood sweetheart Emily married Joe Barnes and is the mother of Lenny. Bobby shows himself to Emily and learns that she once married Joe because he comforted her over his death and stood by her as a loving and caring husband. Especially when it came to Lenny, Bobby's son. He also has to save him, because after he learned from Raffael that Lenny will also die in the same test of courage in which Bobby once died, Bobby offers his soul to return to earth, where he wants to save him. He succeeds and thereby gains access to the upper town .

criticism

"Films about guardian angels almost always have charm, but Back from the Past has none."

- The New York Times

"A comedy that is based on great cinematic models, has hardly achieved any independence and offers only non-binding, sometimes clumsy entertainment."

- Lexicon of international film

background

At the 1986 Youth in Film Awards , the film was named best youth film.

"Teen Angel" and "Heavenly Bodies" were both working titles for the film.

The MARTA in Atlanta , Georgia was used as the filming location for the subway .

Soundtrack

1. Joe Lynn Turner - "Heartless"
2. John Fiore - "The Heavenly Kid (Out On the Edge)"
3. Jamie Bond - "Heart of Love"
4. Howard Hewett - "Obsession"
5. Debra Laws - "Crusin 'Tonight"
6. Jamie Bond - "Animal Attraction"
7. Mickey Thomas - "Two Minute Love"
8. The George Duke Band - "So Mean to Me"
9. George Duke - "Hamburgers"
10. Neko-Meka - "When the Children Make the Mighty Fall"
11. Shandi Sinnamon - "So Far Away" *
12. Chris Farren - "Dream Machine" *
13. Stuffy Shmitt - "I Need The Touch" *
14. Jerry Lee Lewis - "Whole Lotta Shakin 'Goin' On"

publication

After the film was released in US cinemas on July 26, 1985 and grossed US $ 3.8 million there, it was released directly on VHS in Germany on February 17, 1987 .

Web links

• Back from the past in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The Heavenly Kid at Rotten Tomatoes (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Janet Maslin : The Heavenly Kid (1985) at nytimes.com, July 26, 1985, accessed March 14, 2012
2. ↑ Back from the past. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .  
3. ↑ The Heavenly Kid (1985) on boxofficemojo.com (English), accessed March 14, 2012