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6.7Two men in 1930s Mississippi become friends after being sentenced to life in prison together for a crime they did not commit.
Released: 1999-04-16108 minDir: Ted DemmeComedy, CrimeBudget: $80.0MBox office: $73.5M
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Cast
- Eddie Murphy as Rayford Gibson
- Martin Lawrence as Claude Banks
- Obba Babatundé as Willie Long
- Nick Cassavetes as Sergeant Dillard
- Anthony Anderson as Cookie
- Barry Shabaka Henley as Pokerface
Themes
- mississippi river
- racist
- bootlegging
- criminal
- biting
- life imprisonment
- hopeless
- 1930s
- anxious
- callous
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Ted Demme
- Cast member
- Donald Patrick Harvey
- Composer
- R. Kelly
- Producer
- Brian Grazer
- Production company
- Imagine Entertainment
- Cinematographer
- Geoffrey Simpson
- Narrative location
- Mississippi State Penitentiary
- Duration
- 104
- FilmAffinity ID
- 146559
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 2000-06-01
- title
- Life
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling
- distributed by
- Universal Pictures
- review score
- 63/100
- set in period
- 1990s
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