La ballata della sedia elettrica

La ballata della sedia elettrica (1982)

The Executioner's Song

Gary Gilmore (Tommy Lee Jones) esce di galera dopo dodici anni e fatica ad adattarsi di nuovo alla vita civile. Trova aiuti, un lavoro, una Ford Mustang e una donna. Le cose per un po' funzionano, poi la ragazza lo lascia, lui scambia la Ford con un camion, fa qualche rapina e commette un paio di omicidi. Catturato e condannato a morte, Gary accetta la sentenza, anzi pretende un plotone d'esecuzione.

Data di uscita
1982-09-10
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (34)
Durata
1 h 32 min
Generi
Crime, Dramma, televisione film
Regista
Lawrence Schiller

Cast

Curiosità

  • Basato su: Il canto del boia

The Executioner's Song is a 1982 American made-for-television biographical crime drama film. It is a film adaptation of Norman Mailer's 1979 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. The film is directed by Lawrence Schiller from a screenplay by Mailer.

Production

Mailer originally asked Lanford Wilson to adapt the story, but Wilson politely declined. It was originally produced as a two-part TV movie running a total of 188 minutes on November 28 and 29, 1982. Later it was re-edited in a 136-minute theatrical version for European distribution, with additions of scenes of violence and nudity. Parts of the film were shot at the Utah State Prison in Draper and the city of Provo, Utah.

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