The Life of David Gale (2003)
Coming Out at 21 February 2003 in theaters.
Crime, Drama, Thriller
The Life of David Gale is drama film directed by Alan Parker (in his final film as a director) and written by Charles Randolph. The film is an international co-production, between the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom.
Kevin Spacey played the eponymous character, a college professor and longtime activist against capital punishment who is sentenced to death for killing a fellow capital punishment opponent. Kate Winslet and Laura Linney co-star.
David Gale is a professor on death row in Texas. With only a few days until his execution, his lawyer negotiates a half-million dollar fee to tell his story to Bitsey Bloom, a journalist from a major news magazine. She has a reputation of keeping secrets and protecting her sources. He tells her how he ended up on death row, revealed through a series of lengthy flashbacks.
Gale is head of the philosophy department at the University of Austin and an active member of DeathWatch, an advocacy group campaigning against capital punishment. At a graduation party, he encounters Berlin, an attractive graduate student who had been expelled from the school. When Gale gets drunk at the party, she seduces him and they have sex. She then falsely accuses Gale of rape. The next day, he loses a televised debate with the Governor of Texas when he is unable to prove a demonstrably innocent man was executed during the governor’s term. After losing the debate, Gale is arrested and charged with rape. While the rape charge against Gale is later dropped, the damage had already been done, and his family, marriage, university career and reputation are all destroyed.
Director: Alan Parker
Writer: Charles Randolph
Stars: Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet, Laura Linney, Cleo King, Gabriel Mann
Cast:
| Kate Winslet | ► | Bitsey Bloom |
| Cleo King | ► | Barbara Kreuster |
| Constance Jones | ► | Reporter A.J. Roberts |
| Kevin Spacey | ► | David Gale |
| Laura Linney | ► | Constance Harraway |
| Lee Ritchey | ► | Joe Mullarkey |
| Gabriel Mann | ► | Zack Stemmons |
| Matt Craven | ► | Dusty Wright |
| Brandy Little | ► | Motel Waitress |
| Cindy Waite | ► | Margie |
| Jim Beaver | ► | Duke Grover |
| Leon Rippy | ► | Braxton Belyeu |
| Jesse De Luna | ► | Supervising Guard |
| Vernon Grote | ► | Door Guard |
| Rhona Mitra | ► | Berlin |
| Kimberly Tortorice | ► | Grad Student |
| Katie Lott | ► | Berlin’s Classmate |
| Noah Truesdale | ► | Jamie Gale |
| Larissa Wolcott | ► | Jo Edna the Babysitter |
| Chuck Cureau | ► | Greer |
| Sean Hennigan | ► | Ross |
| Charles Sanders | ► | John |
| Mike Fontaine | ► | TV Assistant Director |
| Marco Perella | ► | TV Host |
| Michael Crabtree | ► | Governor Hardin |
| Julio Cesar Cedillo | ► | Officer Ramirez |
| Christopher Meister | ► | Officer Hasermann |
| Melissa McCarthy | ► | Nico the Goth Girl |
| Elizabeth Gast | ► | Sharon Gale |
| Cliff Stephens | ► | University President |
| Chris Drewy | ► | Radio Shed Executive |
| Jeff Gibbs | ► | Josh |
| Katina Potts | ► | Rosie |
| Katherine James | ► | Beth |
| James Huston | ► | DeathWatch Chief / TV Reporter |
| Cindy Michelle | ► | Constance’s Doctor |
| Chris Warner | ► | Hospital Orderly |
| Jennifer Dorsey | ► | College Girl |
| Maurice Moore | ► | Belyeu’s Clerk |
| Brenda Sendejo | ► | Belyeu’s Assistant |
| Julia Lashae | ► | New Homeowner |
| Rick Morrow | ► | Section 1835 Guard |
| Matthew Posey | ► | Inmate Cook |
| Julia Kay-Laskowski | ► | TV Soprano |
| Donald Braswell | ► | TV Tenor |
| Jack Gould | ► | Chaplain |
| Lynn Mathis | ► | Warden |
| Jack Watkins | ► | Photographer |
| Robert Lott | ► | Bullhorn Protester |
| Mark Voges | ► | Bullhorn Protester |
| Katherine Willis | ► | Bullhorn Protester |
| Gwyn Little | ► | Religious Woman |
| Patrick Fries | ► | News Cameraman |
| Pilar Ferreiro | ► | Barcelona Neighbor |
| Amparo Moreno | ► | Sharon’s Maid |
| Claudia Parker | ► | Mail Girl |
| Joan Gispert | ► | Guillermo |
| Janis Kelly | ► | Liù |
| Mark Richardson | ► | Timur |
| Justin Lavender | ► | Calaf |
| Barbara Petricini-Buxton | ► | TV Reporter |
| David Dahl | ► | TV Reporter |
| Asia De Marcos | ► | TV Reporter |
| Amparo García | ► | TV Reporter |
| Catenya McHenry | ► | TV Reporter |
| Brian Orr | ► | TV Reporter |
| Kirk Sisco | ► | TV Reporter |
| Cassandra L. Small | ► | TV Reporter |
| Oliver Tull | ► | TV Reporter |
| Michelle Valen | ► | TV Reporter |
| Tanya Zieger | ► | TV Reporter |
| Nick Dawson | ► | Interviewee |
| Steve Flanagin | ► | Interviewee |
| George Haynes | ► | Interviewee |
| Kathy Lamkin | ► | Interviewee |
| Evelyn Lindsey | ► | Interviewee |
| T.J. McFarland | ► | Interviewee |
| Deborah Abbott | ► | Protestor |
| Stacy Lynn Austin | ► | Traveler |
| Jerry M. Barker | ► | Concerned Man |
| Johnny Bartee | ► | Protestor / Prison Inmate |
| Richard R. Bartholomew | ► | Businessman |
| Keith Bright | ► | Texas Governor’s Aide |
| Ryan Brooks | ► | College Student |
| Pei-San Brown | ► | Flight Attendant |
| Christopher Chappelear | ► | College Guy |
| Dian Childs | ► | Dayplayer |
| Starla Christian | ► | Party Girl |
| Peter Cornwell | ► | College Professor |
| Wade Couturiaux | ► | College Student / Activist |
| Steve Crawford | ► | Student |
| Constance Dasse | ► | Protestor |
| Gareth B. DePutron | ► | Real Estate Agent |
| Matthew J. Dunn | ► | College Student |
| Ken Edwards | ► | State Trooper / Lunch Patron |
| Nikki Folsom | ► | Reporter |
| Joanna Gallagher | ► | Student |
| Ryan Hancock | ► | Drinking Game Contestant |
| Garrett Hargrove | ► | Coffee Boy |
| Peyton Hayslip | ► | Doctor |
Sources: imdb & wikipedia