The Life of David Gale (2003)
Whether you are pro or anti death penalty, there's non getting past the sensational, brave, and maybe insane elements of this story. Based on fact nearly a death row inmate who had been famous equally a death row protester, the cadre of the moving picture is how a immature reporter (a convincing Kate Winslet) interviews the inmate (an as convincing Kevin Spacey) in the days before his scheduled execution. We are gradually shown the backstory through their interviews, and another story builds as the reporter chases down new leads, including missing video bear witness. Laura Linney plays an of import tertiary lead that starts to throw doubts into anybody's listen, including the audience'due south.
All of this sounds similar a great flick should accept come out of it: superb casting and acting, a not bad story with believable just astounding twists, and a nice tight framework, 24-hour interval by day, with methodical flashbacks. Instead the movie both tries too hard and fumbles some of the key moments. What is clearly dramatic is sometimes made over-dramatic (Winslet running and running and running, or words like "innocent" spinning across the screen betwixt scenes). Other sensationalist add-ons make the movie cheap (seeing a chaingang neatly working along the road but as they drive by). And simple reactions aren't believable (they way characters respond to someone following them, or to other threats). This is important stuff for a movie trying to recreate the truth.
By my guess, the manager is the key suspect, though he has a raft of successful films behind him, including the closest repeat, Midnight Express (1978), which is about injustice and a prisoner who is extraordinary. Just in all his films (that I've seen, which is quite a few, information technology turns out), in that location is a feeling of powerful story line conveying the day (Mississippi Burning, Birdy). Parker has as well fabricated a series of films tied to contemporary music, from Evita which is fair to The Commitments which is terrific fun, as well as The Wall, which might be his best film in all, though a hard one. All of these films have a great setting, either musically or geographically.
Here we have only the wearisome backdrop of conservative Texas (if that's not redundant). And a blazing, heartwrenching story. Which is fair enough equally a showtime. The Life of David Gale is a powerful morality tale, nigh of all, with some neat acting, and many or most people watching will exist glad they saw it. All those little flaws fade further and further as you lot get toward the end.
And then the end, the famous large final twist. That's memorable stuff. Wow.
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