Art Brooker

ウォーレン・ベイティが製作・初監督・脚本・主演の4役を手がけたコメディー。アカデミー美術・装置賞受賞。 前途有望なプロ・フットボール選手が交通事故で即死するが、それは天使のミスによるものだった。困った天界は彼の魂を殺されたばかりの若き実業家の中に送り込む。全く新しい人物となった彼は、再びフットボールの世界に乗り出すが……。

Harper is brought to Louisiana to investigate an attempted blackmail scheme. He soon finds out that it involves an old flame of his and her daughter. He eventually finds himself caught in a power struggle between the matriarch of the family and a greedy oil baron, who wants their property. Poor Harper! Things are not as straight-forward as they initially appeared.

Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.