This is my go to when I’m mad sleepy sad bored alone with someone...never disappoints. I know every word of every character from beginning to end. I’m not even exaggerating.
Nall conjugal visits was something prisoners had to fight for those visits. But not because they were overly sex3d, we need to stop teachinf our history this way. The whites cared nothing about you reproducing
The classic part was when Clyde looks at the younger generation then looked at his reflection. He's old now and spent his good years in prison. That was highly emotional.
Any oppurtunity to take focus away from a black man's story. I guess all lives matter, right? Then Why do you only say it in response to Black Lives Matter. "I like red" "ALL COLORS ARE GREAT"
I looked at this movie once only and as a black women raised in Louisiana, I could never watch it again. I knew it was real. It was a great movie, but painful. This is a another form of slavery.
Facts...I think Friday and this movie the most relatable comedies for black ppl..I didn’t really think Life touched ppl like that though in that sense..I’m 30 from FL
I know life is supposed to be a comedy but growing up even as a little girl watching it it always made me emotional and I cry to this day it’s really hard reality of black men and Black people in the prison system.
What would , you do when your son is at home , yeah , soon , as that done , came , on you started , crying , at the end , during , Yankees , viewing , for my , boys , !!!!
@@mrsoshadabaadman "Life" came out in 1999 with a budget of $80M and made $73.3M on the return. A year later in 2000, George Clooney's "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" (another prison-themed comedy) comes out with a budget of $26M and made $72M.....I'm not saying you know what, but the numbers don't lie! Also, I'm not sure how theaters both movies were distributed to either, because that can DEFINITELY make a difference! Ijs! 😉👌
I never looked at this movie as comedy I was pissed off at the end yess they finally got out at the END But at the greatest cost of their soul youth dignity self respect
Yo me too, I was pissed when I first saw this movie, but it took me a minute and then and only then, did I begin to see the humor, but ain’t nothing funny for doing time for something you didn’t do
Yeah I didn’t like it because of that .. I saw it once at the movies and I’ve never wanted to watch it again .. I didn’t laugh much watching this movie ..
Eddie Murphy is known for adding real and accurate situations in his movies to bring about a certain level of consciousness. Keenan Ivory Wayans, Robert Townsend, and Chris Rock were all influenced by Eddie Murphy's style of film making.
Favorite movie after Coming To America....this is underrated instant classic with a great group of actors. I think people don't talk about it enough due to the "theme". But it's non-stop laughs.....IM THE PAPPY!!!
I always ranked it above coming to America due to its realistic themes and how it's still relevant today. Roddy rich even recently dropped a track called the boom boom room
"Hey. Ain't nothin' wrong with a man cryin' every now and again." This whole movie got me, but that part made me realize just how human we all are, that's something we can't escape. We can, however, escape this hell with eachother. Respect your fellow man. That's all there is to it. This movie portrays injustice and hate, but preaches nothing but love, even towards people you think you hate. If Claude and Ray could make up, so can a lot of us.
@Joey Luckey and in all reality, technology took originality away from all that shit.... I’d play a n64 before a switch and a ps1 before a ps5 it’s just what’s hott at the moment
Child of God Keep your dreams alive and let what God has in stock for you to materialize. God ministered to me when I was in your profile to see things around I saw God's favor, success, joy, breakthrough. Behind that I saw more spiritual attacks, setbacks, labouring in vain and accident from the enemies Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe. (2cor.9v6) you have to connect with the Lord in the realm of spirit by sowing a seed of faith to this ophanage (homeofgraceorphanage) within the space of three days and you will witness your portion In Jesus name amen......a supernatural turn around and finacial freedom. Contact or WhatsApp the M: D of the foundation, on (+2348114253841) or email them @ homeofgraceorphanage596@gmail.com God has raised, healed and BLESSED many through these children (luk 6v38) As you believe and do so I pray that ALMIGHTY GOD will mutiply your income and cast away all the attacks in your life and I pray for divine Grace,,favor, protection AND Blessings shall be your portion in Jesus name Amen...................
The movie was authentic because it was an authentic representation of #ADOS life. This is our experience in America. A cost that no other group has had to bear, as the descendants of the people who built the United States. And for that reason, it is one of my favorite Black movies. #LineageMatters
I knew this was a real movie. The sad thing is after slavery it seems like it never ended. The IGNORANCE of evil people will one day suffer a horrible death.
How about a man going into a store gets picked up for a robbery and attempted murder that happened less then 12hrs before while he was in another city... GPS location picks him up in another city. Witness put him in another city. No finger prints and the camera shows a entirely different person.. But was still sentenced to 55yrs.. Fighting for release now!!! True story... Where did it happen? Mississippi Who did it happen to? Me....
LIFE is one of my favorite and underrated comedy films .And it's such a sad thing that even though we live in technological world that people today does still get wrongly convicted.
