The executioner's song
(DVD)

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Published
[Los Angeles, Calif.] : CBS DVD ;, [2008].
Format
DVD
Edition
Director's cut.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (135 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Status
Main Library - Media
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Published
[Los Angeles, Calif.] : CBS DVD ;, [2008].
Edition
Director's cut.
Language
English
UPC
097368522640

Notes

General Note
Based on Norman Mailer's Pulitzer Prize winning novel.
General Note
Original version broadcast as a mini-series in 1982; director's cut, c2008.
Creation/Production Credits
Original songs, Waylon Jennings ; music, John Cacavas ; director of photography, Freddie Francis ; editor, Richard A. Harris and Tom Rolf.
Participants/Performers
Tommy Lee Jones, Christine Lahti, Rosanna Arquette, Eli Wallach, Steven Keats, Richard Venture.
Description
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.
System Details
DVD format; region 1, full screen (4:3) presentation; Dolby Digital, mono, NTSC.
System Details
Emmy Awards, 1983: Outstanding lead actor in a limited series or a special (Jones).
Language
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

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