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The Crow
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FilmPG-131998
City of Angels
Directed by Brad Silberling
When a guardian angel – who invisibly watches over the citizens of Los Angeles – becomes captivated by a strong-willed heart surgeon, he ponders trading in his pure, otherworldly existence for a mortal life with his beloved. The couple embarks on a tender but forbidden romance spanning heaven and Earth. From TMDB
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City of Angels is a 1998 drama fantasy romance film, directed by Brad Silberling, starring Nicolas Cage, Meg Ryan and Dennis Franz.
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60 of 242 · most liked firstI can’t convey adequately how much of my teen years were defined by the soundtrack to City of Angels, a movie I have never watched
neutral · AI labelView post →#366DayMusicChallenge #359 Song Your Parents Wouldn’t Have Let You Listen To: Paula Cole, “Feelin’ Love” youtu.be/0huLyNIg2d4?... This is one of the most erotic songs ever written. First heard it in "City of Angels," a superb soundtrack that elevated the film beyond its mediocrity.
negative · AI labelView post →[From wiki](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azealia_Banks#Early_life_and_career_beginnings) > Azealia Amanda Banks was born on May 31, 1991, in New York City's Manhattan borough; she was the youngest of three.[5][6] Her single mother raised her and her two siblings in Harlem, after their father died of pancreatic cancer when she was two years old.[7] Following her father's death, Banks says that her mother "became really abusive—physically and verbally. Like she would hit me and my sisters with…
neutral · AI labelView post →The City of Angels 📷 Nikon F4 🎞️ Ilford HP5 #believeinfilm
neutral · AI labelView post →#MusicChallenge 🎶 #MusicThroughYears Day 18 ~ 1998 - 1999 Goo Goo Dolls - Iris youtu.be/_HZM0QiuUS8?... From the 1998 film ‘City of Angels’ and released in April as the lead single from their album ‘Dizzy Up the Girl’ #WMIM #music #musicsky
neutral · AI labelView post →Smash two movies together to make a new movie Sin City of Angels
neutral · AI labelView post →<333 just finished an AMAZING, FUN, SILLY 15.5 hour stream on Twitch! We played ❥ Shadow Of Destiny (wild ass PS2 game) ❥ Um Jammer Lammy (PS1 rhythm game) ❥ Crow: City of Angels (jank PS1 movie tie-in) ❥ Crash Bandicoot (PS1 platforming classic)
neutral · AI labelView post →Cabaret - "New" Broadway Cast starring Alan Cumming Chess - Original Concept Album Guys and Dolls - "New" Broadway Cast starring Nathan Lane Into the Woods - Original Broadway Cast City of Angels - Original Broadway Cast, with Odo! Chicago - Movie Cast Ragtime - Original Broadway Cast
neutral · AI labelView post →Wings of Desire is one of my favorite films. The remake, City of Angels, is mid save 2 things, Andre Braugher's performance as Cassiel, and Morissette's tie-in single "Uninvited." Both are clued into something numinous while the movie itself is hopelessly earthbound. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uvgi...
neutral · AI labelView post →"Dad, what were you like in the '90s?" And it's just pictures of me listening to "Iris" by the Goo Goo Dolls, wall plastered with posters for the movie City of Angels.
neutral · AI labelView post →"Iris" was released on the 'City of Angels' movie soundtrack on this day in 1998. 27 years & 2 BILLION+ streams later, and it's still one of the most popular songs of all-time. Thank you for this gift 🙏
neutral · AI labelView post →#FirstNameInSong #MusicChallenge 🗣️ The Goo Goo Dolls 🎶 Iris #52WeeksOfSound all time favourites I steal @lespil64.bsky.social's idea, and take the movie 'City of Angels' to the island, wonderful soundtrack.
neutral · AI labelView post →Ok. So, "Iris" was written for the soundtrack of City of Angels, starring Nicolas Cage and Meg Ryan. (Somehow we've managed to get Nicolas Cage into the thread). The movie did well at the box office, in part because of its soundtrack with hit acts like the Goo Goo Dolls and Alanis Morissette.
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching "City of Angels" for the first time. Very struck by the juxtaposition of the rom-com heroine next door wandering into the surrealism of a Nicolas Cage movie. When Holly Hunter or Laura Dern or Cher share the screen with Cage they seem to inhabit the same universe he does; Meg Ryan doesn't.
