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Mr. Destiny
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Directed by	James Orr
Produced by	Laurence Mark Jim Cruickshank James Orr Susan B. Landau
Written by	James Orr Jim Cruickshank
Starring	James Belushi Linda Hamilton Jon Lovitz Michael Caine Courteney Cox
Music by	David Newman
Cinematography	Alex Thomson
Editing by	Michael R. Miller
Distributed by	Touchstone Pictures
Release date(s)	October 12, 1990
Running time	110 min.
Country	USA
Language	English
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Mr. Destiny was a 1990 comedy film starring Jim Belushi. Other actors in this film included Linda Hamilton, Jon Lovitz, Michael Caine, Courteney Cox, and Rene Russo.

The story begins on "the strangest day" of the Larry Burrow's (Belushi) life consisting of a series of comic and dramatic misadventures. Larry, who blames all of his life's problems on the fact that he struck out during a key moment of a high school baseball game, wishes he had done things differently. His wish is granted by a guardian angel-like figure named Mike, who is played by Caine and appears at various times as a bartender, a cab driver, and so on. Larry soon discovers that Mike has transferred Larry into an alternate reality in which he had won the pivotal high school game. He now finds himself rich and (within his company) powerful, and married to the boss's sexy daughter (Russo). At first, his new life seems perfect, but he soon begins to miss his best friend and wife from his previous life; he also discovers that his alternate self has created many enemies, and as Larry's problems multiply, he finds himself wishing to be put back into his old life.

• James Belushi — Larry Joseph Burrows/Narrator
• Linda Hamilton — Ellen Jane Burrows/Robertson
• Michael Caine — Mike the Bartender at Universal Joint Bar/Angel
• Jon Lovitz — Clip Metzler, Larry's Best Friend
• Hart Bochner — Niles Pender
• Bill McCutcheon — Leo Hansen, CEO Liberty Republic Sporting Goods/Cyndi Jo's Father
• Rene Russo — Cindy Jo Bumpers
• Jay O. Sanders — Jackie Earle Bumpers, Company President aka 'Cement Head'
• Maury Chaykin — Guzelman, Building Contractor
• Pat Corley — Harry Burrows
• Douglas Seale — Boswell, Burrows' Butler in Alternate Life
• Courteney Cox — Jewel Jagger, Forklift operator/Larry's Secretary
• Doug Barron — Lewis Flick
• Jeff Weiss — Ludwig
• Tony Longo — Huge Guy

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