Whose Life Is It Anyway?

Whose Life Is It Anyway? (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Spain ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
114 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1981 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
John Badham

Written By:
Brian Clark

Actors:
Richard Dreyfuss ..... Ken Harrison
John Cassavetes ..... Dr. Michael Emerson
Christine Lahti ..... Dr. Clare Scott
Bob Balaban ..... Carter Hill
Kenneth McMillan ..... Judge Wyler
Kaki Hunter ..... Mary Jo Sadler
Thomas Carter ..... Orderly John
Alba Oms ..... Nurse Rodriguez
Janet Eilber ..... Pat
Kathryn Grody ..... Mrs. Boyle
George Wyner ..... Dr. Jacobs
Mel Stewart ..... Dr. Barr
Ward Costello ..... Mr. Eden
Alston Ahern ..... Day Nurse
Betty Cole ..... ICU Nurse

Synopsis:

Stepping into the role made famous on Broadway by TOM CONTI, Richard Dreyfuss stars as a profoundly handicapped sculptor in Whose Life is it Anyway? Left a quadraplegic after an auto accident, the embittered Dreyfuss feels utterly useless, as both an artist and a human being. He doesn't want his family's love, or his doctor's care, or his nurse's ministrations. Dreyfuss simply wants to die-but this is impossible, given the legal state of things in the 1970s. Whose Life is it Anyway? may be the only film in which a person's right to self-destruction is regarded as a happy ending. Not as depressing as it sounds, Whose Life Is It Anyway is perversely hilarious at times, with Dreyfuss at his acerbic best. The film was scripted by Reginald Rose and Brian Clark from Clark's stage play.

Ken Harrison is an artist that makes sculptures. One day he is involved in a car accident, and is paralyzed from his neck. All he can do is talk, and he wants to die. In hospital he make friends with some of the staff, and they support him when he goes to trial to be allowed to die.

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