35th Anniversary: The Executioner's Song
Movie Geeks United
English - December 29, 2017 23:00 - 31 minutes - 28.8 MB - ★★★★ - 10 ratingsFilm Interviews TV & Film Film History Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In this archived interview from our sibling podcast Back By Midnight, host Aaron Aradillas speaks with filmmaker Lawrence Schiller, the director of the influential 1982 TV film The Executioner's Song. Based on a novel by Norman Mailer, and starring Tommy Lee Jones and Rosanna Arquette, The Executioner's Song tells the story of Gary Gilmore, a convicted murderer who demanded execution by firing squad in 1977.