The executioner's song [dvd] / Film Communications Inc. presents ; a Lawrence Schiller film ; screenplay by Norman Mailer ; produced and directed by Lawrence Schiller.
Tommy Lee Jones, Christine Lahti, Rosanna Arquette, Eli Wallach, Steven Keats, Richard Venture. Based on Norman Mailer's Pulitzer Prize winning novel. Original version broadcast as a mini-series in 1982; director's cut, c2008.
Summary:
Based on the true story of Gary Gilmore and the tragic chain of events which led him to commit two cruel and senseless murders. These crimes would eventually cause him to become the first person in over ten years to be executed in the electric chair. This "director's cut" combines elements from the 97-minute European theatrical release with the original 157-minute U.S. TV miniseries.
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