TV series
The Executioner's Song
1982 · 1 season
A grim, quietly devastating true-crime drama that sits with a doomed man and the people circling him, heavy and slow.
- Created by
- Lawrence Schiller
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Tommy Lee Jones, Rosanna Arquette, Christine Lahti
- Tagline
- Gary Gilmore. A man condemned to kill. Before he was condemned to die.
- Overview
- The Executioner’s Song first aired in 1982, as a two-part miniseries on NBC (188 minutes overall), earning an Emmy nomination for Norman Mailer, and an Emmy win for star Tommy Lee Jones, who played convicted murderer Gary Gilmore. Divided into two parts: the story of the days leading up to Gilmore’s crime spree, and the story of the days leading up to the firing squad.
- How it feels
- Bleak, melancholic, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
- About
- Crime, violence, death, isolation
- Content
- Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- Lawrence Schiller
- Genres
- Drama
- Starring
- Tommy Lee Jones, Rosanna Arquette, Christine Lahti
