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The film is a highly fictionalised account of his life and has a strong anti-capital punishment theme. A number of executions occur out of sequence and there are a number of factual errors, such as female prison warders being present at female executions and two newly qualified executioners working together as "Number One" and "Assistant".
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Title Director Cast Genre Notes 9 Songs: Michael Winterbottom: Kieran O'Brien, Margo Stilley: Romantic drama: Ae Fond Kiss... Ken Loach: Atta Yaqub, Eva Birthistle: Drama: Arsène Lupin: Jean-Paul Salomé
Weekend End Date Film Total Weekend Gross Notes 1: January 4, 2004: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King: £6,496,723: 2: January 11, 2004: £3,713,999
Capital punishment in the United Kingdom predates the formation of the UK, having been used in Britain and Ireland from ancient times until the second half of the 20th century. The last executions in the United Kingdom were by hanging , and took place in 1964; capital punishment for murder was suspended in 1965 and finally abolished in 1969 ...
The Life of David Gale is a 2003 crime thriller film directed and co-produced by Alan Parker, written by Charles Randolph, co-produced by Nicolas Cage, and starring Kevin Spacey as the title character, a college professor and longtime activist against capital punishment who is sentenced to death for killing a fellow capital punishment opponent; Kate Winslet, Laura Linney, and Gabriel Mann co-star.
On Death Row is a television mini-series written and directed by Werner Herzog about capital punishment in the United States. The series grew out of the same project which produced Herzog's documentary film Into the Abyss. The series first aired in the United Kingdom on March 22, 2012, on Channel 4. [2]
The Execution of Gary Glitter is a 2009 British television drama, produced by Juniper Communications Limited [1] and broadcast on Channel 4 in the UK. Set in a parallel Britain, the film follows an imaginary trial and execution by hanging of former glam rock singer Gary Glitter, who has been convicted for possession of child pornography and rape of minors, for "offences against children".