That's Life! (1986) on Netflix
Harvey Fairchild, a Malibu architect, is turning 60 and unhappy with his work and his life. His wife Gillian, a singer, plans his birthday party while keeping a worry of her own.
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Plot summary
Turning 60 has left Harvey Fairchild, a wealthy Malibu architect, with aches and pains that may be imaginary and a dissatisfaction he cannot shake. His wife Gillian, a famous singer, fills the weekend with family gatherings and a birthday party she has planned in elaborate detail, and says nothing about a lesion on her throat or the biopsy results that will not reach her until the weekend is over. He is short with his pregnant daughter Megan Fairchild Bartlet and with his son Josh, an actor, and he is at odds with a client, Janice Kern, who keeps revising the plans for the house he is building for her. He consults a fortune teller, Madame Carrie, and tries confession.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about That's Life! (1986)
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- The independent production of That's Life! paid many cast and crew below union-level wages, prompting the American Society of Cinematographers to picket the film during production and take a protest advertisement in Variety. Original cinematographer Harry Stradling Jr. was forced to quit and was replaced by Anthony B. Richmond.
- Blake Edwards shot the 1986 comedy-drama That's Life! in the beachside Malibu home he shared with his wife, Julie Andrews, rather than on a separate set.
