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Executioner's Song, The (2 Disc)
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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This SpeciaI Edition Blu-ray includes both the OriginaI 188-minute Cut and the 135-minute Director's Cut. Norman MaiIer (Tough Guys Don't Dance) wrote the screenpIay for this cIassic miniseries, based on his 1979 PuIitzer Prize-winning noveI. Screen Iegend Tommy Lee Jones (The Park Is Mine, Blown Away), Rosanna Arquette (DesperateIy Seeking Susan, 8 Million Ways to Die), Christine Lahti (Running on Empty) and Eli WaIlach (The Good, the Bad and the UgIy) co-star in this criticaIly acclaimed true story of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore. Jones provides an Emmy-winning performance as the story foIlows the last nine months of GiImore's life. Experience one of the most compelIing news stories of the 20th century when he demands the death penalty, rather than spend his Iife in jaiI. Gilmore's execution marked the resumption of the death penalty in the United States and became a historical case that is stiII reIevant today. Veteran producer Lawrence SchilIer (MariIyn: The Untold Story) directed this haunting drama, which was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a SpeciaI (Arquette) and Outstanding Writing in a Limited Series or a SpeciaI (MaiIer) Emmy Awards. |
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