If you think about it, what happened to Biscuit was kind of messed up, because he chose sudden death over being released.... all because he went in as a straight man or boy and was getting ready to be released as a fresh pack of skittles and didn't want his family to see how much he charged Dang....
@@Ty-mr2kq yeah it show you he wasn't naturally gay but was made and forced to become that way from going to prison so young at probably 15 or 16 maybe
Ya'll trippin. You don't get 'turned' gay. You have to have a proclivity for the opposite sex. It was the 1930's. You honestly think he was out in the south, a poor black man, just being out and open about his sexuality? More than likely this is what happened: He was passing as hetero, went into jail, and realized he could be himself in there. Then being faced with going back to performing heterosexuality and confronting his family about who he truly is, a black, uneducated, southern family during the 1930's, who were suffering beneath the heavy rule of systematic racism.....he chose death. He would rather die than tell his momma he was gay and had a boyfriend. A lot of gay men chose death back then. It was horrible.
Actually depicted a lot of what goes on among the African American community in a different time period making light of the troubles we face , on a day to day basis
This has to be one of the greatest movie casts I’ve ever seen…so many icons in one movie. It came out when I was 8 days old. I grew up on this movie, I guess you could say this movie is apart of me at this point.
I vaguely remember my parents watching this movie when I was a kid. I don’t think I could go back and watch this one though, what occurs in the prison system is far too sad to be comedy to me.
Thanks for this video! The movie Life was heavily on my mind last summer, during the year of its 20th anniversary. Like many Black Americans, my family members also enjoyed watching this film for as long as I could remember. For me, however, there was always this deep sympathy behind this film that took place at the Mississippi State Penn (Parchman) during the 1930s. Historically, Parchman was one of the most notorious prisons for Black Americans in Mississippi and the country. Also, the movie highlighted the system of convict leasing. I felt that this movie always had deeper themes and truths than what many of us took as a comedy-filled film.
You missed on one huge point Natchez under the hill, is also called the Devils punch bowl in Mississippi, it was originally a Civil War concentration camp for black union soldiers and became an interment camp after the war officially called work camp # 8. There were several camps like this across the United States West Virginia, South and North Carolina, Louisiana,Florida, Upstate New York ,PennsylvaniaTexas, and Connecticut to name a few. This activity was hidden from the general public and was the backbone of many states economy, highway and road building and repair, construction of schools libraries and hospitals, and military bases. After World War I, soldiers returning from the war if seen in uniform would be stalked, beaten and tortured and charged with assault, vagrancy, rape or leering at white women or simply charged with a crime because they were black and immediately sent to these camps and kept in chains and beaten daily.
@@chiefeaglespiritdancing9624 , it's my pleasure ,honor and responsibility to share vital information that has been hidden from us all, stay strong Chief!!!
One of My Fave Movies Of All Time & definitely One of The Most Underrated Movies of All Time... Anyway to anybody that’s watching this remember y’all, Keep Going & Be Safe 🤟🏾💯 P.S: “Y’all going to Eat y’all cornbread” 🤣🤣🤣
@@francisnwadike9505 first of all I’m not even going to have this argument with you of why this is one of my fave movies of all time but you can have a great one
DAMN, THIS MAY BE THE ONLY FILM THAT I DIDN'T DO RESEARCH ON BEFORE OR AFTER WATCHING. I DID NOT KNOW THAT THIS ENTIRE MOVIE WAS BASED ON TRUE EVENTS AND TRUE STORIES. FROM THE CONJUGAL VISITS, TO CAN'T GET RIGHT, TO THEM TRYING TO ESCAPE SEVERAL TIMES. THANKS FOR THIS UPLOAD, REALLY I APPRECIATE IT. THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE CLASSICS WITH NOT ONLY FUNNY MOMENTS, BUT HEART WRENCHING, SOUL SEARCHING, AND TOUCHING MOMENTS. I LITERALLY JUST WATCHED THIS ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.
Life has always been my favorite movie for several reasons. one of which being that it was almost the exact story of my fathers life. my father was convicted of rape and murder when he was 14 years old. he spent 7 years in prison before he was exonerated. my dad was listed on the front page of the local newspaper and his case can be googled now. ive tried several times to get his story out there......to get someone to listen....the system really shitted on my dad. RIH daddy
Never give up hope... Felt like this when I got a MS dx in 2017.. all I keep hearing is it will never get better it’s progressing..walking almost non existent but got to keep hope before you go into that upper room when Jeessaaoou... man I love this movie thank you Ray and Claude, Eddie and Martin 🙏
Great video! I'm glad you mentioned Oshinsky's book "Worse Than Slavery." For further reading on this topic I would also suggest Blackmon's "Slavery by Another Name," Haley's "No Mercy Here," Lichtenstein's "Twice the Work of Free Labor," Leflouria's "Chained in Silence," and Mancini's "One Dies Get Another."
