The executioner's song
by Norman Mailer
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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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The executioner's song
2008, CBS DVD, Paramount
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- Director's cut.
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The executioner's song
1998, Vintage International
in English
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The executioner's song
1979, Warner Books, Warner Books Inc
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Based on Norman Mailer's Pulitzer Prize winning novel.
Original version broadcast as a mini-series in 1982; director's cut, c2008.
Original songs, Waylon Jennings ; music, John Cacavas ; director of photography, Freddie Francis ; editor, Richard A. Harris and Tom Rolf.
Tommy Lee Jones, Christine Lahti, Rosanna Arquette, Eli Wallach, Steven Keats, Richard Venture.
Not rated; parental advisory: explicit content. This program is recommended for mature audiences only. It contains adult language and adult situations.
DVD; region 1, full screen (4:3) presentation; Dolby Digital, mono, NTSC.
Emmy Awards, 1983: Outstanding lead actor in a limited series or a special (Jones).
Closed-captioned.
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Arguably the greatest book from America's most heroically ambitious writer, THE EXECUTIONER'S SONG follows the short, blighted life of Gary Gilmore who became famous after he robbed two men in 1976 and killed them in cold blood. After being tried and convicted, he immediately insisted on being executed for his crime. To do so, he fought a system that seemed intent on keeping him alive long after it had sentenced him to death. And that fight for the right to die is what made him famous.
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