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City of Angels is a 1998 American romantic fantasy drama film directed by Brad Silberling. The film stars Nicolas Cage and Meg Ryan. Set in Los Angeles, California, the film is a very loose remake of Wim Wenders' 1987 German film Wings of Desire (Der Himmel über Berlin), which was set in Berlin, West Germany.
In Los Angeles, Seth (Nicolas Cage) is one of many angels who watch over humans and protect them in unseen ways. Seth's main responsibility is to appear to those who are close to death and guide them to the next life. As part of this task, Seth and one of his fellow angels, Cassiel (Andre Braugher), like to ask people what their favorite thing in life was. But despite their daily encounters, they appear to have trouble understanding human beings and their ways.
While waiting to escort to the other world a man who will not survive heart surgery, Seth is impressed by the vigorous efforts of the surgeon, Maggie Rice (Meg Ryan), to save the ill-fated man's life and her sincere anguish at her failure to do so. Seth soon becomes preoccupied with Maggie and decides to become visible to her despite his obvious inability to give her many convincing details about himself, such as what he does for a living or even his last name. Despite this, they develop a friendship which soon turns to mutual attraction, although Maggie is already involved with one of her colleagues, Jordan Ferris (Colm Feore), at the hospital. Seth then meets Nathaniel Messinger (Dennis Franz), one of Maggie's patients, who can sense Seth's presence and that of other angels. Nathaniel soon relates to Seth that he, too, had once been an angel but, by way of the free will granted to angels, decided to become human through the process he refers to as "falling". Seth begins to consider exercising this option so that he can be with Maggie in a fully physical and emotional relationship. When Maggie receives a marriage proposal from Jordan, she finds herself having to choose between him and Seth.
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Dogs walk free with diamonds collars
Free men hang from ropes and dollars
Train tracks stitch the jagged scars
Stretched faces on aging stars
Empty beds in furniture stores
Angels sleep on skid row floors
Broken wings for a dollar a pound
"Can you spare some change?"
And I'm strolling down, rolling down
Sunset Boulevard
I see the paparazzi try to catch a falling star
It's just another day you're on your way
In the city of angels
All the make-up in this town covers the frowns
And the world seems upside down
Oh...
Car kissing on the 4-0-5
Colors blend and intertwine
You and me, we are just a bunch of dreamers
Lucky to collide
Sure, we living on nickels and dimes
And the Earth could shake at anytime
But we're holding on to something true
And with your hand and mine
We'll be strolling down, rolling down
Sunset Boulevard
They say that opposites attract
Well, this is the city for us
It's just another day you're on your way
In the city of angels
Leave a make-up in this town for all the clowns
Cause the world seems upside down
In the City of Angels
Let it rain, rain down
Wash the make-up from this town
Let it rain, rain down
Thirsty people all around
It's just another day you're on your way
In the city of angels
Leave a make-up in this town for all the clowns
Oh the world seems upside down
Yeah the world seems upside down