Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Kate Winslet | ... | Bitsey Bloom | |
Cleo King | ... | Barbara Kreuster | |
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Constance Jones | ... | Reporter A.J. Roberts |
Kevin Spacey | ... | David Gale | |
Laura Linney | ... | Constance Harraway | |
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Lee Ritchey | ... | Joe Mullarkey |
Gabriel Mann | ... | Zack Stemmons | |
Matt Craven | ... | Dusty Wright | |
Brandy Little | ... | Motel Waitress | |
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Cindy Waite | ... | Margie |
Jim Beaver | ... | Duke Grover | |
Leon Rippy | ... | Braxton Belyeu | |
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Jesse De Luna | ... | Supervising Guard |
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Vernon Grote | ... | Door Guard |
Rhona Mitra | ... | Berlin |
When anti-death-penalty activist David Gale is convicted and condemned to death for the murder of a colleague, reporter Bitsey Bloom sets out to learn the story behind Gale's crime. What she finds challenges her belief in Gale's guilt and, finally, in the justice system. Written by Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>
Twisting and turning, this film uses great actors and direction for an interesting story: is David Gale, staunch opponent of the death penalty, guilty of rape and murder? Kate Winslet plays a journalist who is to interview Gale three days prior to his execution on the fourth. One follows Gale's story as he tells it, and it wavers from heart-wrenching to horrid, exciting to sluggish. Is the man guilty or innocent? Will the journalist unveil anything? And who's the cowboy? I really liked the film, much because of Alan Parker's special sense of pathos, but also because of the very good acting and radiant story. If it weren't for the shoddy sense of tempo, I'd say this film would deserve a place next to "The Usual Suspects", in a weird way.