Manners of Dying (2004)

User Rating:

7.3/10   

Director:

Jeremy Peter Allen

Writers:

Jeremy Peter Allen (screenplay)
Yann Martel (short story)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Kevin Barlow will die on schedule and according to regulations. Harry Parlington, director of the Cantos execution facility...

Plot Keywords:

Execution | Battle Of Wits | Death Row | Death Penalty | Multiple Story Line

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Yves Charbonney	...	Prison Guard
Ron Devost	...	Prison Guard
Roy Dupuis	...	Kevin Barlow
Gregory Hlady	...	The Cook
Serge Houde	...	Harry Parlington
Burt Jardin	...	Prison Guard
John Maclaren	...	Executioner
Alexandre Makombo	...	Prison Guard
Kevin McCoy	...	Robbie
Cheryl Rimmer	...	Marsha
Tony Robinow	...	Father Preston
Ken Slade	...	Executioner
Claude Vallières	...	Prison Guard
Vlasta Vrana	...	Doctor Lowe
Christopher James Yarwood	...	Medical Assistant

Runtime:

104 min

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Filming Locations:

Québec City, Québec, Canada

Company:

Productions Thalie

Soundtrack:

Behind these walls

The different faces of one actor in one role

How interesting it was to see Roy Dupuis in a film in which he presented different versions of the death-row inmate character Kevin Barlow in this film which was filmed in two versions, English and French. As other reviewers have mentioned, each version starts with the inmate's last meal and what could have happened and his behaviour affected the prison director and staff in how they carried out his execution by lethal injection. The director always maintained that he had a rigid schedule and followed a specific script, but depending on Barlow's attitude and resulting behaviour and how he interacted wth the staff, the outcome was the same. An interesting concept that leaves viewers with room to debate about why Kevin Barlow acted the way he did and what may have been going through the warden's mind as he carried out the sentence.