How to Live Forever (2011): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2011, How to Live Forever is a documentary film directed by Mark Wexler, running about 92 minutes.

What it’s about. Director Mark Wexler embarks on a worldwide trek to investigate just what it means to grow old and what it could mean to really live forever. But whose advice should he take? Does 94-year-old exercise guru Jack LaLanne have all the answers, or does Buster, a 101-year-old chain-smoking, beer-drinking marathoner? What about futurist Ray Kurzweil, a laughter yoga expert, or an elder porn star? Wexler explores the viewpoints of delightfully unusual characters alongside those of health, fitness and life-extension experts in this engaging new documentary, which challenges our notions of youth and aging with comic poignancy. Begun as a study in life-extension, How To Live Forever evolves into a thought-provoking examination of what truly gives life meaning.

Who’s in it. How to Live Forever stars Ray Kurzweil as Himself, Aubrey de Grey as Himself, Ray Bradbury as Himself and Suzanne Somers as Herself, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.0/10, How to Live Forever has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response. It went on to earn $40.8K at the box office.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on Midnight Pulp Amazon Channel and DocuramaFilms Amazon Channel and rent or buy it from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store and Fandango At Home. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch How to Live Forever page.

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