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ANIMATIONS

     

  • Execution - une animation de Mark Fiore (markfiore.com)

 

 

 

 

FILMS

LA PEINE DE MORT AU CINEMA - Les films à thèse (ecrannoir.fr)

 The Green Mile - Frank Darabont 1999 - (thegreenmile.warnerbros.com)
"Set on Death Row in a Southern prison in 1935, The Green Mile is the remarkable story of the cell block's head guard, who develops a poignant, unusual relationship with one inmate who possesses a magical gift that is both mysterious and miraculous."

- see the TRAILER (awards.augustachronicle.com)
Dead Man Walking - Tim Robbins 1995 - (us.imdb.com)
"A nun, while comforting a convicted killer on death row, empathizes with both the killer and his victim's families."

- voir Fiche de présentation d'un travail conduit sur "Dead man walking" en Espace-Langue. (Ac. Toulouse)
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Last Dance - Bruce Beresford 1996 - (us.imdb.com)
"Upon taking a new job, young lawyer Rick Hayes is assigned to the clemency case of Cindy Liggett , a woman convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death."
The Star Chamber - P. Hyans 1983 - (us.imdb.com)
"A private court comminates capital punishments where justice can't act. But what if the condemned man is innocent?"
Daniel - S. Lumet 1983 - (us.imdb.com)
"Inspired by the story of the Rosenberg's, sentenced to death because of groundless charges, in the USA in the fifties."
The Thin Blue Line - E. Morris 1988 - (us.imdb.com)
"Inquiry-style movie; it reconstructs the witnesses that lead to sentence a man to death in the USA."

 

 

SONGS

     

  • Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen
    "Mama, just killed a man, Put a gun against his head
    Pulled my trigger, now he's dead...
    Too late, my time has come
    Sends shivers down my spine, body's aching all the time
    Goodbye, ev'rybody, I've got to go...
    Mama, ooh, I don't want to die"
    (lyrics007.com)
    + The VIDEO (YouTube)

 

  • Songs from "The Capeman" by Paul Simon "is an album of songs from his Broadway musical The Capeman.
    The Capeman tells the true story of Paul "The Capeman" Agron, who killed two young men in 1959 and was sentenced to death." (salon.com)





  • Gallows Pole - Led Zeppelin, Atlantic 1970 From the album "Led Zeppelin III". - Lien modifié
    (azlyrics.com)
  • Promises - Lyle Lovett, Columbia 1995 (sing365.com)
  • Woman on the Tier (I'll see you through) - Suzanne Vega, Warner Bros 1995
    From the album "Nine Objects Of Desire".

 

 

 

LITERATURE

 

'A Lesson Before Dying' by Ernest Gaines

 

 

 

  • Quiz (sparknotes.com)