The Price of Life (1987 film)

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The Price of Life
Directed by Stephen Tolkin [1]
Written byStephen Tolkin
Produced by Jana Sue Memel
Starring Dana Andersen
Diana Bellamy
Roy Brocksmith
Ron Campbell
Dustin Diamond
Elizabeth Farley
John Fleck
Ray Galvin [2]
CinematographyJack Wallner
Edited by Sharyn L. Ross
Music byKen Fix
Release date
  • 1987 (1987)
Running time
41 min.
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Price of Life is a 1987 38-minute long American drama and science fiction film made by Chanticleer Films, directed by Stephen Tolkin and produced by Jana Sue Memel (story by Stephen Tolkin and Michel Monteaux). The film has music composed by Ken Fix. The film stars Dana Andersen, Diana Bellamy, Roy Brocksmith and Ron Campbell in the lead roles. It also features Fred Ward in a cameo.

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Premise and plot

The basic premise of the film is that a time account is physically linked to every infant at birth, with death automatic when the balance drops to zero. An elite upper-class is portrayed as living hundreds of years or more. The protagonist is given a certain amount of time as an infant, and as a young boy adds days and years to his time account by buying valuables from people and selling them to visiting tourists from the rich enclave. After his sister dies after gambling away her time, the protagonist (now a young man) sets out on a journey to the enclave of "the Old Ones" in order to save the life of his mother, who is (literally) running out of time. He gets there and meets a beautiful older woman who co-opts him into the immortal lifestyle.

Later, similar work

The basic concept and basic plot elements of The Price of Life are practically identical to the later-made 2011 film In Time , which does not acknowledge being a remake of The Price of Life. [3]

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