<Tr> <Th> Box office </Th> <Td> $74.1 million </Td> </Tr> <P> Always is a 1989 American romantic comedy - drama film directed by Steven Spielberg and starring Richard Dreyfuss, Holly Hunter, John Goodman, introducing Brad Johnson, and features Audrey Hepburn in her final film appearance . </P> <P> Always is a remake of the 1943 romantic drama A Guy Named Joe set during World War II . The main departure from the 1943 film is the altering of the setting from WWII to that of a modern aerial firefighting operation . The film, however, follows the same basic plot line: the spirit of a recently dead expert pilot mentors a newer pilot, while watching him fall in love with the girlfriend he left behind . The names of the four principal characters of the earlier film are all the same, with the exception of the Ted Randall character, who is called Ted Baker in the remake, and Pete's last name is Sandich instead of Sandidge . </P> <P> Pete Sandich (Dreyfuss) is an aerial firefighter, flying a war - surplus A-26 bomber dropping fire retardant slurry to put out forest wildfires . His excessive risk taking in the air deeply troubles his girlfriend, Dorinda Durston (Hunter), a pilot who doubles as a dispatcher, and is also of concern to his best friend, Al Yackey (Goodman), a fellow fighter . On one flight, Pete makes one extra drop, runs out of fuel, and barely manages to glide onto the runway . </P>

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