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Feb 21, 2003 · “The Life of David Gale” tells the story of a famous opponent of capital punishment who, in what he must find an absurdly ironic development, finds himself on Death Row in Texas, charged with the murder of a woman who was also opposed to capital punishment.
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David Gale (Kevin Spacey) is a man who has tried hard to live by his principles but in a bizarre twist of fate, this devoted father, popular professor and respected death penalty opponent finds...
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David Gale, top of his Harvard class, was Texas' leading death penalty abolitionist and professor at the University of Austin. Now on death row for the rape and murder of his best friend, Constance Hallaway (Laura Linney), reporter Bitsey Bloom interviews Gale on his last three days of life.
Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 20, 2003. Rotten Tomatoes, home of the Tomatometer, is the most trusted measurement of quality for Movies & TV. The definitive site for Reviews,...
Alan Parker's passionate adaptation of first-time screenwriter Charles Randolph's yarn about a young reporter's relationship with a death row inmate in Texas punches the expected buttons without ...
Kevin Spacey's compelling portrayal of David Gale, a brilliant, principled man with more than his share of human flaws and bad luck, is excellent and is surely Oscar material. The story begins four days before Gale's execution in a Texas prison.
Part snuff film, part murder mystery, part suspenseful thriller, part political treatise, 'David Gale' tantalizes intelligent audiences with the implication that it will inspire myriad discussions about the pros and cons of capital punishment, then flogs them with barbarism and lust.
