Life (1999)

Directed by:
Ted Demme

Written by:
Robert Ramsey
Matthew Stone

Plot:
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.

Genres: Comedy / Crime / Drama
Countries: United States
Languages: English
Runtime: 108

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Cast:

Eddie Murphy... Rayford Gibson

Anthony Anderson... Cookie

Obba Babatundé... Willie Long

Ned Beatty... Dexter Wilkins

R. Lee Ermey... Older Sheriff Pike

Miguel A. Núñez Jr.... Biscuit

Barry 'Shabaka' Henley... Pokerface

Bernie Mac... Jangle Leg

Martin Lawrence... Claude Banks

O'Neal Compton... Superintendant Abernathy

Jordan Lund... Funeral Chaplain

Bokeem Woodbine... Can't Get Right