A Matter of Life and Death: Difference between revisions

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=== This Movie Contains Examples Of: ===

* [[All Just a Dream]] -- We are told it is, probably.

* [[Balancing ~~Deaths~~ Books]] -- June is told during the trial that if she wants Carter to live she must be prepared to take his place, because ''someone'' has to die.

* [[Balancing Death's Books]] -- June is told during the trial that if she wants Carter to live she must be prepared to take his place, because ''someone'' has to die.

* [[Celestial Bureaucracy]] -- The afterlife arrival area is a massive customer service desk dedicated to making sure every arrival is filed at the right time. If they aren't then the alarms that have never sounded will sound...

* [[Dead to Begin With]] -- Played with thoroughly throughout.

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* [[Jury of the Damned]] -- The jury of dead souls initially selected by Farlan is designed to be biased against the English.

* [[Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane]] -- The movie makes a substantial part of its premise being the advancements of the various arguments on either side.

* [[Officer O Hara]] -- One of the second jury is an Irish-American cop.

* [[Officer O'Hara]] -- One of the second jury is an Irish-American cop.

* [[Or Was It a Dream?]] -- The obligatory counter point to the [[All Just a Dream]] narration

* [[Our Angels Are Different]] -- Officious and incompetent (and [[Acceptable Targets|French]])

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