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Release Date: 1991

Cast: Albert Brooks, Sharlie Stuart, Shirley MacLaine, Julie Cobb, Buck Henry, James Eckhouse, Michael Durrell, Meryl Streep, Gary Beach, Time Winters, Rip Torn, Peter Schuck ...MORE

Cast: Albert Brooks, Sharlie Stuart, Shirley MacLaine, Julie Cobb, Buck Henry, James Eckhouse, Michael Durrell, Meryl Streep, Gary Beach, Time Winters, Rip Torn, Peter Schuck, Lee Grant ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Comedy, Heaven-Can-Wait Fantasies, Romantic Comedy, Religious Film, Romance Film, Fantasy Comedy, Satire, Fantasy

Defending Your Life is a 1991 romantic comedy-fantasy film about a man who must justify his lifelong fears and insecurities after he dies and arrives in the afterlife. The film was written, directed by, and stars Albert Brooks. It also stars Meryl Streep, Rip Torn and Lee Grant. The film was filmed entirely in and around Los Angeles, California. Despite its comedic overtones, Defending Your Life contains elements of drama and allegory. Daniel Miller (Albert Brooks), a Los Angeles advertising executive, dies in a car accident on his birthday and is sent to the afterlife. He arrives in... MORE

Defending Your Life is a 1991 romantic comedy-fantasy film about a man who must justify his lifelong fears and insecurities after he dies and arrives in the afterlife. The film was written, directed by, and stars Albert Brooks. It also stars Meryl Streep, Rip Torn and Lee Grant. The film was filmed entirely in and around Los Angeles, California. Despite its comedic overtones, Defending Your Life contains elements of drama and allegory. Daniel Miller (Albert Brooks), a Los Angeles advertising executive, dies in a car accident on his birthday and is sent to the afterlife. He arrives in Judgment City, a purgatory-like waiting area populated by the recently-deceased of the western half of the United States, where he is to undergo the process of having his life on earth judged. Daniel and the rest of the recently-deceased are offered many Earth-like amenities and activities in the city while they undergo their judgment processes, from all-you-can-eat restaurants (which cause no weight gain and is the best food) to bowling alleys and comedy clubs. As explained to Daniel, people from Earth use so little of their brains (3-5%) that they spend most of their lives functioning on the basis of LESS