Life (1999)

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R | 2 hr | Comedy, Drama, Urban | Released: 4/16/1999 |Box Office Total: $64.0M

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Synopsis:

In 1930s Harlem fast talking hustler Ray scams straightlaced Claude, and soon the pair are traveling south to pick up some moonshine together. They are arrested for a murder actually committed by a corrupt local sheriff, and sentenced to life in prison in Mississippi. Over the years, the pair form a bond, despite being very different and frequently fighting. They scheme to escape, and keep hoping for justice.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
4/16/1999

Studio	Credit
Universal Pictures Distribution	Studio
Director	Credit
Ted Demme	Director
Cast	Credit
Eddie Murphy	Rayford Gibson
Martin Lawrence	Claude Banks
Obba Babatunde	Willie Long
Nick Cassavetes	Sargeant Dillard
Anthony Anderson	Cookie
Barry Shabaka Henley	Pokerface
Brent Jennings	Hoppin' Joe
Bernie Mac	Jangle Leg
Miguel A Nunez Jr	Buscuit Winston
Michael "Bear" Taliferro	Goldmouth
Guy Torry	Radio
Bokeem Woodbine	Can't Get Right
Ned Beatty	Dexter Wilkins
Lisa Nicole Carson	Sylvia
O'Neal Compton	Superintendent Abernathy
Noah Emmerich	Stan Blocker
Rick James	Spanky
Clarence Williams III	Winston Hancock
Heavy D	Jake
Bonz Malone	Leon
Ned Vaughn	Young Sheriff Pike
R Lee Ermey	Older Sheriff Pike
Sanaa Lathan	Daisy
Allyson Call	Young Mae Rose
Poppy Montgomery	Older Mae Rose
James D. Brubaker	Judge
Walter Jordan	Slim
Brooks Almy	Billy's Mama
Hal Havins	Billy
Hildy Brooks	Nurse Doherty
Kenn Whitaker	Isaac
Ernie Lee Banks	Bathroom Attendant
David Alexander	Doctor
Johnny Brown	Blind Reverend Clay
Armelia McQueen	Mrs Clay
Nate Evans	Juke Bartender
Todd Everett	Deputy at Mansion
Don Harvey	Man with Lantern
Venus De Milo Thomas	Juke Joint Waitress
Zaid Farid	Shady Cardplayer
Keith Burke	Trustee at Line
Keith Burke	Shady Cardplayer
Haskell Vaughn Anderson III	Junkie
Steven Barr	Fireman
Pete Zahradnick	Fireman
Kenneth White	Deputy
Leonard O Turner	Superintendent Burke
Garcelle Beauvais	Yvette
Angie Blunt	Man in Prison
Quantae Love	Trustee at Line
Sean Lampkin	Trustee at Line
James Emory Jr	Goldmouth's Son
Bill Gratton	Fire Inspector
Reamy Hall	Mrs Dillard
Corrie Harris	Sylvia's Girl
Ayanna Maharry	Sylvia's Girl
George W Hartmann	Prison Guard
Zack Helvey	Captain Tom Burnette
Kimble Jemison	Gang Banger
Jordan Mahome	Gang Banger
William S Taylor	Bagman
Jay Arlen Jones	Bagman
Oscar Jordan	Juke Joint Guitarist
Jordan Lund	Funeral Captain
Bridget Morrow	Cocktail Waitress
Ronald Lee Moss	Bouncer
Betty Murphy	Mrs Abernathy
Walter Powell Jr	Waiter
Chris Prevost	Pilot
Joseph Rappa	Disgruntled Fan
Dawn Robinson	Club Crooner
Leon Sanders	Barkeep
Production Credits	Credit
James Whitaker	Co-Producer
Karen Kehela-Sherwood	Executive Producer
Brian Grazer	Producer
Tina L Fortenberry	Associate Producer
Eddie Murphy	Producer
James D. Brubaker	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Imagine Entertainment	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
UIP The Film Consortium	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Universal Studios Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Universal Pictures Distribution	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Los Angeles, California, USA