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm gonna have to say The Crow (1994), literally that movie did not need a sequel, City of Angels is so mid imo
negative · AI labelView post →You wanna know another maligned movie I enjoy? The Crow: City of Angels. I don’t know if it’s a “good movie”, but it’s trashy, stars Iggy Pop, and has a dog wearing a skull mask. And that’s all I really need.
positive · AI labelView post →#2 City of Angels #OutOfOrder Whether or not the movie is as good as the original "Wings of Desire" (it isn't) there's no doubt that it had a great soundtrack. @te-kanawa.bsky.social @dindin6.bsky.social @auberon.bsky.social @pewtergod.bsky.social @palehorse.bsky.social @mrhyperpcs.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →#BlueZicos #MusicChallenge Day 18: Nu (metal). Deftones - "Teething" (1996). A longer mix was the B-side to "7 Words" in 1995, but the version on streaming is from THE CROW: CITY OF ANGELS soundtrack. The band appeared in that film! youtu.be/Q28AsaJqRic
neutral · AI labelView post →Watching the hit Nicolas Cage movie City Of Angels. They don’t make movies like this anymore. Thankfully.
negative · AI labelView post →WAIT! HOLD THE FUCKING PHONE! IS 1998’S CITY OF ANGELS A REMAKE OF THIS MOVIE !?!?
neutral · AI labelView post →The song itself ended the year in the Top 10 of a number of Billboard charts. But back to the movie. City of Angels was based loosely on Wim Wenders' excellent film, Der Himmer über Berlin, also known by its english title, Wings of Desire.
neutral · AI labelView post →Everyone answering "The Crow" has no love in their hearts. "Crow 2: City Of Angels," however, is the correct answer. Garbage film, amazing soundtrack, and on virtually every other day on HBO in the 00's for some reason.* *to fill airtime
negative · AI labelView post →City of Angels and Great Expectations. I think both are era defining soundtracks but I've seen neither movie.
neutral · AI labelView post →City of Angels. They advertised it as a rom-com and people were there on dates and it was just a real bad vibe in the theater for what was a pretty good movie
positive · AI labelView post →Bad movie, great soundtrack: THE CROW: CITY OF ANGELS
negative · AI labelView post →#DavidsMonthOfMusic #MusicChallenge #MusicSky A song you love from a movie you don't From the movie 'City of Angels' Day 4️⃣: Iris 🎶 by Goo Goo Dolls youtu.be/NdYWuo9OFAw?...
neutral · AI labelView post →you idiots didn't watch this but you should have. it is nothing like what you think or expect. it is for kids. it is NOT for kids. it is the purest love letter to the City of Angels that I think has EVER been put on film. it's still on NETFLIX. fix your mistake.
positive · AI labelView post →When I watched this, it made me understand why the laughably bad ending of City of Angels was so bad - the American movie grafted a tragic ending onto a story that wasn't building to one... well, and Meg Ryan's no eyes, just vibes bike riding into a truck was unintentionally hilarious.
negative · AI labelView post →City of Angels is the just okay American remake of Wings of Desire you'd expect but Andre Braugher's Cassiel is exceptional, otherworldly and visiting from a much better film.
neutral · AI labelView post →Who remembers the movie 'City of Angels?' Well here we have the Goo Goo Dolls and 'Iris' from that movie #Paws4music youtu.be/NdYWuo9OFAw?...
neutral · AI labelView post →#DavidsMonthofMusic #MusicSky #Music #MusicChallenge 9/4 - a song you love from a movie you don't Uninvited- Alanis Morissette From the movie "City of Angels" music.youtube.com/watch?v=ErSC...
neutral · AI labelView post →Wings of Desire. (Der Himmel über Berlin) German, Wim Wenders, 1987. Solveig Dommartin was so beautiful in that. Was remade into a movie called City of Angels with Nick Cage that didn't even come close to being as good.
negative · AI labelView post →Whenever I hear Iris by the Googoo Dolls, it makes me think about Germany… because City of Angels is a remake of the German film Wings of Desire, and the visuals are so imprinted in my mind and show up when I hear Iris.
neutral · AI labelView post →#MusicChallenge 🎶 #SBRD 🎙️ Song By Release Date Day 15 ~ 1998 Goo Goo Dolls – Iris (Live in Buffalo, NY, 7/4/2004) youtu.be/_HZM0QiuUS8?... Studio version written for the 1998 film ‘City of Angels’, released as a single in April and was included on their album ‘Dizzy Up the Girl’ #WMIM #music
neutral · AI labelView post →#MusicChallenge #DavidsMonthOfMusic Day 17 ~ A Song From A Movie Goo Goo Dolls – Iris – From ‘City Of Angels’ youtu.be/5sFHqCWnpd4?... #WMIM #music #musicsky
neutral · AI labelView post →My first Nick Cage movie was "City of Angels" and I'm told that's very weird.
neutral · AI labelView post →And it wasn't even really in City of Angels. There was a part of an acoustic version over one brief scene, and that was it. I know this, because I rewatched it a few months ago and was genuinely surprised at how tangential the song was the movie, but how inextricably linked the two are.
