I think I saw the film and while it did seem okay, it obviously didn't seem that great or I would remember it in detail.
On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 9:42 PM, Lori Michaelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > The 1981 movie that I saw was based on the Broadway play by Brian Clark. > It says this at the beginning of the movie as well as other information > about it on the Internet. > > Again, perhaps we're talking about two different movies. > > Lori > On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 1:01 PM, John S. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> He dies in the end. It is based on a true story and in the end he has >> them remove his catheter and trach and he dies about 30 hours later only >> taking some pain meds. It was amazingly drawn out and I felt it was way >> overblown. Just refuse treatment and that is the typical result for most of >> us. In real life. Of course, that type of renal failure is an agonizing >> death. You do know that most of us can "end it all" without all that drama. >> I think the movie wants the viewer to decide if he committed suicide >> or not? I personally feel he made a deal with an art dealer because an >> artists death can ramp up the value of their work. I guess he never saw, >> "the other side of the mountain". >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Lori Michaelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> *To:* [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [email protected] >> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 18, 2008 1:33:03 PM >> *Subject:* Re: [QUAD-L] Whose Life Is It Anyway?_Movie >> >> >> The movie *Whose Life Is It Anyway* is about a guy who gets into an >> accident the very first thing in the movie. He ends up being a C4 >> quadriplegic and the rest of the movie is his experience in the hospital and >> because he has no family and because his lifelong career was being a >> sculptor (using his hands) he decided that it was *his* life and that he >> did not want to go on. >> >> So after a movie full of his hospital experiences and lighthearted comedy >> with him and the staff -- he finally decides that he's still does not want >> to live and so he gets together with an attorney to go against the hospital >> staff and whether he is "depressed" or not to make such a decision so early >> on after the injury, etc. etc.. >> >> BUT the ending left me hanging and I was wondering if anyone else has seen >> this and what they think about the ending? >> >> Lori >> >> On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 2:12 PM, Danny Hearn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: >> >>> *I DON'T RECALL THIS MOVIE, BUT I DID LIKE A 1990 MOVIE WITH RICHARD >>> DREYFUSS CALLED, ONCE AROUND. IT SEEMED LIKE WHAT CAN HAPPEN IN REAL LIFE, >>> AND WAS REAL GOOD BUT ALSO A SAD ENDING.* >>> * >>> DAN H.* >>> >>> --- On *Mon, 11/17/08, Lori Michaelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>* wrote: >>> >>> From: Lori Michaelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> Subject: [QUAD-L] Whose Life Is It Anyway?_Movie >>> To: [email protected] >>> Date: Monday, November 17, 2008, 2:45 PM >>> >>> >>> >>> For whatever reason, after all these 29 years, and never had the >>> opportunity to watch the movie *Whose Life Is It Anyway* with Richard >>> Dreyfuss. >>> >>> Well, I had the chance to watch it a few days ago but was very >>> disappointed with the ending. For those who have seen it---did it come >>> across to you as just leaving it hanging at the end? Not knowing exactly >>> telling the viewer what happened? >>> >>> Lori >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Lori >> C4/5 complete quad, 27 years post >> Tucson, AZ >> >> > > > -- > Lori > C4/5 complete quad, 27 years post > Tucson, AZ > -- Quadius C2-3 incomplete 13 years post injury
