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Life (1999 film)
1999 film by Ted Demme
Life (1999 film)
Life is a 1999 American buddy comedy-drama film directed by Ted Demme. The film stars Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence. It is the second film featuring Murphy and Lawrence together (the first being Boomerang, in 1992). The supporting cast includes Ned Beatty, R. Lee Ermey, Obba Babatundé, Bernie Mac, Anthony Anderson, Miguel A. Núñez Jr., Bokeem Woodbine, Guy Torry, Michael Taliferro and Barry Shabaka Henley. The film is framed as a story being told by an elderly inmate about two of his friends, Ray Gibson (Murphy) and Claude Banks (Lawrence), who are both wrongfully convicted of murder and sentenced to life in prison. It received an Oscar nomination for Best Makeup at the 72nd Academy Awards. Life was released by Universal Pictures on April 16, 1999. The film was considered to be a box office bomb as it only grossed $73.4 million against an $80 million budget, and received mixed reviews from critics. The film later found a strong cult following among Murphy and Lawrence's fans, establishing...
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