Our Lives (1985 film)

Our Lives is a 1985 American alternate universe drama film written by and  and directed by Bill the Genius and Joanna Cipher, depicting a parallel universe where animation and video games do not exist. The film focuses on the lives of the Stevens family, a blended and sometimes dysfunctional family from the city of Los Angeles.

Produced by in association with, the film premiered at the  on April 23, 1985, then given a wide release by  on April 27, 1985. While the film was critically panned on its initial release, it went on to become a box-office success, earning $325.6 million worldwide against a budget of $20 million. It has the distinction of being the first film released by Disney to receive an R rating by the. It was the highest-grossing film from until it was surpassed by  in 1988.

In 2016, Our Lives was selected for the United States by the  as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".

Plot
The film's main setting is a parallel universe where animation (or cartoons) and video games do not exist, neither do holidays and celebrations such as, , , , , , , , , and.

Our Lives begins with George Stevens being awoken from stasis by the mysterious Government Man, who reveals that the non-existence of cartoons, video games and holidays attracted the attention of a multidimensional empire called the Terror Intelligence Agency, which conquered Earth in ten hours. The Government Man inserts Stevens into an airplane arriving at Los Angeles, reuniting with his family (his wife Elizabeth, his son Robert and his daughter Jenny).

Cast

 * as George Stevens
 * as Elizabeth Stevens
 * as Robert Stevens
 * as Jennifer "Jenny" Stevens
 * as the Government Man