Life is a 1999 drama-comedy film starring Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence and Obba Babatundé. The film was directed by Ted Demme. Others in the cast include Bernie Mac, Anthony Anderson, Miguel A. Núñez Jr. and Bokeem Woodbine.
The film's format is a story being told by an elderly inmate (Obba Babatundé) about two of his friends' life sentence in prison.
The film was released in April 1999 and went on to gross over sixty million dollars at the box ...
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Life is a 1999 drama-comedy film starring Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence and Obba Babatundé. The film was directed by Ted Demme. Others in the cast include Bernie Mac, Anthony Anderson, Miguel A. Núñez Jr. and Bokeem Woodbine.
The film's format is a story being told by an elderly inmate (Obba Babatundé) about two of his friends' life sentence in prison.
The film was released in April 1999 and went on to gross over sixty million dollars at the box office. K-Ci & JoJo sang the theme to the movie, which was titled "Life", but it was the song "Fortunate" by Maxwell that garnered the most attention from the soundtrack as it received several awards and nominations.
The film was shot at various locations in California. The locations include Locke, CA, Los Angeles, CA, Downey, CA, and Sacramento, CA. Parts of the film were actually shot at a Rockwell Defense Plant in California.
The film begins with an elderly disabled inmate named Willie Long (Obba Babatundé) at the burial of his two friends...
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