• Genre: Drama
• Movie Type: Supernatural Drama
• Themes: Serial Killers, Psychic Abilities
• Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal
• Main Cast: Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, Diane Ladd, Queen Latifah, Jack Palance, Michael Moriarty
• Release Year: 2002
• Country: US
• Run Time: 142 minutes
• MPAA Rating: PG13

Plot

This two-part CBS TV movie was filmed as Talking to Heaven, the title of the autobiographical book upon which it was based. Ted Danson stars as real-life psychic James Van Praagh, a man who spent much of his life ignoring or denying his clairvoyant gifts until it became impossible for him to suppress them any longer. After experiencing several "visitations" from dead people in his youth, Van Praagh was tagged as a freak and shunned by friends and family members alike. It is only during a particularly difficult period of his adult life that James is willing to acknowledge his special talents, and then only because he has had visions of a forlorn young boy with bound hands. Galvanized into action by such grim images, not to mention the plaintive voices of several additional ghostly youngsters, James agrees to assist the authorities in locating the buried victims of a serial killer who may still be at large. Living With the Dead originally aired on April 28 and 30, 2002. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

• Ted Danson - James Van Praagh
• Mary Steenburgen
• Diane Ladd
• Queen Latifah - Midge
• Jack Palance
• Michael Moriarty

Credit

Normand Corbeil - Composer (Music Score); Stephen Gyllenhaal - Director; Stephen Gyllenhaal - Executive Producer; Jeff Jur - Cinematographer; John Pielmeier - Producer; John Pielmeier - Screenwriter; Preston Fischer - Producer; Brent Thomas - Production Designer; Stanley M. Brooks - Executive Producer; Scott W. Anderson - Executive Producer; James Van Praagh - Producer; James Van Praagh - Book Author; Shanna Tyndall - Executive Producer; Greg Gugliotta - Executive Producer

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