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Life

In 1932, two strangers are wrongfully convicted and develop a strong friendship in prison that lasts them through the 20th century.

In the mid-1990s, two inmates bury the burned bodies of two lifers at Mississippi's infamous Parchman Farm as a third old-timer relates their story. They'd served 65 years for a murder they didn't commit, framed by a local sheriff while buying moonshine whiskey for a Manhattan club owner to whom they owed money. Flashbacks depict how this odd couple was thrown together (Ray is a fast-talking con man, and Claude is a serious man about to start work as a bank teller),the loss of Ray's watch (sterling silver, from his daddy),the murder and trial, the hardships of Parchman, and the love/hate relationship of Claude and Ray as they spend 65 years bickering and looking for a way to escape. Written by

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Info about Life

Studio(s): Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment

Originally Released: United States, Apr 16, 1999

Production Country: United States

Box Office Gross: $73,521,587.00

Budget: $80,000,000.00

Genres:Comedy, Crime, Drama