Life Stinks

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If a comedy is to be made from the plight of the homeless, who have to scrape through their days returning deposit bottles and cleaning car windshields to get their daily bread as the rich get richer and more heartless, it may as well be Mel Brooks' Life Stinks. The trademark Brooks humor dominates this fable about a ruthless billionaire, Goddard Bolt Mel Brooks, who wants to obliterate a poor section of Los Angeles and build a high-tech commercial center in its place. His only problem is that he owns only half ...
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If a comedy is to be made from the plight of the homeless, who have to scrape through their days returning deposit bottles and cleaning car windshields to get their daily bread as the rich get richer and more heartless, it may as well be Mel Brooks' Life Stinks. The trademark Brooks humor dominates this fable about a ruthless billionaire, Goddard Bolt Mel Brooks, who wants to obliterate a poor section of Los Angeles and build a high-tech commercial center in its place. His only problem is that he owns only half the land needed for the construction, the other half belonging to equally ruthless billionaire Vance Craswell Jeffrey Tambor, who has his own ideas for the land. The two try to buy each other out until, finally, a deal is struck: Craswell bets that Bolt cannot survive a month on the streets as a homeless man. If Bolt makes it, he gets the property. If he doesn't, Craswell gets it. Bolt agrees and, as a poor man, he begins to feel the pain of being uprooted and alone, even meeting a friendly homeless woman, Molly Lesley Ann Warren with whom he forms an attachment.
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Product Details

  • Release Date: 9/1/1998
  • UPC: 027616231437
  • Original Release: 1991

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  • Source: MGM (VIDEO & DVD)
  • Format: VHS

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Mel Brooks Goddard Bolt
Lesley Ann Warren Molly
Jeffrey Tambor Vance Crasswell
Stuart Pankin Pritchard
Howard Morris Sailor
Rudy de Luca J. Paul Getty
Theodore Wilson Fumes
Michael Ensign Knowles
Matthew Faison Stevens
Billy Barty Willy
Brian Thompson Mean Victor
Raymond O'Connor Yo
Carmine Caridi Flophouse Owner
Ralph Ahn Chinese Cook
George Berkeley Derelict Outside Flophouse
Anne Betancourt Nurse
Christopher Birt Paramedic
Marvin Braveman Dr. Kahahn
Stanley Brock Store Owner
Larry Cedar Paramedic
Johnny Cocktails Burrito-Eating Bum
David Correia Policeman
Joan Crosby Woman at Fire
Rose DuCaine Dancing Dowager at Party
Carmen Filpi Pops
Stu Gilliam Desmond
Angela Gordon Capacity Nurse
Ronny Graham Voice Only
Darrow Igus Maynard
Henry Kaiser Newscaster
Casey King Shopping Cart Chauffer
Jere Laird Stock Market Reporter
Jim Mapp Blind Man
Jimmy Martinez Dancing Vagrant at Party
Ralph Mauro Hors d'oeuvre Vagrant at Party
Sam Menning Old Wino
Anthony Messina Policeman
Ira Miller Man at Fire
Anthony Thomas Mitchell Nibbler Driver
Marianne Muellerleile Head Nurse
Saida Pagan Newscaster
Michael Pniewski Male Nurse
Robert Ridgely Fergueson
Frank Roman Spanish Interpreter
Robin Shepard Nurse
Sammy Shore Reverend at Wedding
Kathryn Skatula Nurse
Tamara Taylor Newscaster
Patrick Valenzuela Street Person at Fight
James Van Patten Male Nurse
Martin Charles Warner Dirty Faced Vagrant at Party
Jennifer Warren
Mary Watson Newscaster
Clifton Wells Taco Stand Owner
Danny Wells Mercedes Driver
John Welsh Dodd
Terrence Williams Boy Dancing in Doorway
Helene Winston Society Patron
Technical Credits
Mel Brooks Director, Producer, Screenwriter
Ron Clark Screenwriter
Rudy de Luca Screenwriter
Steve Haberman Screenwriter
Kim Kurumada Associate Producer, Producer
Peter Larkin Production Designer
Mary Malin Costumes/Costume Designer
Marvin March Set Decoration/Design
John Morris Score Composer
Michael Mulconery Editor
Steven Poster Cinematographer
David Rawlins Editor
Anthony Redman Editor
Josan F. Russo Art Director
Ezra Swerdlow Producer
Jesse Wayne Stunts
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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    Phenomenal ! An Amazing drama about LIFE !

    This is one great movie. All the actors have performed very well. The scene when Mel brooks is in the Hospital, and he takes a dose and says 'Life Stinks' is really good.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 1, 2010

    A Delightful Comedy

    From riches to rags to odd ball street pals, this Mel Brooks movie takes you on a wild ride of living on the streets of the city. With a little help from a bag lady (Lesley Ann Warren) and some strange, funny but good hearted characters, he (Mel Brooks) finds that true riches are really found in good intentions unlike his former colleagues.

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    Posted May 26, 2011

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