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Life (I) (1999)
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Ratings: 6.2/10 from 20,478 users
Metascore:
63/100
Reviews: 114 user | 74 critic | 20 from Metacritic.com The story of two criminals (Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence) who discover the value of life after being sentenced to life imprisonment. Director:Ted Demme |
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| Obba Babatundé | ... | ||
| Nick Cassavetes | ... | ||
| Anthony Anderson | ... | ||
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Pokerface
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Hoppin' Bob
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| Miguel A. Núñez Jr. | ... |
Biscuit
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Michael Taliferro | ... |
Goldmouth
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| Guy Torry | ... |
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| Bokeem Woodbine | ... |
Can't Get Right
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| Ned Beatty | ... | ||
| Lisa Nicole Carson | ... |
Sylvia
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| O'Neal Compton | ... |
Superintendant Abernathy
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Storyline
In the mid-1990s, two inmates bury the burned bodies of two lifers at Mississippi's infamous Parchman Farm; a third old-timer relates their story. They'd served 65 years for a murder they didn't commit, framed by a local sheriff while buying moonshine whiskey for a Manhattan club owner to whom they owed money. In flashbacks we see this odd couple thrown together (Ray is a fast-talking con man, and Claude is a serious man about to start work as a bank teller), the loss of Ray's watch (sterling silver, from his daddy), the murder and trial, the hardships of Parchman, and the love-hate relationship of Claude and Ray as they spend 65 years bickering and looking for a way to escape. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>
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É a Vida See more »Box Office
Budget:
$75,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$20,414,775 (USA) (18 April 1999) (2594 Screens)Gross:
$63,844,974 (USA) (8 August 1999)Company Credits
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Rayford Gibson: Ah, just thinkin' about you runnin' with them bullets flying all over the top of your head, that's something to see there, that was a sight to see.
Claude Banks: The bullets weren't the problem, ray. The pie was too hot! Burned my damn tongue.
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Written by Mahalia Jackson (as M. Jackson), Bobby Smith (as B. Smith) See more »
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Ray and Claude arrive at the Mississippi prison in 1932. They spend give 65 years in jail, meaning the last year the movie takes place in is 1997. And Ray says in that year that he's 90 years old, meaning he was born in 1907 (Claude was also probably born in that year or somewhere close to it). So they were 25 when they came to jail, 37 when they are shown in the 1944, and 65 when they are shown in 1972. See more »Goofs
Continuity: When Winston Hancock cuts Sheriff Pike's face, the cut goes from his ear towards his mouth. Later, when the sheriff meets Ray and Claude, the bandage is vertical, going from below his eye to the side of his jaw. See more »Quotes
Claude Banks: [Claude has just been punished for crossing the gun line and Ray shares the punishment, but he chuckles to himself] What' you laughin' about, Ray?Rayford Gibson: Ah, just thinkin' about you runnin' with them bullets flying all over the top of your head, that's something to see there, that was a sight to see.
Claude Banks: The bullets weren't the problem, ray. The pie was too hot! Burned my damn tongue.
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"In the Upper Room"Written by Mahalia Jackson (as M. Jackson), Bobby Smith (as B. Smith) See more »
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