The reason why is because he didn’t want to go home to his mother a gay man and a gay black man at that in 1940s Mississippi. Better to Die than Be Killed: Biscuit commits suicide by deliberately running over the gun line in order to be shot by one of the trustees.Also making a wisecrack about Ray’s father and his watch is this for Ray. Sadly, he suffers a fatal heart attack before doing so. He even covers for them after killing Pike upon learning they truly were framed for Hancock's murder and was going to draw up their pardon papers. Benevolent Boss: Superintendent Wilkins (Ned Beatty) treats both Ray and, especially Claude with respect and relative amiability.Needless to say, no tears are shed when Superintendent Abernathy shoots him after hearing that he framed the two convicts, right when he was about to shoot them whilst Ray and Claude were fighting over which of them should shoot him. Asshole Victim: Sheriff Pike killed Winston Hancock and framed Ray and Claude for his murder, and he took Ray's father's watch that Hancock gambled off him, to boot.American Accents: Over the course of the film, Ray and Claude lose their New York accents and pick up southern accents as a result of a lifetime in the South.Ambiguous Situation: It's unclear if several of Ray and Claude's friends, such as Cookie, Jangle Leg and Goldmouth died or were released during the Time Skip.He looks utterly lost and then catches his own wrinkled reflection in a car window. It's his first time seeing it in forty years. Alone in a Crowd: When Claude is left alone at the bus station, he looks around at the outside world.The Alcatraz: As they enter the prison yard, Ray and Claude are told by Sergeant Dillard that Parchman Farm prison has no fences, because any prisoner crossing the gun line will be taken down by a sharpshooter.Actually Pretty Funny: Even the Sergeant and Hoppin' Bob have a hearty laugh when all the men in camp claim to have fathered a baby with the Superintendant's daughter.Lee Ermey (as the Big Bad after a few Time Skip's) also appear. Ned Beatty (as a kindly prison official), Anthony Anderson (as the prisoner who does the cooking), Bernie Mac (as a prisoner who practices Situational Sexuality), and R. Sentenced to life, their friendship is forged by proximity and the dream of escape.Īt first glance, it appears to be a normal Eddie Murphy or Martin Lawrence screwball comedy, but it actually has surprising Hidden Depths as it follows several decades of the main characters' unlikely friendship, fitting it firmly in the Dramedy territory. While making the sale in the Deep South, the boys get involved in a crooked game of cards and end up framed for the murder of the local card sharp. In 1932 New York City, Claude Banks (Lawrence) gets caught up in a bootlegging scheme after a fateful run in with no-good Ray Gibson (Murphy). Life is a 1999 comedy-drama film directed by Ted Demme, starring Eddie Murphy and Martin Lawrence.
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