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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Adult Language Movie Release: 1982 DVD Release: 08/05/2008 Format: DVD - Color - Closed Captioned Edition: Director's Cut Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Studio: Paramount Members Wishing: 5 Genres: Crime, Crime Drama, Biopic [feature]

Tommy Lee Jones won an Emmy for his searing performance as wanton killer Gary Gilmore in The Executioner's Song. The film covers the last nine months of Gilmore's life, beginning with his release from prison in 1976. Linking up with teen-age divorcee Nicole Baker (Rosanna Arquette), Gilmore makes a half-hearted effort to go straight, but ends up embarking on a robbery spree that culminates in two cold-blooded murders. Arrested and sentenced to be executed, Gilmore insists upon being put to death (Utah law required a firing squad for this); he spends his final days as a poster boy for anti-death penalty activists and as a "client" for an entrepreneur (Steven Keats) who wants to make a film of Gilmore's life. Adapted by Norman Mailer from his own book, The Executioner's Song originally aired in two parts on November 28 and 29, 1982. It has since been boiled down to a 97-minute theatrical film for European consumption, with additional scenes of violence and nudity. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Tommy Lee Jones - Gary Gilmore
Rosanna Arquette - Nicole Baker
Eli Wallach - Uncle Vern Damico
Christine Lahti - Brenda Nicol
Steven Keats - Larry Samuels