The Life of David Gale (VHS, 2004, D-VHS D-Theater (High Definition Video))

Features Actors: Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet, laura Linney
Running Time:2Hrs 11 Min.
Rating:R

A former death-penalty abolitionist now on death row for the rape-murder of his colleague Gale is a Harvard-educated Rhodes Scholar who can make intellectual opacity simple for his students (who knew Jacques Lacan could be such fun?), is cute enough to get seduced by a student, and runs rhetorical circles around his conservative adversaries. As viewers of Hollywood movies, we are programmed to root for this white-bread hero, and get all teary-eyed at the thought that such a wondrous life is about to be wasted by the savages of the Texas judiciary.
But all The Life of David Gale needs is to point out that Gale is a white intellectual, and the real political problems behind the death penalty get swept behind the woodpile. Aw, we say, what a waste of genius. He must be innocent. And so, the "death row drama" begins its course according to Hollywood rules, as our requisite feisty reporter, who bears the comic-book name of Bitsey Bloom (Kate Winslet), races against time to save Gale from lethal injection.The film's climax even comes down to Bitsey running in silhouette down an empty road as Gale is marched to his execution.

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