- The Executioner's Song (film)
Infobox Film
name = The Executioner's Song
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director =Lawrence Schiller
producer = Lawrence Schiller
writer =Norman Mailer (book and screenplay)
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starring =Tommy Lee Jones Christine Lahti Rosanna Arquette Eli Wallach
music =John Cacavas
cinematography =Freddie Francis
editing =Richard A. Harris
Tom Rolf
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runtime = 157 minutes (U.S.)
136 minutes (Sweden)
country = USA,Sweden
language = English
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imdb_id =The Executioner's Song was a film adaption of the book published in 1980, entitled
The Executioner's Song . The film is directed byLawrence Schiller . [cite web|url=http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/16299/The-Executioner-s-Song/overview|title= The Executioner's Song (1982). The New York Times- Movies|accessdate=2008-06-18] Gary Gilmore is portrayed by Tommy Lee Jones. [cite web|url=http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title.jsp?scarlettTitleId=415873|title= Overview for The Executioner's Song (1982) |accessdate=2008-06-18]Plot
The movie is about the final nine months of Gary Gilmore's life. At age 35, Gilmore was released from prison from robbery, and went on to kill two people in robberies. When sentenced to death, Gilmore insisted his death sentence be carried out. With his death, he became the first person to die under the death penalty since the reinstatement of the policy in 1976.
Cast
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Tommy Lee Jones .... Gary Mark Gilmore
*Christine Lahti .... Brenda Nicol
*Rosanna Arquette .... Nicole Baker
*Eli Wallach .... Uncle Vern Damico
*Steven Keats .... Larry Samuels
*Jordan Clarke .... Johnny Nicol
*Richard Venture.... Earl Dorius
*Jenny Wright .... April Baker
*Walter Olkewicz .... Pete Galovan
*Michael LeClair.... Rikki Wood
*Pat Corley .... Val Conlan
*Mary Ethel Gregory.... Ida Damico
*John Dennis Johnston.... Jimmy Poker-Game
*Norris Mailer.... Lu-Ann (as Norris Church)
*Kenneth O'Brien.... Spencer McGrathReferences
External Links
*imdb title|id=0083909|title=The Executioner's Song
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