Sacramento, California, USA
Writer	Credit
Robert Ramsey	Screenplay
Matthew Stone	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Ryan Hintz	Post-Production Accountant
Michael Wat	Accountant - payroll accountant
Glen Richard	Production Auditor
Michael J Morgenthal	Assistant Accountant
Margo R Romano	Assistant Accountant
Marisol Jimenez	Accountant - construction accountant
Jennifer Anne Koenig	Assistant Accountant
Kristi M Skinner	Accountant - wardrobe accountant
Yolanda M Thibodeaux	Assistant Accountant
Aillene Laure Bubis	Assistant Accountant - accounting assistant
Animal Training Handling	Credit
Clay Lilley	Wrangler - boss wrangler
Gordon A Spencer	Wrangler
Thomas V Mitchell	Wrangler
Art Department	Credit
Harold Daniel Hinzo	Sign Writer - sign writer supervisor
Alan Hoffman	Storyboard Artist
Roland Brooks	Scenic Artist - stand-by scenic artist
John H Anderson	Set Decorator
Dale E Anderson	Set Dresser
Jeff Knipp	Art Director
Maria Baker	Set Designer
Francine Byrne	Art Department Coordinator
Douglas Barrett Netter	Art Assistant - art department production assistant
Charles Nixon	Lead Person - leadman
Phyllis Thurber-Moffitt	Art Department - textile artist
Dan Bishop	Production Designer
Frank J Anderson	Set Dresser
Mary Finn	Set Designer
Niamh Murphy	Art Department - textile artist
Julia Gombert	Art Department - textile artist
Joshua Lusby	Set Designer
Sam Anderson	Set Dresser
Kazuhiro Tsuji	Art Department - sculptor/designer
Lori Rowbotham	Set Designer
Mark Boucher	Set Dresser
Mitch DeVane	Art Department - sculptor/designer
Larry Haney	Set Dresser
John Horning	Set Dresser
Aaron Sims	Art Department - sculptor/designer
Ronald A Papazian	Set Dresser
Richard Davison	Art Department - foam technician
David Elton	Set Dresser - on-set dresser
Casting	Credit
Margery Simkin	Casting
Carl Joy	Extras Casting
Terry L Lamfers	Casting Associate - casting administrator
Jennifer Bender	Extras Casting
Carmen Cuba	Casting Associate
Joseph Rappa	Casting Associate - cast associates
Carissa Blix	Extras Casting
Everett Blix	Extras Casting
Steve Kehela	Casting Associate - cast associates
Paul F Boscarino	Casting Associate - cast associates
Adrienne G Riggins	Casting Associate - cast associates
Raimond G Lane Jr	Casting Associate - cast associates
Eduardo Vasquez	Casting Associate - cast associates
Kevin Warendorp	Casting Associate - cast associates
Craft Services	Credit
William Ramirez Jr	Craft Service
Joe F Bravo	Craft Service
Ronald E Hairston	Craft Service
Tracy V Black	Craft Service
Frank McKenna	Craft Service
Chris Margiano	Craft Service
Film Camera	Credit
Geoffrey Simpson	Director of Photography
Jerry Patton	Camera Assistant
Jerry Patton	Camera - camera loader
William A O'Drobinak	Camera Operator
Pamela Rittelmeyer	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Bruce McBroom	Photography - still photographer
Mike Milliken	Color Timer
Harry Garvin	Steadicam Operator
Stephen Johnstone	Lighting - assistant chief lighting technician
James Karnbach	Stock Footage - archival & stock footage provider
Tommy Dickson	Projectionist
Paul Murphey	Video Assist/Playback - video assist
Deborah Brozina	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Harry Garvin	Camera Operator - "B" camera operator
Gene Goins	Projectionist
Frank Graziadei	Video Assist/Playback - video assist
