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Deadline

  • 20042004
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  • 1h 30m
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Deadline (2004)
A documentary on Illinois Governor George Ryan, who, with 60 days left in office, makes a decision on the fate of death row prisoners.
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A documentary on Illinois Governor George Ryan, who, with 60 days left in office, makes a decision on the fate of death row prisoners.A documentary on Illinois Governor George Ryan, who, with 60 days left in office, makes a decision on the fate of death row prisoners.A documentary on Illinois Governor George Ryan, who, with 60 days left in office, makes a decision on the fate of death row prisoners.
IMDb RATING
7.5/10
235
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
219,504
48,515
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    • Directors
      • Katy Chevigny
      • Kirsten Johnson
    • Writer
      • Charles Olivier
    • Stars
      • Anthony Amsterdam
      • Jeanne Bishop
      • Stephen Bright
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    • Directors
      • Katy Chevigny
      • Kirsten Johnson
    • Writer
      • Charles Olivier
    • Stars
      • Anthony Amsterdam
      • Jeanne Bishop
      • Stephen Bright
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    • 6User reviews
    • 14Critic reviews
    • 71Metascore
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 3 nominations

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    Carol Dysinger, Kristen Johnson, Katy Chevigny, Dallas Brennan, and George Ryan at an event for Deadline (2004)
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    Kristen Johnson, Katy Chevigny, and Dallas Brennan at an event for Deadline (2004)
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    Anthony Amsterdam
    • Self - Defense Attorney, Furman v. Georgia
    Jeanne Bishop
    • Self - Opposes Death Penalty
    Stephen Bright
    • Self - Southern Center for Human Rights
    George W. Bush
    George W. Bush
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Donald Cabana
    • Self - Former Warden, Parchman Prison
    John Chancellor
    John Chancellor
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    Tom Cross
    • Self - Illinois House Republican Leader
    Robert Curley
    • Self - Opposes Death Penalty
    Renny Cushing
    • Self - Executive Director, Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation
    Gary Gauger
    • Self - Exonerated Death Row Inmate
    Cornelia Grumman
    • Self - Chicago Tribune
    Lawrence Hayes
    • Self - Convicted of Murder, 1972
    Bill Jenkins
    • Self - Opposes Death Penalty
    Grayland Johnson
    • Self - Convicted of Murder, 1988
    Elaine Jones
    • Self - NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund
    Robert Jones
    • Self - Convicted of Double Murder and Sexual Assault, 2000
    David Keaton
    • Self - Exonerated Death Row Inmate
    Lester Maddox
    • Self - Lt. Governor, Georgia
    • (archive footage)
    • Directors
      • Katy Chevigny
      • Kirsten Johnson
    • Writer
      • Charles Olivier
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    8/10
    Possible the BEST documentary on the death penalty you will ever see!!!
    This is one of those amazing documentaries that looks like it'd be deadly dull 'on paper' and then manages to completely blow your mind as it comes off the big screen. In an amazing turn of events a pharmacist turned politician decides to look deeper than the statistics, and investigate the cases of every person currently on death row in Illinois. His reason for doing so is mainly due to the efforts of some students in a journalism class who began to re-stage cases histories as part of a school project and found out that many of the death row convicts were innocent beyond the shadow of a doubt. Is the justice system biased against the poor? Or people of color?? OR is it merely inadequate due to the tremendous pressures placed on prosecutors to resolve high profile case??? In any event, what the Governor of Illinois attempts to do as he completes his term of office is the most amazingly humane investigation ever undertaken. If every governor in the USA would re-evaluate the death row penal system the way Illinois' George Ryan did, we wouldn't need a Supreme Court to decide these types of issues at all. This is a MUST-SEE documentary that at this time has no USA distributor. (go figure?) Governor Ryan's decision is the perfect ending to a perfectly made documentary, here's hoping everyone gets to see this film (someday).
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    • Release date
      • January 2004 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Big Mouth Productions
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Life After Death Row
    • Filming locations
      • Illinois, USA
    • Production companies
      • Arts Engine
      • Big Mouth Productions
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      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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