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LIFE SUPPORT

DYING 101

By Larry CLARKE

UNIFIED PICTURES - as DISTR Theatrical, TV, DVD-video, VOD, Airline, USA

Drama - Completed 2018

Eddie, black sheep of the family, comes home as his father is passing away to discover he must step into his dad's shoes as as a responsible adult, and that he has a son with his ex-girlfriend Susan.

- Year of production
- 2018
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
- Countries
- USA
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Duration
- 94 mn
- Director(s)
- Larry CLARKE
- Cast
- Brian DENNEHY, David KOECHNER, Lesley Ann WARREN, Tom ARNOLD, Mike O'MALLEY, J.K. SIMMONS, Jeffrey TAMBOR, Jeffrey DONOVAN, Mo GAFFNEY, Billy GARDELL
- Synopsis
- The last thing Eddie Mills wants to do is go home to deal with his family and his dying Dad.
  In Chicago, Eddie is a single, middle-aged doorman at the Peninsula Hotel. He’s content to live hand to mouth, and stare into his beer and ponder where he went wrong. But back in Bel Air MD, he knows there are plenty of reminders that his life did not turn out as expected.
  The Catholic guilt gnaws at him. Eddie returns to his childhood home with its crazy cast of familial characters. A weepy overweight sister, a bipolar brother in law, two endlessly judging, religiously conservative brothers.
  To top it off, a passive aggressive stepmother, Dawn, in total denial that her husband is passing. The film jumps back and forth over his two weeks stay. From hospital, to funeral, to crematorium, back to when his dad was healthy. Eddie's memory trips back and forth when he was a little child.
  His father, who was so strong in his life, now lies before Eddie....frail and helpless. The hospital and doctors are ill prepared for end-of-life decisions as Bob is subjected to painful tests and procedures. Dealing with the hospital bureaucracy is infuriating. As time runs out for his Dad, Eddie boozes it up with his old high school buddies.
  Just as his father is passing, Eddie finds out he's the dad of a 7 year old, with Susan Deever, his ex. His world upside down, and he has to come terms with his past and his future — immediately.