Donald M McCuaig	Director of Photography - 2nd unit director/director of photography (2nd Unit)
Joe Ritter	Steadicam Operator
Ken Ferris	Camera Operator
Xiomara Comrie	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Music	Credit
Amanda Scheer-Demme	Music Supervisor
Robby Pardlo	Song Performer
Allan K Rosen	Music Editor
Wyclef Jean	Song - song/song producer & performer
Wyclef Jean	Original Score
Sonny Kompanek	Music Conductor - score orchestrator & conductor
John J Cevetello	Music - music scoring mixer
Buck Damon	Music Coordinator
Wyclef Jean	Song - song producer/performer
Eric Reed	Song Performer
Patricia Von Arx	Music Editor
Jimmy Rodgers	Song Performer
Gene McFadden	Song
Casey Bill Weldon	Song Performer
John Whitehead	Song
Bo Carter	Song Performer
Victor Carstarphen	Song
Duke Ellington	Song
Bukka White	Song Performer
Annie Pavageau & The Morning Star Choir	Song Performer
Nick Kenny	Song
James Lane	Song
Buddy Johnson	Song Performer
William Weldon	Song
R. Kelly	Song Performer
Destiny's Child	Song Performer
A Chatmon	Song - songs
Vegas Cats	Song Performer
Bukka White	Song
City High	Song Performer
Benny Carter	Song
K-CI	Song Performer
Paul Vandervoort	Song
J Mayo Williams	Song
Maxwell	Song Performer
Buddy Johnson	Song
Jerry Duplessis	Song - song producer
Jerry Duplessis	Song
M Jackson	Song
B Smith	Song
R. Kelly	Song
R. Kelly	Song - song/song producer
R Hamilton	Song
S Sledge	Song
Physical Effects	Credit
Stan Rice	Stunt Man
Alan Oliney	Stunt Coordinator
Mello Alexandria	Stunts
Kevin L Jackson	Stunts
Steve Boyle	Stunts
Irwing Lewis	Stunts
Jophery Brown	Stunts
Jim Lewis Jr	Stunts
Tony Brubaker	Stunts
Gary Littlejohn	Stunts
Eric Chambers	Stunts
Jalil Jay Lynch	Stunts
Lanier Edwards	Stunts
Bennie E Moore Jr	Stunts
Troy Gilbert	Stunts
Rusty McClennon	Stunts
Buck McDancer	Stunts
Gary Price	Stunts
Jeffrey McDancer	Stunts
Alphonse Walter	Stunts
Big Daddy Wayne	Stunts
Production Management	Credit
Stacy Parker	Assistant Production Coordinator
Josh King	Assistant Director
Janet Wattles	Production Supervisor
James D. Brubaker	Unit Production Manager
Arlene Kehela	Location Manager
Elaine R Wood	DGA Trainee
Susan Bierbaum	Script Supervisor
Bradford F Bell	Assistant Location Manager
Jane Everett	Production Coordinator
Sharron L Cannon	Post-Production Coordinator
Marcei A Brubaker	Assistant Director
Gretchen Bryn Van Zeebroeck	Production Coordinator
Peter Martorano	Assistant Location Manager
Holly A Hardin	Assistant Production Coordinator
Arlene Kehela	Production Supervisor
David Thornsberry	Location Manager
Dawn Murphy Riley	Production Coordinator
Evan L Gilner	Assistant Director - 2nd assistant director
Tim Falconer	Assistant Location Manager
Marisa Ferrey	Assistant Director
Kenneth M Struck	Assistant Location Manager
Thomas Harper	Assistant Director
Mimi Levangie	Assistant Location Manager
Raymond Quinlan	Assistant Director
Stephen Booth	Assistant Director - 2nd assistant director
Duane Mieliwocki	Assistant Director (2nd Unit)
Publicity	Credit
Deborah Simmrin	Publicity
Sound	Credit
Russell Williams II	Sound Mixer
Douglas Parker	Assistant Sound Editor
Dan O'Connell	Foley Artist
Solange Schwalbe	Foley - foley supervisor
Winfred Tennison	Boom Operator
Bobbi Banks	ADR Editor
Odin Benitez	Sound Effects Editor
James Ashwill	Foley Mixer
