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High Life

High Life

20095.91h 20m

Overview

It's 1983, and hopeless junkie Dick gets an unwelcome visit from the past - his seriously sleazy former cellmate, Bug, to be precise. Bug requires a crash course in the 80s: different music, different drugs, and machines in walls that dispense money. The latter development gives Dick an idea.

Directed by Gary Yates
Written by Lee MacDougall, Gary Yates
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Top Cast

Timothy Olyphant

Timothy Olyphant

Dick

Stephen Eric McIntyre

Stephen Eric McIntyre

Bug

Rossif Sutherland

Rossif Sutherland

Billy

Joe Anderson

Joe Anderson

Donnie

Mike Bell

Mike Bell

Moondog

J

Jon Ted Wynne

Strung-Out Doctor

Steven Ratzlaff

Steven Ratzlaff

Prison Guard

Mark McKinney

Mark McKinney

Jeremy

K

Kelly Wolfman

Lynn

T

Turk Scatliff

Jamie

Themes & Keywords

robberydrug addictionaddictedarmored caraddictionmorphineaddictarmed robbery

About High Life

High Life is a comedy, crime film released in 2009 exploring themes of robbery, drug addiction, addicted, armored car, addiction, morphine. Directed by Gary Yates, it stars Timothy Olyphant, Stephen Eric McIntyre, Rossif Sutherland. It's 1983, and hopeless junkie Dick gets an unwelcome visit from the past - his seriously sleazy former cellmate, Bug, to be precise. Bug requires a crash course in the 80s: different music, different drugs, and machines in walls that dispense money. The latter development gives Dick an idea.

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