In the movie, when the judge slams the gavel and declares LIFE, the smug and nasty smirk from the sheriff made me, and still makes me, sick to my stomach, because IT HAPPENS til this day.
Wrongful imprisonments does exactly what opposers wants it to do . Just the thought literally gives me chills at the thought . We all more than likely know someone and it’s disgusting and disheartening. It haunts ...
Back on jemele Hill podcast bookime woodbine who played can't get right say that while on set he would stay quiet from start to finish however he said Bernie would always try and get him to talk 😁 however he said Eddie did a dirty trick to get him to talk he told Woodbine that the director said he was done for today and woodbine proceeded to talk by saying good bye n word's and then Eddie told him he wasn't done for the day😂😁
I only watched it once when it came , couldn't bring myself to watch it again because of its realism. The realistic possibility of locked up for life for something you didn't do, was something that just so upsetting for me
It's a funny but sad movie at the same time. Imagine giving up your whole life. All the plans you had, family you wanted to build, careers and jobs you wanted to participate in, places you wanted to travel to.
One of my all-time favorite movies. Life was true in every sense of the world and had hidden messages like Get Out did. When Ray lost his watch, he lost time by going to prison. When Claude and Ray were arguing, Claude showed Ray his true feelings. Later on, he called Ray him "friend". The movie showed how corrupt the 13th Amendment was by locking up innocent black men for life.
I bet most of us know this movie, word for word, since it came out. Sorry things happened in here. The sad thing most of those guys are dead today. Some of it was funny especially the baby part. But it was hard to watch how they suffered. Yes they had to have gotten this from a true story. Lots of this had messages too. The music was good. Martin and Eddie made us laugh enough. I still say they should have gotten out way earlier. They were too old to enjoy LIFE. Anyway thanks for the post. 2020 Rip to some of the characters who died later after this movie
@@darnellpervisknox5239 Oh he's definitely in there. He's the gangster with the cane in the beginning of the movie. Not going to front, I've watched the movie several times before I found out it was him lol. I always said he looked familiar but didn't know it was Rick James familiar 🤣.
Yeah, but Biscuit chose to die due to his sexuality. And he wasn’t wrong. The Years before the 1970s, gays weren’t accepted, they simply had no real supports except themselves, and sadly most gay men & women either died young from STD, Suicide, or killed by prejudice.
I RELATE TO THIS MOVIE. NEVER GAVE UP HOPE NOR MY FAITH, NEVER LOST MY SANITY. HERE I GO TEXTING ON UA-cam TO THINGS I CAN REALLY RELATE TO AND IT'S SO PAINFUL AND HEART TOUCHING, AS BETTY WRIGHT WOULD SAY NO PAIN NO GAIN.
I used to love that movie until I realized how sad it was. I was wrongfully convicted of a crime. Another time, I had false charges filed against me another time and I’m not in them streets. This ish ain’t no joke. Watch yo Black back.
The movie life is so underrated. yeah it's suppose to be a comedy and there are moments that make you laugh, but there are so many moments that make you angry and even sad. One of the saddest moments in my opinion is with Miguel A. Núñez Jr.'s character Bicuit (seen at 9:44), it's very obvious in the movie that Biscuit is gay and in the movie he gets a letter that he's going to be free soon. That shot you see at 9:44, in that scene Biscuit was almost in tears because sure, in prison the guys treated him equally and didn't mind is his sexual orientation, but bicuit was mortified of the thought what his mother would think of him if she saw him like that. after he finishes talking with Eddie Murphy's character, you see him take of his bandana and he just starts running towards the tree line...Eddie Murphy yells at him to stop and come back but it's too late, he gets shot and killed. that moment always stayed with me and is in my opinion one of the saddest moments of the film.
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This is my go to when I’m mad sleepy sad bored alone with someone...never disappoints. I know every word of every character from beginning to end. I’m not even exaggerating.
Nall conjugal visits was something prisoners had to fight for those visits. But not because they were overly sex3d, we need to stop teachinf our history this way. The whites cared nothing about you reproducing
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The classic part was when Clyde looks at the younger generation then looked at his reflection. He's old now and spent his good years in prison. That was highly emotional.
FACT 💯......
True💯💯...
It was
Yup. Very sad..
Hell yea man smh
“LIFE” is an ongoing story honestly
Exactly!
Any oppurtunity to take focus away from a black man's story. I guess all lives matter, right? Then Why do you only say it in response to Black Lives Matter. "I like red" "ALL COLORS ARE GREAT"
@@e66iu I’m trying to correlate between your comment and the original comment?
Facts
Yes most definitely
Classic film. Does not get talked about enough. Mainstream wise.
Eddie's most underrated movie (and personally my favorite Eddie movie, I've seen this more times than COMING TO AMERICA)
At all
The Murphy Monday Podcast did an episode on Life a few weeks ago.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-murphy-monday-podcast/id1530758340?i=1000491154634
Apparently white people didn't like it.
