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nero-neptune · 11 months

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“fear is like a giant fog. it sits on your brain and blocks everything – real feelings, true happiness, real joy. they can’t get through that fog. but you lift it and, buddy, you’re in for the ride of your life!”

defending your life | 1991 | dir. albert brooks

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arcanespillo · 6 months

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The Sins of the Father, Merlin S2E8

Defending Your Life, Supernatural S7E04

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thebeautyofspn · 8 months

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7x04 Defending Your Life

#7x04 #defending your life #spn #spn aesthetic #supernatural #supernatural aesthetic #thebeautyofspn #dean winchester #sam winchester #the winchester brothers #winchesters #season 7

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yeahiwasintheshit · 6 months

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#defending your life #meryl streep #albert brooks

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criterion-poll · 1 month

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#criterion #criterion polls #polls #poll #movie #movies #defending your life #1991

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filmpenance · 2 months

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Defending Your Life - Day 1, 2024

Defending Your Life (1991) Albert Brooks - 1h 52m [Day 1, 2024]

"When you use more than 5 percent of your brain, you don't want to be on earth; believe me." - Bob Diamond

Defending Your Life is a sly comedy about living your life the way you want to live it.

Writer/director Albert Brooks plays the lead character Daniel Miller, an ad executive in Los Angeles with great coworkers, an okay marriage and enough money to treat himself to a BMW.

It’s Daniel’s birthday when he goes to pick up his new car from the dealership. While fiddling with the car stereo’s CD player, he plows head-on into a bus, bringing his demise.

He regains consciousness in Judgement City, the afterworld location for those finding themselves dead in the western United States. It is here that Daniel and his fellow defendants prepare for a hearing determining if they deserve another kick at the can. Will you return to Earth, or will you advance to the next plane of existence? Could be neither. You might just disappear. All depends on how brave you were before you bit the dust.

Daniel is assigned an advocate, Bob Diamond (Rip Torn), who spends a great deal of his time soothing Daniel’s anxiety about the process, especially when the prosecutor is Lena Foster (Lee Grant). She’s a tough cookie on the recently dead - and she and Bob have a past.

Luckily, Judgement City has plenty of recreational opportunities in the evening, one of the best being unlimited tasty food with zero calories. One night Daniel meets Julia (Meryl Streep) at a comedy club that’s pretty dead. It’s evident that there is a spark between them, but can you indulge in love in the afterlife? Julia’s life had way more instances of bravery than Daniel’s. Will pairing up mess with their advancement hearings?

In addition to the whip smart script, the film is visually appealing. The world building is excellent from the costumes and restaurants, to the tram-based transportation system and roadside billboards. The traditional orchestral score keeps you firmly grounded in this setting, and the four main actors give believable performances with a light touch.

Defending Your Life is a cheeky film that asks us to live with more laughs and fewer regrets.

HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

TRAILER: https://youtu.be/7sNzRa79zeo?si=Bxpv2FNu7OVOzsnE

FILM PAIRING: You might double bill this with Beetlejuice or an older Film Penance offering The Seventh Seal (which I think is quite funny) https://filmpenance.tumblr.com/post/142421090609/filmpenance-day-35-the-seventh-seal

#film penance #filmpenance #film review #lent #movie review #defending your life #albert brooks #filmpenance2024 #comedy #recovering catholic #1991

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itcanbefilmed · 5 months

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Albert Brooks: Defending My Life (Rob Reiner, 2023)

#albert brooks #rob reiner #johnny carson #flip wilson #defending your life

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screenshothaven · 8 months

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Defending Your Life (1991)

#Defending Your Life #Albert Brooks #1991 #Rip Torn #Meryl Streep

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spn-episode-showdown · 1 year

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Round 1, Poll 21

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reelaroundthedavekan · 1 year

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@betterthanyou - The whole movie is great but here is a sample...

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#Defending Your Life #Nine pies #Youtube

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arcanespillo · 11 months

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poor boy, imagine having to try and convince your guilt-driven brother that he’s not guilty about the million things he thinks he caused for him to stay alive, dean will forever feel guilty inside, even for things that he knows can’t control

#spn #defending your life #spn 7x04 #sam winchester #dean winchester #rewatch

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thebeautyofspn · 8 months

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