All Of Me (1984)
Having just turned thirty-eight, Angeleno Roger Cobb is at a crossroads in his life. From a humble background, he is competent at his job as a lawyer at Burton Schuyler’s prestigious firm but is unsatisfied working on behalf of rich people and the problems of the one percent. Although he would rather eke out a living as a musician if he could, he would be more satisfied as a lawyer if he made partner and got better cases. While Roger always bringing his dog Bix to the office does not instill much confidence for Burton in Roger as partner material, Roger seriously dating Burton’s daughter, Peggy Schuyler, may give him a path to partner, especially if he and Peggy get married. In the latest of those unsatisfying work tasks, he is asked by an extremely wealthy client, single Edwina Cutwater, to make a change to her will. Edwina, a selfish middle-aged woman who has never done a nice thing in her life, has always been sickly, and as such has not really enjoyed what life she has had despite her wealth. On her deathbed, Edwina now wants to deed her entire estate to Terry Hoskins, the beautiful adult daughter of her stableman, Fred Hoskins. The reason: Edwina plans to use the services of Tibetan swami Prahka Lasa to transfer her soul into Terry’s body, Terry, inputting her wild past behind her, agreeing for her own soul to float into the ethers. In being in Terry’s healthy body, Edwina, after her own body has given out, wants to enjoy what her money has not been able to buy for herself. Little does Edwina know that even if Terry did believe in the swami’s powers, Terry has no intention of giving up her body to Edwina, Terry planning to live the high life with Edwina’s money after Edwina’s death. Even after Edwina does die, she and Roger become more connected in body and soul, they, while needing to adjust to their time together, may get a better perspective of their respective lives.
Stars Steve Martin, Lily Tomlin, Victoria Tennant
