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Life (I) (1999) 6.3
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6.3/10 from 24,532 users
Metascore: 63/100
Reviews: 114 user | 76 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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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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EnglishRelease Date:
16 April 1999 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Até que a Fuga os Separe See more »Filming Locations:
Halfway House Café - 15564 Sierra Highway, Santa Clarita, California, USA See more »Box Office
Budget:
$75,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£367,806 (UK) (27 August 1999)Gross:
£1,266,689 (UK) (17 September 1999)Company Credits
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Daisy: What, baby?
Claude Banks: Season tickets to the Yankees. Right there on the first baseline.
[Daisy looks unhappy]
Claude Banks: What's wrong, baby?
Daisy: I was hoping you were going to say an engagement ring, Claude?
Claude Banks: An engagement ring?
Daisy: That's what respectable folks do: get a job, get married, start having babies. That's what you want, isn't it?
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Written by Duke Ellington, Nick Kenny
Produced by Eric Reed
Performed by Dawn Robinson
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When Rayford (Eddie Murphy) is getting beat up in a fight, he says: "I know a bitch named Della who hits harder than you." This is a reference to Harlem Nights, in which Murphy's character is beat up in a fight with a madame played by Della Reese. See more »Goofs
When Claude and Rayford are driving to pick up some bootleg liquor, the camera switches over from one side of the car to the other, each time Rayford's shirt is constantly changing from, buttons tied to the top to having the top two buttons undone. See more »Quotes
Claude Banks: You know what I'm going to buy with my first paycheck?Daisy: What, baby?
Claude Banks: Season tickets to the Yankees. Right there on the first baseline.
[Daisy looks unhappy]
Claude Banks: What's wrong, baby?
Daisy: I was hoping you were going to say an engagement ring, Claude?
Claude Banks: An engagement ring?
Daisy: That's what respectable folks do: get a job, get married, start having babies. That's what you want, isn't it?
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"Drop Me Off in Harlem"Written by Duke Ellington, Nick Kenny
Produced by Eric Reed
Performed by Dawn Robinson
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Martin Lawrence finally sheds his "Whats UUUUUUUUUUP!" image with a stellar performance in Life. Eddie Murphy returned to greatness with his first good movie in awhile. Hopefully this is the start of something good by having these two amazing actors working together. "Are you gonna eat that cornbread?" I couldn't stop laughing the whole time I was there. I give Life a 10 and recommend it to everyone.