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Licensed to Kill

  • 19971997
  • 1h 16m
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7.0/10
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Licensed to Kill (1997)
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Winner of both the Directors and Filmmakers Trophy awards at the Sundance Film Festival, "Licensed to Kill" goes behind the media headlines of recent high-profile anti-gay murders to investi... Read allWinner of both the Directors and Filmmakers Trophy awards at the Sundance Film Festival, "Licensed to Kill" goes behind the media headlines of recent high-profile anti-gay murders to investigate their causes. Attacked by gay bashers in 1977, filmmaker Arthur Dong probes the heart... Read allWinner of both the Directors and Filmmakers Trophy awards at the Sundance Film Festival, "Licensed to Kill" goes behind the media headlines of recent high-profile anti-gay murders to investigate their causes. Attacked by gay bashers in 1977, filmmaker Arthur Dong probes the hearts and minds of murderers convicted of killing gay men he faces them in one-on-one cell blo... Read all
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    • Arthur Dong
    • Allan Bérubé(story consultant)
    • Arthur Dong
  • Stars
    • Donald Aldrich
    • Corey Burley
    • Raymond Childs
    • Arthur Dong
    • Allan Bérubé(story consultant)
    • Arthur Dong
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    • Donald Aldrich
    • Corey Burley
    • Raymond Childs
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    • 9User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews
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    Licensed to Kill a Great Educational Resource
    The movie contains some fascinating interviews with men convicted of sexual orientation based hate crime murders. The director details the nature of their offenses and probes the motivations for their crimes. While some of the descriptions of the crimes are horrific, and the lack of remorse for their actions and lack of empathy for their victims expressed by some of the perpetrators is disturbing, the movie is engaging and revealing. The central theme of the movie as expressed in it title "Licensed to Kill" is well-developed throughout the course of the film as various individuals express their rationale as to why they believed it was "okay" to kill gay men. The film provides interesting insights into the motivations for sexual orientation bias crimes, and would be particularly useful for educational activities and classroom study.
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      • January 1997 (United States)
      • United States
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      • PBS (United States)
      • English
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      • DeepFocus Productions Inc.
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