neutral · AI labelView post →fun fact about Iris that nobody asked for is that it was written for the movie City of Angels which is a loose remake of the movie Wings of Desire so ultimately we have Wim Wenders to thank for not only a BANGER film but also one of the best ballads ever made
neutral · AI labelView post →City of Angels was a movie made for its soundtrack. Contains arguably the best songs Alanis Morrisette and the Goo Goo Dolls ever put to tape, a really explicit Paula Cole seed jam, and classics from Hendrix and John Lee Hooker.
neutral · AI labelView post →List 3 things you can talk about for 3 hours with no prep: 1. BTS 2. Unproblematic people management and behavioral coaching (corporate) 3. This one’s a bit niche, but since Iris is still trending these days: the symbolism in Cecelia Ahern’s If You Could See Me Now versus the film City of Angels.
neutral · AI labelView post →TO LIVE AND DIE IN L.A.: No film better captures the City of Angels: a hellscape of concrete & steel and everyone’s always sweaty & on edge. You’d only live here if you had a death wish. The only respite is the odd strip club that’s lit by Robby Müller & plays Wang Chung all day.
neutral · AI labelView post →I’m surprised we’ve never had a Weeping Angel story called City of Angels where they manifest through film reels in Los Angeles. Maybe Moffat was considering this but thought the Statue of Liberty gimmick was too funny to pass by.
neutral · AI labelView post →#FebruaryMovieChallenge #FilmSky Day 11: hospital in a movie City of Angels - 1998
neutral · AI labelView post →In '98 I had 3 kids under the age of 7 so it doesn't matter what movie it is. I'm falling asleep in 20 minutes. But this is the line up: Armageddon, Practical Magic, City of Angels
neutral · AI labelView post →#SoundtrackChallenge #MusicChallenge Day 30: Saddest movie song City of Angels (1998) Peter Gabriel - I Grieve Thanks for the challenge @gradausdenker.bsky.social
neutral · AI labelView post →Been a while since I had to reset the “Days Since Slippy Last Got Salty About The Movie ‘City of Angels’” counter two days in a row but here we are.
neutral · AI labelView post →Missed me? Have been at the City of Angels film fest racking up another Best Podcast nomination. 😊 Lots of momentum for my team in 2026. 🎉🍾🥂Lets hope the upcoming elections means lots of momentum for all of us.
neutral · AI labelView post →#DavidsMonthofMusic #MusicChallenge Day 4 A song you love from a movie you don’t Alanis Morissette Uninvited (We established this recently. City of Angels is a terrible movie I couldn’t stay awake through, but the soundtrack is sublime)
negative · AI labelView post →The Cure's video director Tim Pope reveals how working with disgraced Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein on cult gothic horror film The Crow: City of Angels scarred him for life
neutral · AI labelView post →The Crow: City of Angels @philhester.bsky.social’s biggest flex is that he did the comics adaptation but never saw the movie. So jealous.
neutral · AI labelView post →That's just a movie! I am tired of telling people that Win Winders's Wings of Desire is not a documentary! Neither is City of Angels! These are NOT documentaries, do lot listen to the propaganda by Big Angel Movie!
neutral · AI labelView post →Iris by Goo Goo Dolls was for City of Angels! You remember City of Angels, right? The American remake of Wings of Desire, with Nic Cage and Meg Ryan?? Sure you do. There's a better example of this out there, one that I go "hunh?" at whenever I see clips of the movie in the video but what was it..?
neutral · AI labelView post →Originally the sign was for a housing development called "Hollywoodland" It was later adopted as an icon for a world movie capital. After several renovations, it still watches over the City of Angels. #Hollywood #photography #film
neutral · AI labelView post →Good morning Bluesky from The City of Angels, Movie Stars, and Trans 🏳️⚧️ Witches ⭐️ like me!
neutral · AI labelView post →Didn't realise I was skipping a film so I will instead be watching The Crow: City of Angels (1996, USA) - Tim Pope 📽️ #Filmsky
neutral · AI labelView post →Gorgeous! Taemin can pass as one of the angels in the movie, "City of Angels." #Taemin #SHINee
neutral · AI labelView post →He had so many good roles, but I'll always remember Andre Braugher for his role as Cassiel in CITY OF ANGELS, the last movie my dad ever rented
neutral · AI labelView post →Uninvited by Alanis Morisette just came on a random playlist. Those first chords dragged me back through time to when I wore out the City of Angels soundtrack CD: falling asleep to it as a teen, in the background while doing homework in college. Terrible movie with an almost perfect soundtrack.
negative · AI labelView post →You know, this isn't, like, a GOOD answer, but maybe City of Angels? Probably just because of how old I was when I first watched it, and I also like the movie's soundtrack, not because Nicholas Cage himself is particularly outstanding or that it's a good adaptation of that story or anything.
neutral · AI labelView post →City of Angels is one of my favorite movies and my favorite Nicholas Cage movie. I’ve watched it dozens of times since its release. And I sob like a baby every time. youtu.be/wCrcDidiGJs?...
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