The Life of David Gale (Blu-ray) R
The crime is clear. The truth is not.
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 2 hours, 11 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: September 8, 2015
- Originally Released: 2003
- Label: Universal Studios
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet & Laura Linney | |
Performer: | Gabriel Mann, Leon Rippy, Rhona Mitra & Matt Craven | |
Directed by | Alan Parker | |
Edited by | Gerry Hambling | |
Screenwriting by | Charles Randolph | |
Composition by | Alex Parker & Jake Parker | |
Produced by | Alan Parker & Nicolas Cage | |
Director of Photography: | Michael Seresin | |
Executive Production by | Moritz Borman, Guy East & Nigel Sinclair |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 0.5/4 --
... [Alan] Parker lures you into the theater, but then you sit down and all he has waiting for you is a whoopee cushion.
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Star-Democrat (Easton, MD)
Low thrills and high dudgeon are a bad mix.
New York Magazine/Vulture
I ended up feeling sorry for Mr. Spacey, Ms. Winslet and Ms. Linney, so contrived was the foolishness in which they found themselves embroiled.
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Observer
Manages to offend the same people it seeks to defend with the most ridiculous and nonsensical endings that I've ever seen.
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Cinema Crazed
Rating: D --
...one of the most offensively cheap and concocted 'twist' endings of all time
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Junkee
Rating: 3/5 --
Como suspense, o filme não desaponta. Porém, a ambiguidade moral de seus 'heróis' acaba por transmitir uma mensagem oposta àquela que o filme pretende defender.
Cinema em Cena
Rating: 2/5 --
In arguing that calmly and deliberately taking a life can never be justified... it ends up arguing just the opposite. It's bad drama and worse politics.
Worcester Telegram & Gazette
Product Description:
Gale (Kevin Spacey) is a Texas professor and anti-death penalty activist who, ironically enough, winds up on death row for the rape and murder of a colleague. Kate Winslet plays Bitsey Bloom, the brave journalist who sets out to tell to his story. In the days leading up to his execution, Gale fills her in on his life via flashbacks, which include political debates, lectures, sex with a student, rape allegations, alcoholism, divorce, and despair. As the hour of his doom approaches, Bitsey becomes convinced that Gale is the victim of a shadowy political conspiracy and races against the clock to prove his innocence.
Director Alan Parker (MISSISSIPPI BURNING) manages to deliver a strong anti-capital punishment message alongside enough twists, turns and shocking moments to keep viewers perched at the edges of their seats. Winslet and Spacey are both riveting in the leads, but its Laura Linney as Gale's alleged victim--a fellow anti-capital punishment activist and close friend--who makes the biggest impression. Gabriel Mann also scores points in a sympathetic role as Bitsey's intern. Nicholas Cage served as the film's producer. The musical score is by Parker's two sons, Jake and Alex.
Director Alan Parker (MISSISSIPPI BURNING) manages to deliver a strong anti-capital punishment message alongside enough twists, turns and shocking moments to keep viewers perched at the edges of their seats. Winslet and Spacey are both riveting in the leads, but its Laura Linney as Gale's alleged victim--a fellow anti-capital punishment activist and close friend--who makes the biggest impression. Gabriel Mann also scores points in a sympathetic role as Bitsey's intern. Nicholas Cage served as the film's producer. The musical score is by Parker's two sons, Jake and Alex.