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About the Film

Year

1996

Rating

R

Genre

Drama

Running Time

91 MIN

Synopsis

A prison guard (Leonard) at Leavenworth with lofty ideals and hopes of reform struggles to understand a violent, hateful and conscienceless convict (Woods). The result is a written testimonial to a crime that no one could have predicted. Based on a true story and Gaddis and Long's book "Killer: A Journal of Murder."

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Where to Watch

Digital

About the Cast

James Woods

Carl Panzram

Robert Sean Leonard

Henry Lesser

Ellen Greene

Elizabeth Wyatt

Cara Buono

Esther Lesser

Robert John Burke

R.G. Grieser

About the Crew

Director

Tim Metcalfe

Producer

Mark Levinson

Producer

Janet Yang

Executive Producer

Oliver Stone

Executive Producer

Melinda Jason

Writer

Tim Metcalfe

Based on Characters by

Thomas J. Gaddis

Based on Characters by

James O. Long

Music Scoring

Graeme Revell