What 1989 Spielberg-directed romance fantasy remade the film A Guy Named Joe? Always is the answer. The film is Spielberg's romantic fantasy remake of the 1943 drama A Guy Named Joe.
Always relocates the original story from wartime aviation to a modern aerial-firefighting setting. Richard Dreyfuss plays Pete Sandich, a daring pilot who dies while rescuing a colleague and returns as a spirit. He must guide the younger pilot Ted Baker while watching Ted fall in love with Pete's former girlfriend, Dorinda Durston, played by Holly Hunter.
The cast also includes John Goodman as Al Yackey and Audrey Hepburn in her final film role, as Hap. Spielberg produced the movie as well as directed it, with music by longtime collaborator John Williams. It was released by Universal Pictures in December 1989.
The title can be confused with Spielberg's later fantasy adventure Hook, but Hook is a 1991 Peter Pan adaptation. Forever Young and Avalon are also unrelated films, not remakes of A Guy Named Joe.