Returning to England from a bombing run in May 1945, flyer Peter Carter's plane is damaged and his parachute ripped to shreds. He has his crew bail out safely, but figures it is curtains for himself. He gets on the radio, and talks to June, a young American woman working for the RAF, and they are quite moved by each other's voices. Then he jumps, preferring this to burning up with his plane. He wakes up in the surf. It was his time to die, but there was a mixup in heaven. They couldn't find him in all that fog. By the time his "Conductor" catches up with him 20 hours later, Peter and June have met and fallen in love. This changes everything, and since it happened through no fault of his own, Peter figures that heaven owes him a second chance. Heaven agrees to a trial to decide his fate.
Written by John Oswalt {jao@jao.com}
I loved the show. Even though it was filmed some 62 years ago (my goodness!), I can imagine the same movie being remade and still engaging people. A love story that transcends death, the idea that man is able to dictate his life and death, it's just amazing!
After the movie, we went to Westminster Cathedral for the last part of the Sunday evening service. Some time back, Iggy tried to give me a summarized history of Christianity and Catholicism... but sorry, afraid it was way over my head.
Then, we went to this delightful pizza place at Dean Street for dinner. I was practically starving by then... Only had a donut the whole day and wasn't sure if I was allowed to eat in the theatre, so didn't eat during the movie... But well, the wait was worth it! We ordered this traditional style pizza which comes in lengths of half metre (2 pizzas) and metre (4 pizzas). Pity Noel doesn't like pizza. Would love to bring him and the guys here to share a metre long version.
The pizza was fantastic! Company was great! Yummy on both counts! *laugh*
Iggy had a straight bus back after dinner, I deliberated whether to walk back... Took some time to soak in the feeling of being in London all by myself. At night. At Trafalgar Square. For just more than a month now! I'm really here!
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