It didn’t make any money really at all. But it’s my favorite comedy of all time
Hollywood tried everything to bury this classic, funny and thought-provoking movie. Still underrated today.
No Hollywood didn’t
How did Hollywood try that? Victim ass
🤔 not understanding how they tried to bury this movie.
@@mynameisyumyumgivemesum1412 🤣🤷♂️ Well I don't have a victim mentality.
According to Hollywood this movie was a flop to black culture it was amazing
Now that I'm older I realize the amount of amazing actors in Life: insane cast right there.
All Star Roster of Actors in this movie,classic.
@@caininmilton1267 Amen to that. 💪🏾
ye
YESSSSSSSS
Between this and Harlem Nights, you can’t top the cast
I looked at this movie once only and as a black women raised in Louisiana, I could never watch it again. I knew it was real. It was a great movie, but painful. This is a another form of slavery.
Right I agree I hated looking at this one
Angola been giving 15 year old life since the late 80s
I’m glad I’m not the only one who felt this way
Facts...I think Friday and this movie the most relatable comedies for black ppl..I didn’t really think Life touched ppl like that though in that sense..I’m 30 from FL
Omg same.
"Life" was funny and f...ked up at the same time.. All in All, It was a CLASSIC film
Agreed. So many slept on conditions that still exist today.
One of the most memorable movies from my youth.
True
Exactly
that kc and jo jo song is amazing too
I know life is supposed to be a comedy but growing up even as a little girl watching it it always made me emotional and I cry to this day it’s really hard reality of black men and Black people in the prison system.
What would , you do when your son is at home , yeah , soon , as that done , came , on you started , crying , at the end , during , Yankees , viewing , for my , boys , !!!!
I'd hate to watch movies w you. I'd move you right past "netflix" & straight to "chill" 🤗
I cried and laughed also you’re not alone
@@vaughnqadir4923 right
me too, but that's "life"
Forgot to mention this movie also had Heavy D
Really how did I miss that
@@michaelsayles33 he was the guy at the beginning and end digging the grave. Him and Bonz Malone
@@uploadvidz4490 I'm mad I missed that I love Heavy
@@michaelsayles33 I remember him most from living single. He seemed like such kind and funny person.
@@memefaison6007 my uncle put me on and from all the stories about him he was just like you described
Ray came up with all the escape plans 😂 but the only plan Claude came up with worked. Love this movie.
Real gangster shit
Hell yeah 😎
Facts lol
Right exactly
But if Ray never gave up, Claude wouldn’t have been inspired.
Movie still holds up today.
4ever
Crazy how it wasn't a box office smash!
Cuz it’s still relevant today. Shit still happening
@@youngrosie1 and you know that's the real shame, same old shyt different era!!!😷
@@mrsoshadabaadman "Life" came out in 1999 with a budget of $80M and made $73.3M on the return. A year later in 2000, George Clooney's "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" (another prison-themed comedy) comes out with a budget of $26M and made $72M.....I'm not saying you know what, but the numbers don't lie! Also, I'm not sure how theaters both movies were distributed to either, because that can DEFINITELY make a difference! Ijs! 😉👌
The scene when Martin's character Claude Banks looked at his reflection in the car Window! Damn near made me cry.....😢
I did cry to this day I cry seeing certain parts of this movie,but I love it I watch it alot.
@@miss.courtneyeyesopened4288 same here!!!
Same here I was touched
Yea that was a deep scene
@Dominique Jones Cut deep!
I never looked at this movie as comedy I was pissed off at the end yess they finally got out at the END But at the greatest cost of their soul youth dignity self respect
Facts! Although it is a comedy. As I get older I can’t help but feel a way about it.
I feel the same way bout Color purple ...yes it has funny parts but people need to take it more serious cause it was a powerful movie
Rt!
The same
Yo me too, I was pissed when I first saw this movie, but it took me a minute and then and only then, did I begin to see the humor, but ain’t nothing funny for doing time for something you didn’t do
My favorite movie ever. Deserved an Oscar. A classic dark comedy
The problem with "dark" shows/comedy, (I mean ideologically dark), is it leaves us nothing better to look up to. So which direction do we go?
I love the movie Life but that's a sad story.
Right! I can't watch it at night. It's like a civil rights movie.
@Frederick Clayton I know that. I meant in regards to the movie.
Yes
It's sad because we know in many ways there's a lot of truth to it.
Yeah I didn’t like it because of that .. I saw it once at the movies and I’ve never wanted to watch it again .. I didn’t laugh much watching this movie ..
One of my favorites!! My brother has been in prison for 25yrs since age 21 for a crime he DID NOT COMMIT!! Wrongful convictions are REAL!!
Powerful, genius, thought provoking comedy mixed with the hard truth!! Thanks Eddie!
Beautiful
@@charx9149is he out now
"Ray's Boom Boom Room"!
