That's Life! (film)

That's Life!
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBlake Edwards
Written by
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyAnthony B. Richmond
Edited byLee Rhoads
Music byHenry Mancini
Production
companies
  • Blake Edwards Entertainment
  • Delphi V Productions
  • Paradise Cove Entertainment
  • Ubilam Productions
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • October 10, 1986 (1986-10-10)
Running time
102 minutes
LanguageEnglish
Budget$10 million[1]
Box office$4 million[2]

That's Life! is a 1986 American comedy-drama film directed by Blake Edwards and starring Jack Lemmon and Julie Andrews.[3]

The film was made independently by Edwards using largely his own finances and was distributed by Columbia Pictures.

That's Life! was shot in Edwards and his wife Andrews' own beachside home in Malibu and features their family in small roles, including Edwards' daughter Jennifer Edwards, Andrews' daughter Emma Walton Hamilton and Lemmon's son Chris Lemmon portraying Andrews and Lemmon's adult offspring, while the senior Lemmon's wife Felicia Farr portrays a fortune teller.

Because of the film's independent status, many of the cast and crew were paid below union-level wages, resulting in the American Society of Cinematographers picketing the film during production and taking an advertisement in Variety in protest. As a result, the original director of photography, Harry Stradling Jr., was forced to quit the film and was subsequently replaced by Anthony B. Richmond, a British cinematographer.

  1. ^ "That's Life!". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved August 3, 2024.
  2. ^ That's Life! at Box Office Mojo
  3. ^ "That's Life!". TCM Database. Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved February 28, 2016.