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The Five People You Meet In Heaven (2004) is a fantasy drama you can watch online on iFILM. Eddie has spent most of his years fixing rides at the seaside Ruby Pier, and on his 83rd birthday a cable snaps. He throws himself under a falling carriage to drag a small girl clear, and that is where his life ends.
He wakes somewhere else entirely. Five people are waiting for him there — each one tied to a moment of his life, some in ways he never noticed while alive. One by one they reopen his past: the war, his father, an old grudge, a love that lasted decades. Jon Voight plays Eddie, with Ellen Burstyn, Jeff Daniels and Michael Imperioli alongside him.
Adapted from Mitch Albom's bestselling novel, the film keeps the book's quiet, parable-like tone under director Lloyd Kramer. This is a made-for-TV piece with no flashy version of heaven — its weight comes from plain conversations and answers that arrive too late. It's for viewers who like gentle films about what a life adds up to. Stream The Five People You Meet In Heaven (2004) online on iFILM.
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