Whose Life Is It Anyway?

Whose Life Is It Anyway?

★ 7.0IMDb Score
Released:1981-12-02
Genre:Drama
Duration:119 min
Director:John Badham
Actors:Richard Dreyfuss, John Cassavetes, Christine Lahti, Bob Balaban, Kenneth McMillan
Production:SLM Production Group, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Cooney/Schute Productions

Overview:

Ken Harrison is an artist that lives to make sculptures. One day he is involved in a car accident, and is paralyzed from his neck down. All he can do is talk and move his head, and he wants to die. Whilst he is in hospital he makes friends with some of the staff, and they support him when he goes to trial to be allowed to die.

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