How to Live Forever (2009)

Baby boomer Mark Wexler travels the world searching for the secrets of long life.

Director:

Mark Wexler

Writers:

Robert DeMaio (narration written by), Mark Wexler (narration written by)

Stars:

Suzanne Somers, Ray Bradbury, Phyllis Diller

Cast

Credited cast:
Suzanne Somers	...	Herself
Ray Bradbury	...	Himself
Phyllis Diller	...	Herself
Jack LaLanne	...	Himself
Willard Scott	...	Himself
Elaine LaLanne	...	Herself
Raymond Kurzweil	...	Himself
Marianne Williamson	...	Herself
Mark Wexler	...	Himself
Shigeo Tokuda	...	Himself
Aubrey de Grey	...	Himself
John Robbins	...	Himself
Tyrus Wong	...	Himself
Ellsworth Wareham	...	Himself
Edna Parker	...	Herself

Storyline

Director Mark Wexler embarks on a worldwide trek to investigate just what it means to grow old and what it could mean to really live forever. But whose advice should he take? Does a chain-smoking, beer-drinking centenarian marathoner have all the answers? What about an elder porn star? Wexler contrasts these unusual characters with the insights of health, fitness and life-extension experts in his engaging new documentary, which challenges our notions of youth and aging with comic poignancy. Begun as a study in life-extension, HOW TO LIVE FOREVER evolves into a thought-provoking examination of what truly gives life meaning.

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Plot Keywords:

life extension | forever | aging | centenarian | health | 

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Taglines:

*Results May Vary

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Genres:

Documentary

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

October 2009 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$3,716 (USA) (13 May 2011)

Gross:

$58,764 (USA) (9 September 2011)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Wexler's World

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Agree with Tagline of the Movie: Results Will Vary

If only this documentary could really tell you how to do it or even come close. Director, writer and producer Mark S. Wexler who has also been a successful photojournalist as well as a documentary maker is the son of an award winning cinema photographer. He has used his own funds to make this film, which basically looks at old people and tries to explain what is their secret to a long life. He doesn't really come up with an answer other than maybe they have a passion for living and don't worry very much about dying. Perhaps the film could have used a better focus and a stronger point of view. We also found it very interesting that in all the interviews, the role of family never came up in the questions or in the discussion, nor were any children or grandchildren ever shown. There were certainly some unforgettable characters such as the 114 year old women from Indiana who was the oldest person in the world at that moment, the Senior Beauty Pageant and the effervescent Ms. Arkansas who was competing for the national crown, the funeral directors conference in Las Vegas where the latest marketing ploys reflected the attitudes of the baby boomers about their mortality, the 93 year old guy in Oklahoma who would regularly eat a diet which is the antitheses of a healthy diet and a clip of Wexler with the unforgettable Jack LaLane who actually died this year at age of 96. The subtitle of this movie is "Results May Vary" and this probably sums up how we think most people will react to this film. (2011)