Defending Your Life
- Released on
- Runtime
- 112 mins
Is there love after death? After he dies suddenly, the hapless advertising executive Daniel Miller finds himself in Judgment City, a gleaming way station where the newly deceased must prove they lived a life of sufficient courage to advance in their journey through the universe. As the self-doubting Daniel struggles to make his case, a budding relationship with the uninhibited Julia offers him a chance to finally feel alive.
Is there love after death? After he dies suddenly, the hapless advertising executive Daniel Miller finds himself in Judgment City, a gleaming way station where the newly deceased must prove they lived a life of sufficient courage to advance in their journey through the universe. As the self-doubting Daniel struggles to make his case, a budding relationship with the uninhibited Julia offers him a chance to finally feel alive.
Cast
- Albert Brooks
- Meryl Streep
- Rip Torn
- Lee Grant
- Michael Durrell
- James Eckhouse
- Gary Beach
- Julie Cobb
- Peter Schuck
- Time Winters
- Sharlie Stuart
- Beth Black
- Clayton Norcross
- Jim McKrell
- Wil Albert
- Sage Allen
- Mary Pat Gleason
- Maxine Elliott Hicks
- Marilyn Rockafellow
- Roger Behr
- Art Frankel
- Ernie Brown
- George D. Wallace
- Lillian Lehman
- Raffi Di Blasio
- Kristopher Kent Hill
- Eric Ehasz
- Matthew Scharch
- S. Scott Bullock
- Carol Bivins
- Ethan Embry
- Gary Ballard
- Mary Mukogawa
- Toshio Shikami
- Samee Park
- Kagko Shikami
- Tommy Inouye
- Ken Thorley
- Bob Braun
- Jennifer Barlow Grodsky
- Buck Henry
- Joey Miyashima
- Nurit Koppel
- Susan Walters
- Sidney Chankin
- Greg Finley
- Leonard O. Turner
- Clifford Einstein
- Rachel Bard
- Newell Alexander
- Shirley MacLaine
- Hal Landon Jr.
- Ida Lee
- Noley Thornton
- Glen Chin
- James Ekim
- Clarke Coleman
- Ronald L. Colby
- David Purdham
- James Paradise
- Jerry Prell
- Arell Blanton
- Shana Ballard
- Chris Macris
- Joseph Darrell
- James Manis
- Alex Sheafe
- Cathleen Chin
- Lisa Sears
- Mark Dunlap
- Vernon Roguen
- Dennis Germain
- Jorga Caye
- Robert Gatewood
- John Michael Quinn
- Douglas M. Nelson
Director
- Albert Brooks
Producers
- Michael Grillo
Screenwriter
- Albert Brooks
