The movie Whose Life Is It Anyway? [opened December 1981] starring Richard Dreyfuss is another movie. I watched it several years ago and still have it. Plot below:
*Whose Life Is It Anyway? *is a 1981 film adapted by Brian Clark <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Clark_(writer)> and Reginald Rose <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reginald_Rose> from a 1972 television movie and Clark's play of the same title. The film is directed by John Badham <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Badham> and stars Richard Dreyfuss <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Dreyfuss>. Plot After a car accident, sculptor Ken Harrison becomes a quadriplegic <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quadriplegia> who sues for the right to end his life <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euthanasia>, no longer able to create art, make love or have any semblance of a normal existence. He hires a lawyer (Bob Balaban <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Balaban>) who, reluctantly at first, represents Harrison while knowing that he is trying to win his client a death sentence <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_sentence>. Staunchly opposed to euthanasia is a by-the-book hospital administrator (John Cassavetes <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cassavetes>), who is determined to keep his patient alive even against his wishes, and sympathetic doctor (Christine Lahti <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christine_Lahti>), who develops personal feelings for Harrison. She wants to keep him alive, even though Harrison's girlfriend has accepted his decision. A young orderly (Thomas Carter <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Carter_(director)>) and nurse (Kaki Hunter <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaki_Hunter>) do what they can to keep Harrison's spirits up, even wheeling him to a hospital basement where they treat him to reggae music and marijuana. In the end, though, it is up to a judge (Kenneth McMillan <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenneth_McMillan_(actor)>) whether the patient has a moral, ethical and legal right to choose to die.