AAHYYYYYYYYYYY
Boy , get us some more whirchester sauce! & clean up that table before I whoop ya ass..🤣🤗.
@@mynameisyumyumgivemesum1412 Hey Ray this steak tastes like butta!
@@jonsamuels9245 🤣
Never guess who'd be there
Eddie Murphy is known for adding real and accurate situations in his movies to bring about a certain level of consciousness. Keenan Ivory Wayans, Robert Townsend, and Chris Rock were all influenced by Eddie Murphy's style of film making.
Favorite movie after Coming To America....this is underrated instant classic with a great group of actors. I think people don't talk about it enough due to the "theme". But it's non-stop laughs.....IM THE PAPPY!!!
Life is one of my favs too! Murphy Monday Podcast did it justice
NAW, I’M THA PAPPY OF THAT LIL ONE BOSS!!!
Even Harlem nights classic
Not everything is underrated
I always ranked it above coming to America due to its realistic themes and how it's still relevant today. Roddy rich even recently dropped a track called the boom boom room
Life was an A+ film can watch over and over, never gets old
"Hey. Ain't nothin' wrong with a man cryin' every now and again."
This whole movie got me, but that part made me realize just how human we all are, that's something we can't escape.
We can, however, escape this hell with eachother. Respect your fellow man. That's all there is to it.
This movie portrays injustice and hate, but preaches nothing but love, even towards people you think you hate. If Claude and Ray could make up, so can a lot of us.
Amen Amen Amen!!!!
A CLASSIC BORN IN THE 80'S GREW UP IN THE 90'S WE HAD THE BEST EVERYTHING
@Joey Luckey 90s was by far the best era, Movies, Music, Sports, Fashion... shit even the action figures
@Joey Luckey shiiiit.... Super Nintendo, N64, PS1 stop playing with me 😂
@Joey Luckey 90s was solid bro all had authenticity
@Joey Luckey the 90s had Jordan, 2pac, Final Fantasy, and let me not talk about the movies 😂
@Joey Luckey and in all reality, technology took originality away from all that shit.... I’d play a n64 before a switch and a ps1 before a ps5 it’s just what’s hott at the moment
R.Kelly wrote, "Life", one of my favorite songs sung by K-Ci and Jojo. The irony of it all...😐
I missed that time when music n movies were great
Best Man had a good soundtrack too
Kells wrote that whole soundtrack. Such a musician’s musician.
@@PeaceBeStill- all the black movies from that period had a bomb soundtrack
@@yeliabdoowyllohx him and Wyclef Jean
"Eddie's method of sliding in convert messages within his movies"
That part.
I've been saying since the beginning of Eddie Murphy's career...
Jesus this movie broke my heart and made me laugh
Child of God Keep your dreams alive and let what God has in stock for you to materialize. God ministered to me when I was in your profile to see things around I saw God's favor, success, joy, breakthrough. Behind that I saw more spiritual attacks, setbacks, labouring in vain and accident from the enemies Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe. (2cor.9v6) you have to connect with the Lord in the realm of spirit by sowing a seed of faith to this ophanage (homeofgraceorphanage) within the space of three days and you will witness your portion In Jesus name amen......a supernatural turn around and finacial freedom. Contact or WhatsApp the M: D of the foundation, on (+2348114253841) or email them @ homeofgraceorphanage596@gmail.com God has raised, healed and BLESSED many through these children (luk 6v38) As you believe and do so I pray that ALMIGHTY GOD will mutiply your income and cast away all the attacks in your life and I pray for divine Grace,,favor, protection AND Blessings shall be your portion in Jesus name Amen...................
Prison labour produces about $ 70 000 per prisoner annually. So you know no one is trying to give that up!
I seen this movie when I was 13 years old. The movie always had a deeper meaning than the comedy displayed. Love this movie!
The movie was authentic because it was an authentic representation of #ADOS life. This is our experience in America. A cost that no other group has had to bear, as the descendants of the people who built the United States. And for that reason, it is one of my favorite Black movies.
#LineageMatters
Even that part, the fact that it’s timeless in it’s message is amazing and heartbreaking at the same time.
Did whites build anything.? Any buildings, any structures? ANYTHING?????
@@cobrakaicyberdon stop asking dumb ass questions. All this country wealth cane from ADOS black Americans
Not #ADOS but Hebrew to many Black Americans are ignorant of their true heritage as God's chosen people. Just read Deuteronomy 28 for confirmation.
Thank you for saying "The exonerated 5" puts things in its proper context.
My heart pains watching these injustices but thank you Comedy Hype for this breakdown. LIFE is for sure a classic movie.
This is low key, one of the best overall cast hands down!
One of the best underrated films of our time. Eddie and Martian should have won an award for this film. Best history lesson,
Being a 40 yr convict. This one of my all time favorites. Certain shit only a convict can relate too. Mad love to everyone involved
I knew this was a real movie. The sad thing is after slavery it seems like it never ended. The IGNORANCE of evil people will one day suffer a horrible death.
