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Life (1999)

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Reviews Counted: 53 Fresh: 26  Rotten:27 Average Rating: 5.6/10
 
Consensus: Entertaining if not over-the-top humor from a solid comic duo provides plenty of laughs.
 

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Runtime: 2 hrs

Synopsis: Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence team up for a prison comedy underlined by serious social commentary. Rayford Gibson (Murphy), an opportunistic con man, and Claude Banks (Lawrence), an ambitious bank teller, are complete opposites who cross paths in 1930s Harlem. In order to pay off their... Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence team up for a prison comedy underlined by serious social commentary. Rayford Gibson (Murphy), an opportunistic con man, and Claude Banks (Lawrence), an ambitious bank teller, are complete opposites who cross paths in 1930s Harlem. In order to pay off their debts to a local crime lord, the mismatched pair travel into the Deep South on a moonshine delivery only to be framed for murder by a racist Southern cop. Sentenced to life in a Mississippi state prison, the bickering duo spend the next 60 years trading barbs and planning their escape, at the same time forming an unlikely but touching friendship. [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, Obba Babatunde, Ned Beatty, Bernie Mac

Director: Ted Demme
Screenwriter: Robert Ramsey, Matthew Stone
Producer: Brian Grazer, Eddie Murphy
Composer: Wyclef Jean

DVD Info

Release:

Jul 10, 2001

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
  • Single Side - Dual Layer

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English
  • Dolby Surround - French

Additional Release Material:

  • Audio Commentary - 1. Ted Demme - Director
  • Making-Of
  • Deleted Scenes/Outtakes
  • Trailers - 1. Theatrical Trailer
  • Featurette - 1. Spotlight on Location
  • 2. Universal Showcase
  • Music Video - 1. K-Ci & Jo Jo
  • 2. Maxwell

Text/Photo Galleries:

  • Production Notes
  • Biographies - 1. Cast & Crew
  • DVD-ROM Features

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Murphy and Lawrence never quite move beyond shtick.

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Não há atuação que resista a um roteiro fraco como o deste filme.

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A lot of laughs!

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