The Life of David Gale. How much was true? Lots of spoilers in thread.

[PlatinumGold]

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Ok, i just rented it and watched it. it was ok, better than i expected. about a year ago, i asked to be told what the spoiler was. i read it here on ATOT and i still enjoyed it.











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Now, my only remaining question is, was that an accurate portrayal?? did 2 people die for a political cause??

 

[Spoooon]

I seem to remember finding a link that said something about it not being a true story and posted it in another thread about the movie. If you google around, you'll probably find something.

 

[darkeneddays]

I thought it was a true story at first also...but a little roaming over at the IMDB proved me wrong. It's based on a novel I believe.

 

[beer]

Not a true story. But the depictions of Austin are more or less true I always get coffee at metro, which they filmed a scene at. and I walk dowtown where they were filming it too. I remember the halls they took up when they were filming the scenes around UT. They blocked off part of our architecture building for weekends at a time....

 

[Conky]

I bought theGovernor Harding's characters gold wedding band on Ebay from a prop shop for that movie. I bid a really low price(the shipping was more) and I won the darned thing. So now I own a gold man's wedding band certified to have been used in that movie.

This is why you don't drink beers and go, hey, that's cheap! and place a bid. In any case it was really cheap for a real gold ring.

 

[MainFramed]

It really was a wicked movie, sometimes when i sit and think about it i'v wished i would have never saw it

 

[geno]

Awesome flick!

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: MainFramed
It really was a wicked movie, sometimes when i sit and think about it i'v wished i would have never saw it

WTF does that mean?

 

[0roo0roo]

if it were true, the death penalty would be in trouble

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
if it were true, the death penalty would be in trouble

Not really! Indeed he was killed in the end because he DID have something to do with it! The movie was trying to make a point and shot itself in the foot at the end :Q

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
if it were true, the death penalty would be in trouble

Not really! Indeed he was killed in the end because he DID have something to do with it! The movie was trying to make a point and shot itself in the foot at the end :Q

he commited a crime, but he didn't commit the crime of murder.

he deserved jail time but he didn't deserve the death penalty.

 

[0roo0roo]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
if it were true, the death penalty would be in trouble

Not really! Indeed he was killed in the end because he DID have something to do with it! The movie was trying to make a point and shot itself in the foot at the end :Q

no, i'm just saying it could not be true because you would have heard yelling and screaming like you wouldn't believe if it had happened obivously. the death penalty advocates entire case rests upon the inability to prove that an innocent man has ever been executed, that the justice system is perfect, and that there is no such thing as a perfect crime. after all, the dead can't talk

 

[CChaos]

You are correct sir!

Good movie.

 

[StageLeft]

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
if it were true, the death penalty would be in trouble

Not really! Indeed he was killed in the end because he DID have something to do with it! The movie was trying to make a point and shot itself in the foot at the end :Q

he commited a crime, but he didn't commit the crime of murder.

he deserved jail time but he didn't deserve the death penalty.

True, but he was still dicking them around clearly, and could have offered more information if avoiding death was his real desire.

 

[CChaos]

He had to die! Why would he avoid death?!? The point was that he couldn't name a single innocent who had died at the hands of the state earlier in the movie. So, he became one. His death was proof of the flaw in the system.

EDIT: In case you are confused, the post about him not deserving the death penalty was just pointing out that yes, he stood there and watched her commit suicide. That was his crime. But here was a real situation where evidence got him convicted and killed even though he didn't do it.

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: Skoorb

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
if it were true, the death penalty would be in trouble

Not really! Indeed he was killed in the end because he DID have something to do with it! The movie was trying to make a point and shot itself in the foot at the end :Q

he commited a crime, but he didn't commit the crime of murder.

he deserved jail time but he didn't deserve the death penalty.

True, but he was still dicking them around clearly, and could have offered more information if avoiding death was his real desire.

but that's his whole point. the governer asked him during their debate to name ONE innocent person.

well, he was that innocent person. by innocent we mean innocent of the crime accused, NOT innocent in it's perfect esoteric sense.

 

[dnuggett]

Even though he did not kill her himself, he knew about it, helped planned it, and condoned it. He got what he deserved. The movie proved how well the system does work.

 

[PunDogg]

I can't remember if they said based on a true story?? It was the ultimate way to show that they were wrong, damn the man hehe

Dogg

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: dnuggett
Even though he did not kill her himself, he knew about it, helped planned it, and condoned it. He got what he deserved. The movie proved how well the system does work.

so in your esteemed opinion, assisted suicide deserves the death penalty?

btw, i think his motivation was the money more than the politics. he sent the money and the IN YOUR FACE to his wife.

hehehehe

 

[CChaos]

Originally posted by: dnuggett
Even though he did not kill her himself, he knew about it, helped planned it, and condoned it. He got what he deserved. The movie proved how well the system does work.

Now that I think about it, I guess that's probably true. We'll just ignore that fact that the other accomplice got away, his son got a ton of money out of the deal and he life was ruined in the first place by the mere accusation of a crime. Good system!

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: dnuggett
Even though he did not kill her himself, he knew about it, helped planned it, and condoned it. He got what he deserved. The movie proved how well the system does work.

btw,

he was tried and convicted of RAPE and MURDER.

He CLEARLY never raped her. and whether or not he murdered her was really questionable.

AT best he deserved to be retried because he was CLEARLY innocent of the charges of RAPE and MURDER.

 

[0roo0roo]

well the point was to show that the justice system was faliable, doesn't matter what he did or didn't do thats about it eh?

 

[geno]

Originally posted by: dnuggett
Even though he did not kill her himself, he knew about it, helped planned it, and condoned it. He got what he deserved. The movie proved how well the system does work.

someone missed the point of the movie.

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: geno

Originally posted by: dnuggett
Even though he did not kill her himself, he knew about it, helped planned it, and condoned it. He got what he deserved. The movie proved how well the system does work.

someone missed the point of the movie.

i think he got the point of the movie. he just disagrees with it.

 

[geno]

Originally posted by: PlatinumGold

Originally posted by: geno

Originally posted by: dnuggett
Even though he did not kill her himself, he knew about it, helped planned it, and condoned it. He got what he deserved. The movie proved how well the system does work.

someone missed the point of the movie.

i think he got the point of the movie. he just disagrees with it.

Well, maybe it's just a difference of opinion True, everyone can interpret a movie in their own way, I should'nt have said it like I did, however IMO the woman committed suicide, he wasn't responsible for anything other than not saving her (never mind this was her own choice), so what did he "deserve"? That's all I'm getting at. I don't think it proved how the system does work, hell the movie's point was to prove how the system doesn't work - they convicted him of rape and murder, neither of which he committed, so how does that attest to how the system works when they were all wrong?