Defending Your Life

Defending Your Life
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAlbert Brooks
Written byAlbert Brooks
Produced byRobert Grand
Michael Grillo
Herb Nanas
Starring
CinematographyAllen Daviau
Edited byDavid Finfer
Music byErroll Garner
Michael Gore
Production
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, or move on the next phase of existence. 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.

  1. ^ "Defending Your Life".