Whose Life Is It Anyway?

1981 | 119 minutes | 7.1 ★ (44)

Whose Life Is It Anyway?
  • 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.

  • Release Date

    02 December 1981

  • DirectingJohn Badham
  • Budget

    $11,500,000.00

  • Revenue

    $6,100,000.00

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