The Life of David Gale
The Life of David Gale is a 2003 crime drama-thriller film directed by Alan Parker and written by Charles Randolph. The film is an international co-production, between the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom. It was Parker's final film before his retirement.
Plot
David Gale is a former professor on death row in Texas. With only a few days until his execution, his lawyer negotiates a half-million dollar fee to tell his story to Bitsey Bloom, a journalist from a major news network. She has a reputation of keeping secrets and protecting her sources. He tells her his story revealed through a series of flashbacks.
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| author | Charles Randolph |
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| contentLocation | Texas |
| director | Alan Parker |
| editor | Gerry Hambling |
| events | capital punishment |
| genre | crime drama thriller |
| keywords | act arrest claim crime scene death penalty death row expel force frame graduate student graduation party huntsville unit innocent man leukemia murder plastic bag rape accusation rape and murder record rough sex suffer university of texas at austin |
| musicBy | Alex Parker |
| producer | Alan Parker Nicolas Cage |
| productionCompany | Dirty Hands Intermedia Films Saturn Films |
| publisher | Universal Pictures |
| recordedAt | Barcelona |
| theme | activists rape |