Slavery didn't end, it just got renamed. 13th amendment. That's why prisoners are profitable
God has the last word
And the first
Yay right
I love and hated the movie LIFE because it’s so real and sad how him trying to getting his watch back turned into life in prison 😞
How about a man going into a store gets picked up for a robbery and attempted murder that happened less then 12hrs before while he was in another city...
GPS location picks him up in another city. Witness put him in another city. No finger prints and the camera shows a entirely different person..
But was still sentenced to 55yrs..
Fighting for release now!!!
True story...
Where did it happen?
Mississippi
Who did it happen to?
Me....
@@cedricyoung1582 ahhh man. I'm so sorry that you were put in that situation.
@@cedricyoung1582 Im so sorry to hear this 😢
@@cedricyoung1582 Damn. I’m so sorry that happened to you man. Hope you doing good in Life right now
LIFE is one of my favorite and underrated comedy films .And it's such a sad thing that even though we live in technological world that people today does still get wrongly convicted.
This movie was great but sad because things like that probably really happened to people in real life
Probably?
The man speaking just gave us several examples of people who really did time but not the crime.
@@trackgrad08 I know right
Probably 🤦🏾♀️
If you think about it, what happened to Biscuit was kind of messed up, because he chose sudden death over being released.... all because he went in as a straight man or boy and was getting ready to be released as a fresh pack of skittles and didn't want his family to see how much he charged Dang....
Yea that was deep.
A fresh pack of skittles!!! Damn lmao
@@Ty-mr2kq yeah it show you he wasn't naturally gay but was made and forced to become that way from going to prison so young at probably 15 or 16 maybe
@@tashawilliams8288 Hahahaha 😅 funny.... But sad for the people who it happens to in real life though 💯💯
Ya'll trippin. You don't get 'turned' gay. You have to have a proclivity for the opposite sex. It was the 1930's. You honestly think he was out in the south, a poor black man, just being out and open about his sexuality? More than likely this is what happened: He was passing as hetero, went into jail, and realized he could be himself in there. Then being faced with going back to performing heterosexuality and confronting his family about who he truly is, a black, uneducated, southern family during the 1930's, who were suffering beneath the heavy rule of systematic racism.....he chose death. He would rather die than tell his momma he was gay and had a boyfriend. A lot of gay men chose death back then. It was horrible.
"LIFE" Is in my Top 5 Comedy Movie's of All Time
Wyclef- A New Day...breaks my heart everytime
TOP 5 COMEDIC FILM FOR ME! CLASSIC!
Highly underrated and overlooked
FACT
Actually depicted a lot of what goes on among the African American community in a different time period making light of the troubles we face , on a day to day basis
This has to be one of the greatest movie casts I’ve ever seen…so many icons in one movie. It came out when I was 8 days old. I grew up on this movie, I guess you could say this movie is apart of me at this point.
I vaguely remember my parents watching this movie when I was a kid. I don’t think I could go back and watch this one though, what occurs in the prison system is far too sad to be comedy to me.
Thanks for this video! The movie Life was heavily on my mind last summer, during the year of its 20th anniversary. Like many Black Americans, my family members also enjoyed watching this film for as long as I could remember. For me, however, there was always this deep sympathy behind this film that took place at the Mississippi State Penn (Parchman) during the 1930s. Historically, Parchman was one of the most notorious prisons for Black Americans in Mississippi and the country. Also, the movie highlighted the system of convict leasing. I felt that this movie always had deeper themes and truths than what many of us took as a comedy-filled film.
Thank you, thank you, thank you CH for having Zooman narrate this!!! He was perfect for this subject. Well done.👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Thank YOU ebbywear
@@MrManZ you killed it. Please step in more often.
When I was locked up I would think about this movie all the time & it helped me through dark days
I love this movie. It has a great cast.
You missed on one huge point Natchez under the hill, is also called the Devils punch bowl in Mississippi, it was originally a Civil War concentration camp for black union soldiers and became an interment camp after the war officially called work camp # 8. There were several camps like this across the United States West Virginia, South and North Carolina, Louisiana,Florida, Upstate New York ,PennsylvaniaTexas, and Connecticut to name a few. This activity was hidden from the general public and was the backbone of many states economy, highway and road building and repair, construction of schools libraries and hospitals, and military bases. After World War I, soldiers returning from the war if seen in uniform would be stalked, beaten and tortured and charged with assault, vagrancy, rape or leering at white women or simply charged with a crime because they were black and immediately sent to these camps and kept in chains and beaten daily.
Learn something new everyday
@@lebronD100 thank you for sharing this and making it possible for a discussion and information about our history to be shared.
Thanks for the information brother.
@@chiefeaglespiritdancing9624 , it's my pleasure ,honor and responsibility to share vital information that has been hidden from us all, stay strong Chief!!!
