The Life of David Gale (2003)

Directed by

Alan Parker

Genre

drama film, crime film, mystery film

Country

Germany, United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

2h 10m

Rated

R

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 2,209 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A college professor and death penalty opponent is on death row for murdering a fellow activist. A journalist interviews him in the days before his execution, uncovering evidence that challenges what she believes.

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What happens

The Life of David Gale is a 2003 crime thriller film directed and co-produced by Alan Parker, written by Charles Randolph, co-produced by Nicolas Cage, and starring Kevin Spacey as the title character, a college professor and longtime activist against capital punishment who is sentenced to death for killing a fellow capital punishment opponent; Kate Winslet, Laura Linney, and Gabriel Mann co-star. The film, an international co-production between the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom, was Parker's final film before his retirement, and subsequent death in 2020. Released in the United States on February 21, 2003, Germany on March 13, 2003, and the United Kingdom on March 14, 2003 by Universal Pictures, it received mostly negative reviews from critics and grossed just $38.9 million against its $38 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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