Michael was released on December 25, 1996. It was directed by Nora Ephron, produced by Sean Daniel, Nora Ephron, James Jacks, Delia Ephron, Jonathan D. Krane, and G. Mac Brown, written by Nora Ephron, Delia Ephron, Peter Dexter, and Jim Quinlan, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The cast includes: John Travolta as Michael, Andie MacDowell as Dorothy Winters, William Hurt as Frank Quinlan, Bob Hoskins as Vartan Malt, Robert Pastorelli as Huey Driscoll, Jean Stapleton as Pansy Milbank, Teri Garr as Judge Esther Newberg, Wallace Langham as Bruce Craddock, and Joey Lauren Adams as Anita, Brown's Waitress.
The plot centers on reporters and an angel expert who are investigating claims made by an elderly woman that an archangel is living in her house. The angel doesn't act very saintly though, and the only part of him that resembles an angel are the wings growing from his back. When the angel and the investigators travel to Chicago, momentous events take place. Michael was a number one film in the US box office for 1996 earning $95,318,203 domestically and $119,718,203 in gross revenue.
