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Life (1999)

★ 6.7 · 860 ratings on TMDB

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Two men in 1930s Mississippi become friends after being sentenced to life in prison together for a crime they did not commit.

DirectorTed Demme
CastAnthony Anderson, Barry Shabaka Henley, Bernie Mac, Brent Jennings, Eddie Murphy, Martin Lawrence
GenresComedy, Crime
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Life keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same subject, different rung

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Same people

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