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Life
1999
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 .. Read more
| Starring | Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, Obba Babatunde, Ned Beatty |
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| Director | Ted Demme |
| Genres | Comedy |
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Life
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.
| Starring | Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence, Obba Babatunde, Ned Beatty, Nick Cassavetes, R. Lee Ermey, Clarence Williams, Bernie Mac, Bokeem Woodbine, Noah Emmerich, Miguel A. Nunez Jr., Rick James |
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| Director | Ted Demme |
| Studio | UCA |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 44 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Dubbed | German |
| Subtitles | DVD: Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Greek, Hebrew, Norwegian, Polish |
| Released | Production year: 1999 To Rent: DVD: 06 Apr 2009 |
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Amiable prison variation on The Odd Couple, which gets by on the interplay between its two stars, though reality never intrudes.
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- Halliwell's Film Guide
- 02 Mar 2006 at 15:38
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Eddie on form
I saw this a few years back and thought it was disappointing for a Murphy/Lawrence flick. Just seen it again and enjoyed it. It was not an all out comedy which ... read more »
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Film for LIFE!
Absoultely brilliant film. murphy and lawrence at their best. Funny and moving at the same time. Watched the movie twice now and will definitely be watching it ... read more »
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Hilariously funny!!
As an Eddie Murphy fan the demise of his career over recent years is unfortunate. I dont really rate Martin Lawrence either, more of a poor man's version of... read more »
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- 24 Mar 2010 at 01:15
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Murphy quits as Oscars host following Ratner's resignation
- WENN Newsdesk
- 09 Nov 2011
Eddie Murphy has quit as Oscars host a day after pal Brett Ratner resigned as the big event's producer. The Rush Hour director stepped down over a homophobic slur he made during a movie question-and-answer session last week (04Nov11) and now the funnyman Ratner signed on to present the Academy Awards has followed him out the door. A statement from Murphy, released on Wednesday morning (09Nov11), reads, "First and foremost I want to say I completely understand and support each party's decision... Read more
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Life
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 ...
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