Carl Panzram is sent to Leavenworth Prison for burglary. While there, he is brutally beaten by a guard. Neophyte guard Henry Lesser feels sympathy for Panzram, befriends him, and gets him ...
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Title: Killer: A Journal of Murder (1995)
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| James Woods | ... | Carl Panzram | |
| Robert Sean Leonard | ... | Henry Lesser | |
| Ellen Greene | ... | Elizabeth Wyatt | |
| Cara Buono | ... | Esther Lesser | |
| Robert John Burke | ... | R.G. Greiser | |
| Richard Riehle | ... | Warden Quince | |
| Harold Gould | ... | Old Henry Lesser | |
| John Bedford Lloyd | ... | Dr. Karl Menninger | |
| Jeffrey DeMunn | ... | Sam Lesser | |
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Conrad McLaren | ... | Judge John W. Kingman |
| Steve Forrest | ... | Warden Charles Casey | |
| Richard Council | ... | Cop | |
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Christopher Petrosino | ... | Richard Lesser |
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Michael Jeffrey Woods | ... | Harry Sinclair (as Michael Jeffery Woods) |
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Rob Locke Jones | ... | Junkie |
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Carl Panzram is sent to Leavenworth Prison for burglary. While there, he is brutally beaten by a guard. Neophyte guard Henry Lesser feels sympathy for Panzram, befriends him, and gets him to write his life story. Lesser learns that Panzram's past is much more violent than he thought, but also that he's capable of being a much better person than the rest of the prison staff believes - or so Lesser thinks. Written by Jon Reeves <jreeves@imdb.com>
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Liar. Thief. Murderer. He hated all of humanity, himself most of all.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
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$31,993, 8 September 1996Gross USA:
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Tim Metcalfe's 'Killer: A Journal of Murder', which is based on the life of serial killer Carl Panzram, and uses passages of his biography, works because of one particular reason: James Woods. He plays Panzram, with terrific understanding & amazing ease. Woods, undoubtedly, was the Marlon Brando of the 1990's.
'Killer: A Journal of Murder' explores the journey Panzram. Panzram was a multi-faced person, he was unpredictable, unforgivable & very different, if I may say so. 'Killer: A Journal of Murder', though, not the most efficient take on a person so multi-faced, it at least tries to explore his vision.
However, this film isn't as no-holds-barred as I thought it should have been. I thought there was a lack of emotional connect. Though it makes up for a viewing, thanks to Woods's terrific act, but as a whole of a motion-picture, it doesn't reach the level it could've.
I was engaged at times, but Woods, well his performance left me thinking about what Panzram must've been thinking before he was hanged. Woods is a genius actor and 'Killer: A Journal of Murder' proves that fact right.