The Razor's Edge

19841984
PG-13PG-13
2h 8m

6.6/10

He had everything and wanted nothing. He learned that he had nothing and wanted everything. He saved the world and then it shattered. The path to enlightenment is as sharp and narrow as a ra... Read allHe had everything and wanted nothing. He learned that he had nothing and wanted everything. He saved the world and then it shattered. The path to enlightenment is as sharp and narrow as a razor's edge.He had everything and wanted nothing. He learned that he had nothing and wanted everything. He saved the world and then it shattered. The path to enlightenment is as sharp and narrow as a razor's edge.

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Director
- John Byrum
Writers
- W. Somerset Maugham(novel)
- John Byrum(screenplay)
- Bill Murray(screenplay)
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The Razor's Edge

Bill Murray and Brian Doyle-Murray in The Razor's Edge (1984)

Bill Murray and Theresa Russell in The Razor's Edge (1984)

Bill Murray, James Keach, and Brian Doyle-Murray in The Razor's Edge (1984)

Bill Murray and Catherine Hicks in The Razor's Edge (1984)

Bill Murray, Denholm Elliott, James Keach, and Catherine Hicks in The Razor's Edge (1984)

Director
- John Byrum
Writers
- W. Somerset Maugham(novel)
- John Byrum(screenplay)
- Bill Murray(screenplay)
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Larry Darrell returns from the battlefields of World War I to America a different person. His fiance (Isabel) resigns herself to a delay in the wedding plans when Larry heads off to Paris. There he finds he prefers a simpler existence and begins to read. One book inspires him to visit India and on to Nepal where he finds spiritual help from a lama. On returning to Paris he finds Isabel and some old friends. Everyone has changed. —Rob Hartill

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Taglines
- A thin line separates love from hate, success from failure, life from death, a line as difficult to walk as a razor's edge.
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Certificate
- PG-13
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Trivia
Larry Darrell (Bill Murray's eulogy for Piedmont (Brian Doyle-Murray) was inspired by the death of Murray's good friend John Belushi.

Goofs
There is ice and snow in the mountains, but you can't see anyone's breath.

Quotes
Tibetan Monk: The pathway to salvation is as narrow and as difficult to walk as a razor's edge.

Connections
Featured in At the Movies: Bill Murray (1984)

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A Dreamer's Story

I saw this movie when it was released in 1984. Being a big Bill Murray fan drew me to it and the story did the rest. It was my first year in college and I dreamed of running away with nothing but some books and a canvas bag. I dreamed vicariously through this movie for awhile. Who hasn't wanted to travel the world anonymously? It is the essence of life, the secret to life, that is held in the dream that Mr. Murray must have had at some point in his lifetime that drove him to make this movie.

For all you naysayers out there: Movies don't have to be perfect. Some can be appreciated for the trash quality (Wild Things), some for crassness (Something About Mary), and others for a single scene (Saving Private Ryan). This movie is for dreamers who don't give a fck what everyone else is doing.

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