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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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- Duration
- 104
- FilmAffinity ID
- 146559
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- publication date
- 2000-06-01
- title
- Life
- review score
- 63/100
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Categories
1990s buddy comedy-drama films1990s crime comedy-drama films1990s prison films1999 American films1999 comedy-drama films1999 crime comedy films1999 English-language films1999 filmsAfrican-American comedy-drama filmsAmerican buddy comedy-drama filmsAmerican crime comedy-drama filmsAmerican prison comedy filmsAmerican prison drama filmsEnglish-language buddy comedy-drama filmsEnglish-language crime comedy-drama filmsFilms about miscarriage of justiceFilms about old ageFilms about prison escapesFilms about racism in the United StatesFilms directed by Ted DemmeFilms produced by Brian GrazerFilms produced by Eddie MurphyFilms set in 1932Films set in 1944