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The Executioner's Song (1982) [NR]

Release Date:
September 10, 1982

Original Title:
The Executioner's Song

Alternate Titles:
A Canção do Carrasco
La canción del verdugo
Le chant du bourreau
Manden, der ville henrettes

Genres:
Crime | Drama | TV Movie

Production Companies:
Film Communications Inc.

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR 

Runtime: 135

The story of two people who fell in love.....and kept on falling.

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In this fact-based made-for TV film, Gary Gilmore, an Indiana man who just finished serving a lengthy stay in prison, tries to start anew by moving to Utah. Before long, Gary begins an ill-advised romance with the troubled Nicole Baker, a teenage single mother. As their relationship quickly deteriorates, Gary goes on a murderous rampage, leaving two dead. During his trial, he demands capital punishment; a media circus ensues and outsiders look to profit from his story.

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Art Direction:
Keith Hein

Costume Design:
Pat Tonnema

Director:
Lawrence Schiller

Director of Photography:
Freddie Francis

Editor:
Tom Rolf
Richard A. Harris

Hair Designer:
Michele Payne

Makeup Artist:
Peter Knowlton
Julie Purcell

Original Music Composer:
John Cacavas

Production Design:
Jac McAnelly

Set Decoration:
David L. Glazer

Songs:
Waylon Jennings

Sound Editor:
Anthony Magro

Sound Effects:
James Troutman

Sound Re-Recording Mixer:
Robert W. Glass Jr.
Ray West

Special Effects:
Rick Josephsen

Stunt Coordinator:
Jesse Wayne

Stunts:
Rick Barker

Writer:
Norman Mailer

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