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Second favorite comedy behind Harlem Nights
Yeah, Eddie cranks out major hits among black folk. I like nearly everything he's done!
The Uppah Rooom when jesuuuuus!!!
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Yessss lol
Yes Lord 🙌
One of My Fave Movies Of All Time & definitely One of The Most Underrated Movies of All Time... Anyway to anybody that’s watching this remember y’all, Keep Going & Be Safe 🤟🏾💯
P.S: “Y’all going to Eat y’all cornbread” 🤣🤣🤣
I don’t think it’s underrated at all.
And u are laughing and u think it funny it can be ur grandfather
@@francisnwadike9505 first of all I’m not even going to have this argument with you of why this is one of my fave movies of all time but you can have a great one
That's right! Not the central park 5. But the "Exonerated 5"!! ✊🏾
Only could watch "Life" once!, This was a laughing Horror Movie🎥, but programed people won't understand that conclusion....
Elaborate
@@killuminati5019 Mr. Woke needs to help us.
It really is a horror movie
I got you boo
Exactly how I feel towards it. Replicas won't understand
“He walked out smooth with my drink didn’t he “
I missed that until now.😄
@@visaormastercardI’m not gonna say nothing though. 😅😅
DAMN, THIS MAY BE THE ONLY FILM THAT I DIDN'T DO RESEARCH ON BEFORE OR AFTER WATCHING. I DID NOT KNOW THAT THIS ENTIRE MOVIE WAS BASED ON TRUE EVENTS AND TRUE STORIES. FROM THE CONJUGAL VISITS, TO CAN'T GET RIGHT, TO THEM TRYING TO ESCAPE SEVERAL TIMES. THANKS FOR THIS UPLOAD, REALLY I APPRECIATE IT. THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE CLASSICS WITH NOT ONLY FUNNY MOMENTS, BUT HEART WRENCHING, SOUL SEARCHING, AND TOUCHING MOMENTS. I LITERALLY JUST WATCHED THIS ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO.
Life is one of my all time favorites & it should’ve be nominated as a comedy drama it had some real heavy moments in this movie
Life has always been my favorite movie for several reasons. one of which being that it was almost the exact story of my fathers life. my father was convicted of rape and murder when he was 14 years old. he spent 7 years in prison before he was exonerated. my dad was listed on the front page of the local newspaper and his case can be googled now. ive tried several times to get his story out there......to get someone to listen....the system really shitted on my dad.
RIH daddy
Would like to know more of your dad's story. What's his name or where can I read about him.
@@reneejr3650 James E. Brunson
You can Google state of NC v Brunson 1973.
RIP SIR
FYI they still lease prisoners out fir hard labor and NO pay til this day
They make .17 a HR. Now...too put money on ya books
I could only watch this movie the once. It pissed me off and hurt me even then.
Never give up hope... Felt like this when I got a MS dx in 2017.. all I keep hearing is it will never get better it’s progressing..walking almost non existent but got to keep hope before you go into that upper room when Jeessaaoou... man I love this movie thank you Ray and Claude, Eddie and Martin 🙏
"Hey we lookin for slim!" "You found him." 😲
Great video! I'm glad you mentioned Oshinsky's book "Worse Than Slavery." For further reading on this topic I would also suggest Blackmon's "Slavery by Another Name," Haley's "No Mercy Here," Lichtenstein's "Twice the Work of Free Labor," Leflouria's "Chained in Silence," and Mancini's "One Dies Get Another."
I know that "life" was a true story
For our culture its a true story too often
Amen to dat🙏
One of my favorite movies!! I love anything Eddie Murphy! And Martin! And Bernie 😩😩🥴
How do to download/watch this movie like I can't find it
@@andiswadlamini9526 prime! Starz!
Who else can watch this over an over again
In the movie, when the judge slams the gavel and declares LIFE, the smug and nasty smirk from the sheriff made me, and still makes me, sick to my stomach, because IT HAPPENS til this day.
My favorite movie of all time....literally!!! I still cry at the end every time
Wrongful imprisonments does exactly what opposers wants it to do . Just the thought literally gives me chills at the thought . We all more than likely know someone and it’s disgusting and disheartening. It haunts ...
Back on jemele Hill podcast bookime woodbine who played can't get right say that while on set he would stay quiet from start to finish however he said Bernie would always try and get him to talk 😁 however he said Eddie did a dirty trick to get him to talk he told Woodbine that the director said he was done for today and woodbine proceeded to talk by saying good bye n word's and then Eddie told him he wasn't done for the day😂😁
These stories do need to be told with the seriousness they deserve.
one of the best movies of all time
I only watched it once when it came , couldn't bring myself to watch it again because of its realism. The realistic possibility of locked up for life for something you didn't do, was something that just so upsetting for me
Harlem Nights, Coming to America, Life ....are my top favorite Eddie Murphy movies
they don't make them like that anymore. just about every movie now is one watch and done, no replay
I also like vampire in Brooklyn, Dr. Dolittle, and boomerang. I'll watch bowfinger, but I'm not crazy about it.
This story and movie deserve so much more acclaim and just consideration. I'm 36 and most people I've made movie references to have no clue
I often wondered if any of this movie had any truth.
@Tony Black you're correct, but I'm a dude 🤣🤣🤣🤣
It's a funny but sad movie at the same time. Imagine giving up your whole life. All the plans you had, family you wanted to build, careers and jobs you wanted to participate in, places you wanted to travel to.
I watched this movie so many times I can’t even estimate how many times I have . Definitely in my top 10
One of my all-time favorite movies. Life was true in every sense of the world and had hidden messages like Get Out did. When Ray lost his watch, he lost time by going to prison. When Claude and Ray were arguing, Claude showed Ray his true feelings. Later on, he called Ray him "friend". The movie showed how corrupt the 13th Amendment was by locking up innocent black men for life.
I bet most of us know this movie, word for word, since it came out. Sorry things happened in here. The sad thing most of those guys are dead today. Some of it was funny especially the baby part. But it was hard to watch how they suffered. Yes they had to have gotten this from a true story. Lots of this had messages too. The music was good. Martin and Eddie made us laugh enough. I still say they should have gotten out way earlier. They were too old to enjoy LIFE. Anyway thanks for the post. 2020 Rip to some of the characters who died later after this movie
I enjoyed that movie. Had some very Real "life" like instances'!!!!!!
Sad to say "Ain't NOTHING CHANGED!!!!!
'Rays boom boom room was lit' 😊
Love this movie!
Ray and Claude didn't start the fire. Claude allowed them to escape.
This is one movie that was so quality, I don't think it needs a sequel. It answers all questions and kinda had a happy ending.
Watching this movie hits different when your little brother is going through the same thing...in the 21st century.
This film is a classic! Tragically underrated. I was 19 when this film came out. Goddamn the memories! I watch this film at least 3 times a year. :-)
I watched this movie so many times with my Dad. Good stuff. So many memories.
Guy torry Said on vladtv Cicely Tyson was in the movie but her scene got cut
Da narrator said Rick James was in da movie, but I don't remember seeing him. Did his part get cut too? R.I.P Rick James!
@Juanita Wright WOW dat was him! I remember now! I don't even remember seeing his name in da credits. Thank you!
@@darnellpervisknox5239 Oh he's definitely in there. He's the gangster with the cane in the beginning of the movie. Not going to front, I've watched the movie several times before I found out it was him lol. I always said he looked familiar but didn't know it was Rick James familiar 🤣.
@@darnellpervisknox5239 he was bumpy Johnson
I really loved this film. Funny and very serious and sad at the Same time. I cried when biscuit died :’(
Yeah, but Biscuit chose to die due to his sexuality.
And he wasn’t wrong. The Years before the 1970s, gays weren’t accepted, they simply had no real supports except themselves, and sadly most gay men & women either died young from STD, Suicide, or killed by prejudice.
They still doing us like that
Never ending
Easily in my top 10 favorite movies
This movie and "Malcolm X" will always be my favorite movies.
And Miss Jane Pittman!
This is still my favorite movie of all time!
I RELATE TO THIS MOVIE. NEVER GAVE UP HOPE NOR MY FAITH, NEVER LOST MY SANITY. HERE I GO TEXTING ON UA-cam TO THINGS I CAN REALLY RELATE TO AND IT'S SO PAINFUL AND HEART TOUCHING, AS BETTY WRIGHT WOULD SAY NO PAIN NO GAIN.
I used to love that movie until I realized how sad it was. I was wrongfully convicted of a crime. Another time, I had false charges filed against me another time and I’m not in them streets. This ish ain’t no joke. Watch yo Black back.
Second favorite movie of all time. Number one The Five Heartbeats. “Nights like this I wish....” “The whole worlds an astray for Eddie Cain Jr. “
When u realize how many amazing legends where in one movie HANDS DOWN MY FAVORITE MARTIN N EDDIE movie all time
The movie life is so underrated. yeah it's suppose to be a comedy and there are moments that make you laugh, but there are so many moments that make you angry and even sad. One of the saddest moments in my opinion is with Miguel A. Núñez Jr.'s character Bicuit (seen at 9:44), it's very obvious in the movie that Biscuit is gay and in the movie he gets a letter that he's going to be free soon. That shot you see at 9:44, in that scene Biscuit was almost in tears because sure, in prison the guys treated him equally and didn't mind is his sexual orientation, but bicuit was mortified of the thought what his mother would think of him if she saw him like that. after he finishes talking with Eddie Murphy's character, you see him take of his bandana and he just starts running towards the tree line...Eddie Murphy yells at him to stop and come back but it's too late, he gets shot and killed. that moment always stayed with me and is in my opinion one of the saddest moments of the film.