Living with the Dead
Genre	Drama Sci-Fi Crime Mystery Thriller
Based on	Talking to Heaven by James Van Praagh
Written by	John Pielmeier
Directed by	Stephen Gyllenhaal
Starring	Ted Danson Mary Steenburgen Diane Ladd Michael Moriarty
Theme music composer	Normand Corbeil
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Greg Gugliotta Shanna Nussbaum Stanley M. Brooks Scott W. Anderson (co-executive producer) Stephen Gyllenhaal (co-executive producer)
Producers	Preston Fischer Richard J. Anobile (associate producer) John Pielmeier (co-producer) James Van Praagh (co-producer)
Cinematography	Jeff Jur
Editor	Neil Mandelberg
Running time	240 min.
Production companies	Nitelite Entertainment Columbia Broadcasting System Gaslight Pictures Once Upon a Time Films
Original release
Network	CBS
Release	April 28, 2002 (2002-04-28) (Part 1) April 30, 2002 (2002-04-30) (Part 2)

Living with the Dead (released in Europe as Talking to Heaven) is a 2002 American made-for-television supernatural crime drama film directed by Stephen Gyllenhaal and starring Ted Danson, Diane Ladd, Queen Latifah, Mary Steenburgen and Jack Palance. It was inspired by the life of medium James Van Praagh. The film first aired on CBS in the U.S. and was later rated PG-13.^[1]

In the United States, the film was released as Living with the Dead; the working title was Talking to Heaven, and this was also the release title in Europe.

Plot

Seven dead boys are trying to communicate through James (Ted Danson), to tell their story of how they died, and how their murderer is still out there. James agrees to work alongside the detective investigating the murders, and discovers who murdered the seven boys.^[2]

Cast

Production

The movie was filmed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.^[3]