Friday, July 17, 2009

The Life of David Gale (2003)

The Life of David Gale (2003)

Kate Winslet, Kevin Spacey and Laura Linney made a fascinating movie about a death row inmate and a reporter who interviews him. Well-worth the time to watch, especially since the family coincidences are weird (which is a joke from the movie, the part about coincidences being weird). OK, hang on: The role Laura Linney plays is a shoo-in for our late Aunt Patsy Morris who was described (by a death row inmate) in a 1979 Time magazine article  as "The Queen of Death Row;" a pivotal character in the beginning has the first name of Berlin; the director's name is Alan; his son does some of the music and his name is Alex; a central character has the last name of Wright which is Tish and Deborah's middle name; there's a Chris in the sound department; and Leonard Cohen has a song in the soundtrack (he isn't family but I really like his music).

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