Life Itself (2014 comedy film)

5 Flights Up released in the United Kingdom as Ruth amp Alex is a 2014 American drama film directed by Richard Loncraine and written by Charlie Peters, starring Morgan Freeman and Diane Keaton. The film is based on the novel Heroic Measures by Jill Ciment. The film was released on May 8, 2015 by Focus World.

Lilly is very eager in setting up potential buyers for the open house the following day, but Alex is not as excited about it. Alex is a painter and has paintings lying about in his studio, which Lilly has asked him to tidy up prior to the open house. As he and Ruth are discussing the open house, it is suggested they are moving because they are getting older and living in an apartment without an elevator. Just as they are talking, their dog Dorothy whimpers and they bring her to the vet. Meanwhile, the news is showing that a fuel tanker is disabled on the Williamsburg bridge.After getting a pricey CAT scan for Dorothy, it turns out that she has a ruptured disc in her spine and stays overnight at the vet. While Ruth seems content to do whatever it takes to heal Dorothy, Alex is vocally against spending too much money to treat Dorothy as she isyears old. Alex signs a donotresuscitate form to Ruths dismay and they have an argument on the way home. Back home, Alex tends his small garden on the roof. Flashback to when he first brought a puppy home as a gift for Ruth to celebrate her retirement. Ruth cleans up the apartment while Alex watches the news. Now the stranded fuel tanker is suspected to contain bombs and the driver has disappeared. Later that afternoon the vet calls and informs them that he would like to operate on Dorothy first thing in the morning, but the surgery will cost 10,000. Alex, seemingly having a change of heart, asks the doctor to do whatever it takes to save Dorothy. ........

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