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Defending Your Life
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- How long is Defending Your Life?
- Defending Your Life is 1 hr 52 min long.
- Who directed Defending Your Life?
- Albert Brooks
- Who is Daniel Miller in Defending Your Life?
- Albert Brooks plays Daniel Miller in the film.
- What is Defending Your Life about?
- Daniel Miller (Albert Brooks) isn't having a good week. For starters, he died after he got hit by a bus. Then he discovers that in the afterlife he must defend his actions on Earth in order to ascend to a higher plane of existence. While awaiting judgment, he falls in love with Julia (Meryl Streep), whose near-perfect life on Earth seemingly makes her a shoe-in for ascension. However, Daniel's actions in his lifetime might not be enough for him to move on.