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Whose Life Is It Anyway? (1981)
Directed by John Badham
“The ultimate drama in the human comedy.”
Drama · 1h 59m
Ken Harrison is an artist that lives to make sculptures. One day he is involved in a car accident, and is paralyzed from his neck down. All he can do is talk and move his head, and he wants to die. Whilst he is in hospital he makes friends with some of the staff, and they support him when he goes to trial to be allowed to die.
Cast
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
A
Alba Oms
Nurse Rodriguez
Janet Eilber
Pat
Kathryn Grody
Mrs. Boyle
George Wyner
Dr. Jacobs
Mel Stewart
Dr. Barr
Crew
- Director
- John Badham
- Screenplay
- Brian Clark, Reginald Rose
- Director of Photography
- Mario Tosi
- Original Music Composer
- Arthur B. Rubinstein
Details
- Release date
- 1981-12-02
- Runtime
- 1h 59m
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- Spanish, English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- SLM Production Group, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Cooney/Schute Productions
- Budget
- $11,500,000
- Box office
- $6,100,000