| | | Every moment counts.
Features: DVD, Pan and Scan (TV Format), Dolby Surround Sound, English, Subtitled, French, Spanish, Dubbed & Subtitled
Michael Keaton and Nicole Kidman star in this soaring family love story about a high-powered executive, diagnosed with terminal cancer, who's forced to make plans for his unborn son. And so he begins filming a home movie,My Life, in which he teaches his son all the things a man must know: how to shave, how to slam dunk and, most of all, how to love.
"One of the year's best films." Jeffrey Lyons, Sneak Previews/CNBC
Editor's Note
A man falls in love with life and his wife again when he learns he is suffering from a life-threatening condition.
Plot Summary
Bob and Gail Jones, a happily married couple expecting their first child, are passionately devoted to one another. But tragedy strikes their otherwise untroubled middle-class home when Bob learns he has advanced terminal cancer. Faced with this profound crisis and the realization that his child may never know him, Bob decides to make a video documenting his life so that his son will have some knowledge of his father. Creating the video proves to be an emotionally and mentally herculean task, as Bob discovers he's as shallow as the public relations material he produces for a living. Before he can successfully complete the video, Bob has to make peace with himself, reconcile with his estranged parents, and accept the inevitable.
| Features | Talent Files | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | Spanish Subtitles | | French Subtitles | | Theatrical Trailers | | French Audio | | Spanish Audio | | English Subtitles | | Digitally Mastered Audio And Anamorphic Video | | Widescreen Version And Full Screen Presentation | | English 2 Channel Dolby Surround |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Columbia Tri-Star |
| Release Date: 3/23/2004 |
| Running Time: 117 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1993 | | Catalog ID: 05853 | | UPC: 00043396058538 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English, French Dubbed, Spanish Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: English, French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | 1.85:1 |
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| | Professional Reviews | New York Times
"...Finally wrenching in ways that will leave viewers thinking hard about their own lives..." 11/12/1993 p.C17Entertainment Weekly
"...Emotionally gripping, sometimes devastating....Worth any viewer's attention..." -- Rating: B 06/03/1994 p.66 Variety
"...It's an emotional, spiritual odyssey....[A] sincere, often touching story..." 11/15/1993 Washington Post 9 of 10
Bruce Joel Rubin's lastest movie accelerates so rapidly into the serious, you're left dry-mouthed and blown away. You're pulled in deeper and deeper until--by the anguishing conclusion--you're hanging on for dear life... Thanks to Keaton...the expereince is roundly touching... he keeps you laughing and choking all the way to the bitter end. - Desson Howe
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