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A Matter of Life and Death [Criterion Collection] [Blu-ray]
Director: Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
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Director: Emeric Pressburger, Michael Powell
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"Also known as Stairway to Heaven, A Matter of Life and Death is the remarkable British fantasy film that became the surprise hit of 1946. David Niven stars as Peter Carter, a World War II RAF pilot who is forced to bail out of his crippled plane without a parachute. He wakes up to find he has landed on Earth utterly unharmed...which wasn't supposed to happen according to the rules of heaven. A celestial court argues over whether to claim Carter's life or let him survive to wed his American...
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