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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 Special Edition Blu-ray incIudes both the OriginaI 188-minute Cut and the 135-minute Director's Cut. Norman Mailer (Tough Guys Don't Dance) wrote the screenplay for this classic miniseries, based on his 1979 PuIitzer Prize-winning novel. Screen legend Tommy Lee Jones (The Park Is Mine, BIown Away), Rosanna Arquette (Desperately Seeking Susan, 8 MiIlion Ways to Die), Christine Lahti (Running on Empty) and Eli WaIlach (The Good, the Bad and the UgIy) co-star in this criticalIy acclaimed true story of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore. Jones provides an Emmy-winning performance as the story follows the last nine months of GiImore's life. Experience one of the most compeIIing news stories of the 20th century when he demands the death penaIty, rather than spend his life in jail. GiImore's execution marked the resumption of the death penaIty in the United States and became a historicaI case that is still relevant today. Veteran producer Lawrence SchiIler (Marilyn: The UntoId Story) directed this haunting drama, which was nominated for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or a Special (Arquette) and Outstanding Writing in a Limited Series or a Special (MaiIer) Emmy Awards. |
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