The Executioner's Song (1982)

We’re kicking off a month of Patreon requests with a request from Dallas Novell; 1982’s TV movie The Executioner's Song. Based on a book by Norman Mailer with a screenplay by Mailer -- and maybe Tracy Keenan Wynn -- it’s the story of the last nine months in the life of Gary Gilmore which stars Tommy Lee Jones as Gilmore and Rosanna Arquette as his girlfriend, Nicole Baker.

Made for TV Mayhem (opens in a new tab)'s Amanda Reyes and Wake Up Heavy (opens in a new tab)'s Mark Begley join Mike to discuss the film, capital punishment, and more while director Lawrence Schiller (opens in a new tab) talks about how The Executioner's Song came about.