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  • 2004
  • Not Rated
  • Big Mouth Productions
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2004
  • Not Rated
  • Big Mouth Productions
  • 1 h 30 m

Summary In Deadline, directors Katy Chevigny and Kirsten Johnson tackle the volatile topic of the American capital punishment system with intelligence, compassion and balance. Furthermore, they capture the extraordinary transformation of one man, former Illinois governor George Ryan, who holds the power of life and death in his hands. (Big Mout...

Directed By: Katy Chevigny, Kirsten Johnson

Written By: Charles Olivier

  • 2004
  • Not Rated
  • Big Mouth Productions
  • 1 h 30 m
  • 2004
  • Not Rated
  • Big Mouth Productions
  • 1 h 30 m

Deadline

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
71
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
6.7
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Summary In Deadline, directors Katy Chevigny and Kirsten Johnson tackle the volatile topic of the American capital punishment system with intelligence, compassion and balance. Furthermore, they capture the extraordinary transformation of one man, former Illinois governor George Ryan, who holds the power of life and death in his hands. (Big Mout...

Directed By: Katy Chevigny, Kirsten Johnson

Written By: Charles Olivier

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Anthony Amsterdam

Self - Defense Attorney, Furman v. Georgia

Jeanne Bishop

Self - Opposes Death Penalty

Stephen Bright

Self - Southern Center for Human Rights

George W. Bush

Self

Donald Cabana

Self - Former Warden, Parchman Prison

John Chancellor

Self

Tom Cross

Self - Illinois House Republican Leader

Robert Curley

Self - Opposes Death Penalty

Renny Cushing

Self - Executive Director, Murder Victims' Families for Reconciliation

Gary Gauger

Self - Exonerated Death Row Inmate

Cornelia Grumman

Self - Chicago Tribune

Lawrence Hayes

Self - Convicted of Murder, 1972

Bill Jenkins

Self - Opposes Death Penalty

Grayland Johnson

Self - Convicted of Murder, 1988

Elaine Jones

Self - NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund

Robert Jones

Self - Convicted of Double Murder and Sexual Assault, 2000

David Keaton

Self - Exonerated Death Row Inmate

Lester Maddox

Self - Lt. Governor, Georgia

Larry Marshall

Self - Center on Wrongful Convictions

Steve Mills

Self - Chicago Tribune

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
71
91% Positive
10 Reviews
9% Mixed
1 Review
0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
71
91% Positive
10 Reviews
9% Mixed
1 Review
0% Negative
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Potent docudocu by Katy Chevigny and Kirsten Johnson makes a strong case against capital punishment by pointing up the fallibility of the justice system, while offering an inspiring portrait of one politico who actually seems guided foremost by conscience.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
75
So potent, it could change the mind of even the most staunch defender of capital punishment.
By V.A. Musetto FULL REVIEW
75
There is no rage here or Michael Moore-like bluster. Instead, Deadline is a straightforward, compassionate look at a volatile subject.
By Jonathan Curiel FULL REVIEW
75
A sober, even low-key documentary about how the American death penalty system is broken and probably can’t be fixed.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
70
Not as dynamic as it should be, given the punch of the story it tells, but it makes its points.
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70
What Deadline lacks in heft it makes up for in common sense.
FULL REVIEW
60
Deadline contributes reason and passion to the ongoing debate about whether civilized nations should employ the ultimate punishment and how justly it is administered.
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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
6.7
71% Positive
5 Ratings
0% Mixed
0 Ratings
29% Negative
2 Ratings

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 7 User Ratings
6.7
71% Positive
5 Ratings
0% Mixed
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29% Negative
2 Ratings

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Production Company Arts Engine, Big Mouth Productions
Release Date Jun 4, 2004
Duration 1 h 30 m
Rating Not Rated
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Website http://www.deadlinethemovie.com/
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Awards

Black Point Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
International Documentary Association
• 1 Nomination
Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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