The executioner's song
By: Film Communications Inc. presents ; a Lawrence Schiller film ; screenplay by Norman Mailer ; produced and directed by Lawrence Schiller
Contributors: Lahti, Christine, actor; Arquette, Rosanna, 1959- actor; Wallach, Eli, 1915-2014, actor; Film Communications; CBS DVD (Firm); Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
Edition: Director's cut.
Publisher: CBS DVD; Paramount
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Los Angeles, Calif.]; Hollywood, Calif
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] /
Number of pages: 135
Subjects: Drama; Death row inmates; Murderers
Description: Based on the true story of Gary Gilmore and the tragic chain of events which led him to commit two cruel and senseless murders. These crimes would eventually cause him to become the first person in over ten years to be executed in the electric chair. This "director's cut" combines elements from the 97-minute European theatrical release with the original 157-minute U.S. TV miniseries.
Notes: Based on Norman Mailer's Pulitzer Prize winning novel.

Original version broadcast as a mini-series in 1982; director's cut, c2008.

Original songs, Waylon Jennings ; music, John Cacavas ; director of photography, Freddie Francis ; editor, Richard A. Harris and Tom Rolf.

Tommy Lee Jones, Christine Lahti, Rosanna Arquette, Eli Wallach, Steven Keats, Richard Venture.

Not rated; parental advisory: explicit content. This program is recommended for mature audiences only. It contains adult language and adult situations.

DVD; region 1, full screen (4:3) presentation; Dolby Digital, mono, NTSC.

Emmy Awards, 1983: Outstanding lead actor in a limited series or a special (Jones).

Closed-captioned.