

The Executioner's Song
The story of two people who fell in love.....and kept on falling.
In this fact-based made-for TV film, Gary Gilmore, an Indiana man who just finished serving a lengthy stay in prison, tries to start anew by moving to Utah. Before long, Gary begins an ill-advised romance with the troubled Nicole Baker, a teenage single mother. As their relationship quickly deteriorates, Gary goes on a murderous rampage, leaving two dead. During his trial, he demands capital punishment; a media circus ensues and outsiders look to profit from his story.
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- Language
- English
- suicide attempt
- utah
- death row
- biography
- murder
- capital punishment
- execution
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United StatesUS
- TVNRNBC28 Nov 1982
United KingdomGB
- Physical6 Nov 2017
AustraliaAU
- Theatrical4 Aug 1983
CanadaCA
- Theatrical10 Sept 1982
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical12 Sept 1983
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The Executioner's Song was released on 10 September 1982.
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CinemaSerf
5/29/2023
t was always going to be a challenge to dramatise this Norman Mailer book. It is a complex and intricate story of ex-con "Gary Gilmore" (Tommy Lee Jones) who is released back into society after serving a sentence for armed robbery. He quickly meets Nicole (Rosanna Arquette) with whom he has a child, before that all goes wrong and his life spirals out of control again. Determined to buy a white pick up truck from a lo…
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