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Title:

Mr. Death [videorecording (DVD)] : the rise and fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. / Lions Gate Films presents ; Independent Film Channel Productions in association with Channel 4 presents a Fourth Floor/Scout production ; produced by Michael Williams, David Collins, Dorothy Aufiero ; produced & directed by Errol Morris.

Format:

[videorecording (DVD)] :

Edition:

Widescreen.

Publisher:

Lion's Gate Home Entertainment,

Copyright Date:

c2003

Description:

1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Leuchter, Fred A.
Executions and executioners--United States--Biography.
Capital punishment--United States.
Documentary films.
Films for the hearing impaired.

Other Authors:

Morris, Errol.
Sampson, Caleb.
Lion's Gate Films.
Independent Film Channel.
Channel Four (Great Britain)
Fourth Floor Productions.
Scout (Firm)
Lions Gate Home Entertainment.

Notes:

Originally released as a motion picture in 1999.

Summary:

Provocative and chilling true story of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr., the son of a prison worker and a self-taught execution expert who consulted with prisons across the country to make capital punishment more humane. When Leuchter is called in as a high-profile expert in a sensationalistic Canadian trial, his ego, bravado and absurd testimony reaches nation media prominence. Ironically, what Leuchter thought was going to be an apex in his career - only ruins it.

ISBN:

9781588178152
1588178153

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)