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Deadline
Directed by
Kirsten Johnson
and
Katy Chevigny
Not Rated
2004
90m
Documentary
7.5
92%
86%
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A documentary on Illinois Governor George Ryan, who, with 60 days left in office, makes a decision on the fate of death row prisoners.
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Cast of Deadline
Anthony Amsterdam
Self
George W. Bush
Self (archive footage)
John Chancellor
Self (archive footage)
Mamie Till Mobley
Self (archive footage)
Richard Nixon
Self (archive footage)
Bryan Stevenson
Self
Scott Turow
Self
Jeanne Bishop
Self
Deadline Ratings & Reviews
New York Times
Anita Gates
Not as dynamic as it should be, given the punch of the story it tells, but it makes its points.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
All the more effective because it is calm, factual and unsensational.
New York Post
V.A. Musetto
So potent, it could change the mind of even the most staunch defender of capital punishment.
Chicago Tribune
Michael Wilmington
It gives you a chance to ruminate on some crucial questions of human error, justice and life-and-death.
San Francisco Chronicle
Jonathan Curiel
The death penalty has become such a divisive issue that it's easy to forget that people such as Ryan are open to rethinking their positions.
Filmcritic.com
Christopher Null
desperately lacking in context and objectivity
TV Guide
Ken Fox
The reasoning on both sides of the debate is by now all too familiar, but rarely has the argument against the death penalty been made so articulately, or so poignantly.
Boxoffice Magazine
Jordan Reed
The film's indisputable overall message is chilling no matter what side of the debate you're on: Some innocent men almost died for crimes for which they were wrongly convicted, so maybe some other innocent men actually did die.
Village Voice
Ben Kenigsberg
Deadline delivers a routine but effective case against capital punishment.
Variety
Dennis Harvey
Potent docu by Katy Chevigny and Kirsten Johnson makes a strong case against capital punishment by pointing up the fallibility of the justice system, while offering an inspiring portrait of one politico who actually seems guided foremost by conscience.
The Hollywood Reporter
James Greenberg
An example of social activism at its best; it's not only enlightening, but it's an engrossing story.
Film Journal International
Doris Toumarkine
Impressively take[s] on a hugely important and perennially contentious issue.
ReelTalk Movie Reviews
Donald J. Levit
The age-old emotion and complexity that surround capital punishment are ably captured, unfancied-up, by Chevigny and Johnson..
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