Michael Hilkene	Sound Editor
Doc Kane	ADR Mixer - Los Angeles ADR mixer
Ken J Johnson	Sound Effects - sound effects recording
Alexandra Gonzales	Foley Editor
Robert Fitzgerald	Supervising Sound Editor - co-supervising sound editor
Steve Maslow	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Linda Lew	Foley Recordist
Steve Klinghoffer	Sound - sound playback
Clifford Latimer	ADR Editor
Gregg Landaker	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
David Grimaldi	Sound Effects Editor
John Cucci	Foley Artist
F Scott Taylor	Assistant Sound Editor
Thomas J O'Connell	ADR Mixer - Los Angeles ADR mixer
Paul N.J. Ottosson	Foley Editor
Mark A Tracy	Assistant Sound Editor
Victoria Rose Sampson	Foley Editor
Randall Guth	Sound Effects Editor
Michael Jonascu	Sound Effects Editor
C T Welch	Foley Editor
John O Wilde	Foley Editor
Dan Yale	Sound Effects Editor
Visual Effects	Credit
Dan Sudick	Special Effects Coordinator
Robert Olmstead	Special Effects Foreman
Nina Saxon	Titles - title designer
Richard L Silver	Special Effects - special effects contact lenses
Susan A Burig	Graphic Designer
Dr Stacey Sumner	Special Effects - special effects contact lenses
Dr Morton K Greenspoon	Special Effects - special effects contact lenses
Bruce Richter	Special Effects
Hal Bigger	Special Effects
Roy Augenstein	Special Effects
Bob Lamberth	Special Effects
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Joe McCloskey	Set Costumer
Claire Flewin	Costume Department - costume department supervisor
Daniel J Adkins	Wardrobe Supervisor
Lucy Corrigan	Costume Designer
Fetteroff Colen	Costumes - Eddie Murphy costumer
Toy Van Lierop	Makeup Artist - Eddie Murphy's makeup artist
James W Tyson	Costume Supervisor
Sylvia Nava	Hair - hair department supervisor
Ani Plotkin	Makeup Assistant - assistant make-up artist
Michele Michel	Costume Illustrator
Rick Baker	Makeup - special makeup effects
Valeria A Watson	Tailor
Stacey L Morris	Hair Stylist - Eddie Murphy's hairstylist
Maggie Morgan	Assistant Costume Designer
Joann Stafford-Chaney	Makeup Assistant - assistant make-up artist
Kathy Russo	Costumes - Martin Lawrence costumer
Percy Burris	Hair Stylist - Martin Lawrence's hairstylist
Kim Davis	Makeup Artist - Martin Lawrence's makeup artist
David Anderson	Makeup - special effects make-up
Audrey Goetz	Hair - hair technician
David Mayreis	Set Costumer
Dawn Line	Costumes - key costumer
Kevin Haney	Makeup - special effects make-up
Debra Denson	Makeup Assistant - assistant make-up artist
Nava Sadan	Set Costumer
Julia Walker	Hair Stylist - key hairstylist
Judy Murdock	Makeup Artist - key makeup artist
Kazuhiro Tsuji	Makeup - special effects make-up
Joseph Regina	Makeup Artist - key makeup artist
Tom R Nubmers	Costumes - key costumer
Sterfon Demings	Hair Stylist - key hairstylist
Deena Adair	Hair Stylist
Toni G	Makeup - special effects make-up
Geoff Lawrence	Costumes - costumer
Louisa V Anthony	Hair Stylist
Bill Corso	Makeup - special effects make-up
Loring I Spicer	Costumes - costumer
Bryan Birge	Costumes - costumer
Will Huff	Makeup - special effects make-up
Rhonda Clure	Costumes - costumer
Mark Shostrum	Makeup - special effects make-up
Victoria White Stevens	Costumes - costumer
Greg Nelson	Makeup - special effects make-up
Maria Sundeen	Costumes - costumer

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