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Life movie storyline. In the mid-1990s, two inmates bury the burned bodies of two lifers at Mississippi’s infamous Parchman Farm; a third old-timer relates their story. They’d served 65 years for a murder they didn’t commit, framed by a local sheriff while buying moonshine whiskey for a Manhattan club owner to whom they owed money.
In flashbacks we see this odd couple thrown together (Ray is a fast-talking con man, and Claude is a serious man about to start work as a bank teller), the loss of Ray’s watch (sterling silver, from his daddy), the murder and trial, the hardships of Parchman, and the love-hate relationship of Claude and Ray as they spend 65 years bickering and looking for a way to escape.
Life is a 1999 American comedy-drama film written by Robert Ramsey & Matthew Stone and directed by Ted Demme. The film stars Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence. It is the second film that Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence have worked on, the first being Boomerang. The supporting cast includes Obba Babatundé, Bernie Mac, Anthony Anderson, Miguel A. Núñez Jr., Bokeem Woodbine, Guy Torry and Barry Shabaka Henley.
The film’s format is a story being told by an elderly inmate about two of his friends, who are both wrongly convicted of murder and given a life sentence in prison. The film was the last R-rated role to date for Eddie Murphy, who has stuck mainly to family-friendly films since.
Life (1999)
Directed by: Ted Demme
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, Obba Babatundé, Nick Cassavetes, Anthony Anderson, Brent Jennings, Bernie Mac, Miguel A. Núñez Jr., Lisa Nicole Carson
Screenplay by: Robert Ramsey, Matthew Sto
Production Design by: Dan Bishop
Cinematography by: Geoffrey Simpson
Film Editing by: Jeffrey Wolf
Costume Design by: Lucy W. Corrigan
Set Decoration by: John H. Anderson
Art Direction by: Jeff Knipp
Music by: R. Kelly, Wyclef Jean
MPAA Rating: R for strong language and a shooting.
Distributed by: Universal Pictures
Release Date: April 16, 1999
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