Edition |
Full screen version. |
Description |
1 videodisc (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
Note |
Special features: director commentary; deleted scenes; making-of documentary; film score featurette. |
Credits |
Director of photography, Michael Seresin ; art directors, Steve Arnold, Jennifer Williams ; editor, Gerry Hambling ; music, Alex Parker, Jake Parker ; costume designer, Renée Ehrlich Kalfus ; production designer, Geoffrey Kirkland. |
Cast |
Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet, Laura Linney, Gabriel Mann, Matt Craven, Leon Rippy, Rhona Mitra. |
Summary |
David Gale was an active member of Deathwatch, an anti-capital punishment activist group. Constance is a fellow Deathwatch activist. When Constance is found raped and murdered, Gale is convicted of the crime. Now Gale awaits execution, and with less than a week before his date with the fatal injection, Gale agrees to tell his story to Bitsy, a nervy journalist from a major newsmagazine. As she discusses the facts of the murder with Gale, it occurs to her that the details simply doesn't add up. Soon a mysterious stranger begins to slip evidence to her that suggests Gale has been framed. |
Audience |
MPAA rating: R; for violent images, nudity, language and sexuality. |
System Details |
DVD, Dolby digital, DTS, stereo., surround, digitally recorded, Region 1 encoding. |
Language |
Closed-captioned. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Political activists -- Texas -- Drama.
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Capital punishment -- Texas -- Drama.
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Lethal injection (Execution) -- Texas -- Drama.
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Women journalists -- United States -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Suspense films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Added Author |
Parker, Alan, 1944 February 14-
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Cage, Nicolas, 1965-
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Randolph, Charles.
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Spacey, Kevin.
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Winslet, Kate.
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Linney, Laura.
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Mann, Gabriel.
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Craven, Matt.
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Rippy, Leon.
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Mitra, Rhona, 1976-
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Seresin, Michael.
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Arnold, Steve, 1953-
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Williams, Jennifer.
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Hambling, Gerry.
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Parker, Alex, 1969-
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Parker, Jake.
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Kalfus, Renée Ehrlich.
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Kirkland, Geoffrey.
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Universal Pictures (Firm)
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Intermedia Films.
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Saturn Films.
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Dirty Hands Productions.
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ISBN |
0783275595 |
Standard No. |
025192249228 |
Music No. |
22492 Universal |
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