Eddie Murphy
Rayford Gibson
Life (1999)
Plot summary
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.
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Movie details
Release date:
April 16, 1999
Publisher:
Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment
Director:
Budget:
$75.000.000
Genre:
Comedy, Crime
Duration:
108 minutes
Country:
United States
Trailer: