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Defending Your Life
Defending Your Life poster
Directed byAlbert Brooks
Written byAlbert Brooks
Produced byRobert Grand
Michael Grillo
Herb Nanas
Starring
  • Albert Brooks
  • Meryl Streep
  • Rip Torn
  • Lee Grant
  • Buck Henry
CinematographyAllen Daviau
Edited byDavid Finfer
Music byErroll Garner
Michael Gore
Production
company
The Geffen Film Company
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • March 22, 1991 (1991-03-22)
Running time
111 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$16.4 million

Defending Your Life is a 1991 American romantic comedy-fantasy film about a man who finds himself on trial in the afterlife, where proceedings examine his lifelong fears, to determine whether he'll be (yet again) reincarnated on Earth. Written, directed, and starring Albert Brooks, the film also stars Meryl Streep, Rip Torn, Lee Grant, and Buck Henry. Despite comedic overtones, the film also contains elements of drama and allegory.

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