The lives of three Chicago tabloid employees are completely upended when they travel to rural Iowa to meet an angel living on Earth. Michael, played by total babe John Travolta, is a cigarette-smoking, sexy dancing, fun-seeking Archangel in this 1996 film directed by Nora Ephron. With an original movie score composed by ultra-Americana songwriter Randy Newman, the film exudes heartfelt earnestness and American Protestantism even in the more rebellious scenes. Michael (1996) is only one film in a trove of others of the same ilk –all portraying flawed angels falling to Earth to complete a mission– made in the mid-90s by big name directors. But it’s the only film that also interweaves a likely unnecessary romantic plot between actors William Hurt (a prize-winning journalist who lost it all) and Andie MacDowell (a dog trainer with a penchant for writing Dolly Parton-type songs), and even features a terrier as one of the main characters– luckily not the one from Fraiser. Join your hosts as they swoon over Travolta’s wholesome Instagram and obsess over his current legacy as a camp icon. 

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