The Life of David Gale

The Life of David Gale is a 2003 American drama thriller film directed by Alan Parker in his final film as a director and written by Charles Randolph. The film is an international coproduction, between the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom.

David Gale is a prisoner on death row in Texas. With only a few days to his execution, his lawyer negotiates a half milliondollar fee to tell his story to Bitsey Bloom, a journalist from a major news magazine known for her ability to keep secrets and protect her sources. He tells her the story of how he ended up on death row, revealed to the movie audience through a series of lengthy flashbacks.Gale is head of the philosophy department at the University of Texas and an active member of DeathWatch, a group campaigning against capital punishment. At a graduation party, he encounters Berlin, an attractive graduate student who had been expelled from the school. She corners and seduces the inebriated Gale, succeeding in getting him to have rough sex with her. She then falsely accuses Gale of rape. The next day, he loses a televised debate with the Governor of Texas when he is unable to point to an example of a demonstrably innocent man being executed during that governors term. After losing the debate Gale is arrested and charged with rape. The rape charge against Gale is later dropped, however the damage has already been done, and his family, marriage, career and reputation are all destroyed. ........

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