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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.
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Nov 28, 1982 · The Executioner's Song: Directed by Lawrence Schiller. With Tommy Lee Jones, Christine Lahti, Rosanna Arquette, Eli Wallach. The story of Gary Gilmore, a convicted murderer who lobbied for his own execution.
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- Lawrence Schiller
- Unrated
- Biography, Crime, Drama
The Executioner's Song. In this fact-based film, Gary Gilmore (Tommy Lee Jones), an Indiana man who just finished serving a lengthy stay in prison, tries to start anew by moving to Utah.
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- Lawrence Schiller
- TV-PG
- Tommy Lee Jones
Summary. Gilmore's decision to die. Reception. Film adaptation. See also. References. Citations. Bibliography. External links. The Executioner's Song (1979) is a Pulitzer Prize -winning true crime novel by Norman Mailer that depicts the events related to the execution of Gary Gilmore for murder by the state of Utah.
- Norman Mailer
- United States
- 1979
- 1979
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Cast & Crew. The Executioner's Song. 1982. 3 hr 20 mins. Drama. NR. Watchlist. Adaptation of Norman Mailer's Pulitzer chronicle of the Gary Gilmore case. Tommy Lee Jones, Rosanna Arquette,...
Brief Synopsis. In his Emmy Award-winning role as Outstanding Actor in a Drama Special, Tommy Lee Jones is convicted killer Gary Gilmore during his final nine months, spanning his parole, his reimprisonment, and the firing squad execution he demanded of the state of Utah in January 1977. Rosanna Arquette, as his ho.
