The Life of David Gale (2003)

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The Life of David Gale, 2003 7.2/10 (22,155 votes)



The crime is clear. The truth is not.



David Gale (Spacey) is a man who has tried to live by his principles, but in a bizarre twist
of fate, this devoted father, popular professor and respected death penalty opponent finds
himself on Death Row for the rape and murder of a fellow activist (Linney). He decides to
confide in a reporter (Winslet) who quickly realizes that a man's life is in her hands.



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Dr. David Gale, an advocate of eliminating the death penalty, is falsely accused of rape and
murder. Once convicted, he ends up on death row in Texas himself, telling his story to a
reporter through a series of flashbacks.

When anti-death-penalty activist David Gale is convicted and condemned to death for the
murder of a colleague, reporter Bitsey Bloom sets out to learn the story behind Gale's
crime. What she finds challenges her belief in Gale's guilt and, finally, in the justice
system.

A University of Texas professor of philosophy and capital punishment abolitionist, David
Gale (Kevin Spacey), finds himself on Death Row convicted of murder. Days before his
execution, skeptical journalist Bitsey Bloom (Kate Winslet) is sent to conduct David Gale's
final interview. Unaware that she would not be investigating Dr. Gale, Bitsey and her
sympathetic intern leave to Texas for what is to become a story of a lifetime.

The story follows a University of Austin professor, Dr. David Gale, an advocate for the
abolishment of capital punishment, who is falsly convicted of rape and murder of another
activist. He suddenly finds himself on death row. The film is told in flashbacks with a
female reporter interviewing Gale.



Kate Winslet ... Bitsey Bloom
Kevin Spacey ... David Gale
Laura Linney ... Constance Harraway

Rated R for violent images, nudity, language and sexuality.