Synopsis
Ellen Burstyn plays Edna McCauley, the wife of a man (Jeffrey DeMunn) who is killed in an auto crash. Edna herself survives, but not before enduring an "out of body" experience. Crippled in the accident, Edna heads to her hometown in Kansas to recuperate. There she discovers that she has the power to heal people, presumably a byproduct of her brief trip into the beyond. She accepts her gift, but resists the notion that she has been blessed with divine powers. On the other hand, her young lover (Sam Shepard) believes that she is the embodiment of Jesus Christ. It is his method of proving his hypothesis that brings the film to its startling conclusion. Both Ellen Burstyn and Eva Le Gallienne (as Burstyn's grandmother) were nominated for Academy Awards.
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Holy Resurrection, Batman!
HOLLYWOOD, Sept. 21, 2000 -- Hey Batman, you're wanted back in the Batcave, pronto. And leave that funny-looking Robin kid behind. Say what, caped crusader?
Daily Variety is reporting today that Darren Aronofsky, director of the visually weird-ass movie "Pi" and the forthcoming flick "Requiem for a Dream," has been hired by Warner Bros. to resurrect the Dark Knight and direct the fifth installment in the franchise.
Aronofsky will also cowrite the screenplay for "Batman: Year One" with Frank Miller, upon whose popular graphic novel (titled "Batman: YO") the movie will be based. The story follows a younger Bruce Wayne in his first year as Batman, complete with the trials and tribulations of a new superhero.
Now the question remains: Who will play Batman? A few weeks ago, rumors circulated that Aronofsky was courting Brad Pitt for the part, but Pitt's camp late