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Bookmark this pageWhose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)
Director: John Badham
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From Time Out Film Guide
To be fair, this is a livelier film than you'd expect, considering that its subject is a paralysed patient's struggle for the right to die. Badham has done his best to see that this adaptation of Brian Clark's play is filled with humour and emotion, and he's helped by a verbally energetic performance from Dreyfuss. But popular cinema is ultimately not about talk, and for all its verbal pyrotechnics, the film has the unmistakable narrative thinness of the filmed play. One of the results is that our sympathy for the eternally wisecracking Dreyfuss is stretched to the limit. 'So far as I am concerned' says Dreyfuss at one point, 'I am dead already'. Yet, despite some moving scenes, this is precisely what the film never conveys.Author: DP
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- Manu said...
- Posted on Jul 16 2007 21:14 Pacat ca acest film nu este cunoscut...Il gasesc plin de realism iar subiectul poate fi si acum de actualitate.
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Cast & crew
Director: John Badham
Producer: Lawrence P Bachmann
Cast: Richard Dreyfuss, John Cassavetes, Christine Lahti, Bob Balaban, Kenneth McMillan, Kaki Hunter, Janet Eilber full cast
Duration: 118 mins
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