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Mr. Death : the rise and fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. / a Lions Gate Films ; Independent Film Channel Productions in association with Channel 4 presents a Fourth Floor/Scout Production ; produced by Michael Williams, David Collins, Dorothy Aufiero ; produced and directed by Errol Morris.
LIBRA DVD 002 668
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Leuchter, Fred A.
- Executions and executioners--United States--Biography.
- Executions and executioners.
- Capital punishment--United States.
- Capital punishment.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Documentary films.
- Biographies.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Edition:
- Anamorphic widescreen.
- Other Title:
- Mister Death
- Rise and fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr.
- Place of Publication:
- Universal City, CA : Universal Studios, [2000]
- Language Note:
- Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
- System Details:
- DVD; Dolby Digital
- digital
- optical
- Dolby
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Provocative and chilling true story of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr., the son of a prison worker and a self-taught execution expert who consulted with prisons across the country to make capital punishment more humane. When Leuchter is called in as a high-profile expert in a sensationalistic Canadian trial, his ego, bravado and absurd testimony reaches nation media prominence. Ironically, what Leuchter thought was going to be an apex in his career - only ruins it.
- Credits:
- Director of photography, Peter Donahue ; editor, Karen Schmeer ; music, Caleb Sampson.
- Notes:
- Originally released as a motion picture in 1999.
- Includes theatrical trailer.
- OCLC:
- 44261178
- Publisher Number:
- 057373145296
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