American Tragedy 2000  PG-13, 170 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lawrence Schiller
Cast: Ving Rhames, Ron Silver, Bruno Kirby, Darryl Alan Reed, Nicholas Pryor, Robert LuPone, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Diana LaMar, Clyde Kusatsu, Christopher Plummer
Behind-the-scenes investigative work on the O.J. Simpson trial is the subject of this made-for-TV miniseries. The problem with this film lies in the fact that not much of its argument is verifiable and appears to be interpreted to serve a specific purpose.
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The Executioner's Song 1982  TV, 200 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lawrence Schiller
Cast: Tommy Lee Jones, Rosanna Arquette, Christine Lahti, Eli Wallach, Jordan Clarke, Steven Keats, Richard Venture, Walter Olkewicz, Jenny Wright, Michael LeClair, Pat Corley, Mary Ethel Gregory, John Dennis Johnston, Norris Mailer, Kenneth O'Brien
Tommy Lee Jones takes on the role of convicted killer Gary Gilmore who was the first man executed in the USA after the death penalty was reinstated in 1976. The last nine months of Gilmore's life are the basis for this story. Gilmore is 35 years old when he is released from prison for armed robbery. He tries to go straight and fails. After killing two men during separate robberies, Gilmore is sentenced to death in Utah. Jones won the Emmy for his very believable performance as the villainous Gilmore.
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Perfect Murder, Perfect Town 2000  TV, 200 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Lawrence Schiller
Cast: Marg Helgenberger, Kris Kristofferson, Ronny Cox, Dyanne Iandoli, Ken Howard, John Heard, Ann - Margret, Peter Friedman, Scott Cohen, Sean Whalen, John Rubinstein, Dennis Boutsikaris, Deirdre Lovejoy, Jane Powell, Murphy Guyer
This made-for-TV miniseries presents–in a detailed, chronological order–the 18 months of investigative procedures used in the struggle to bring justice in the unsolved murder case of six-year-old JonBenet Ramsey who was killed on Christmas night 1996 in Boulder, Colorado.
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| 1. American Tragedy (2000)
2. The Executioner's Song (1982)
3. Marilyn: The Untold Story (1980)
4. Perfect Murder, Perfect Town (2000)
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