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The Life of David Gale
Directed by
Alan Parker
R
2003
2h 10m
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A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.
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Cast of The Life of David Gale
Kevin Spacey
David Gale
Kate Winslet
Bitsey Bloom
Laura Linney
Constance Hallaway
Rhona Mitra
Berlin
Gabriel Mann
Zack Stemmons
Matt Craven
Dusty Wright
Jim Beaver
Duke Grover
Cleo King
Barbara Kreuster
Leon Rippy
Braxton Belyeu
Melissa McCarthy
Nico the Goth Girl
Lee Ritchey
Joe Mullarkey
Brandy Little
Motel Waitress
Jesse De Luna
Supervising Guard
Vernon Grote
Door Guard
Larissa Wolcott
Jo Edna the Babysitter
Sean Hennigan
Ross
Charles Sanders
John
Marco Perella
TV Host
Michael Crabtree
Governor Hardin
Julio Cesar Cedillo
Officer Ramirez
Christopher Meister
Officer Hasermann
Cliff Stephens
University President
James Huston
DeathWatch Chief / TV Reporter
Chris Warner
Hospital Orderly
Julia Lashae
New Homeowner
Matthew Posey
Inmate Cook
Lynn Mathis
Warden
Robert Lott
Bullhorn Protester
Mark Voges
Bullhorn Protester
Katherine Willis
Bullhorn Protester
Amparo Moreno
Sharon's Maid
Janis Kelly
Liú
Barbara Petricini-Buxton
TV Reporter
Asia De Marcos
TV Reporter
Amparo García
TV Reporter
Kirk Sisco
TV Reporter
Cassandra L. Small
TV Reporter
Oliver Tull
TV Reporter
George Haynes
Interviewee
Kathy Lamkin
Interviewee
Constance Jones
Reporter A.J. Roberts
Cindy Waite
Margie
Kimberly Tortorice
Grad Student
Katie Lott
Berlin's Classmate
Noah Truesdale
Jamie
Chuck Cureau
Greer
Mike Fontaine
TV Assistant Director
Elizabeth Gast
Sharon Gale
Chris Drewy
Radio Shed Executive
Katina Potts
Rosie
Katherine James
Beth
Cindy Michelle
Constance's Doctor
Jennifer Dorsey
College Girl
Maurice Moore
Belyeu's Clerk
Brenda Sendejo
Belyeu's Assistant
Rick Morrow
Section 1835 Guard
Julia Kay-Laskowski
TV Soprano
Donald Braswell
TV Tenor
Jack Gould
Chaplain
Jack Watkins
Photographer
Gwyn Little
Religious Woman
Patrick Fries
News Cameraman
Pilar Ferreiro
Barcelona Neighbor
Claudia Parker
Mail Girl
Joan Gispert
Guillermo
Mark Richardson
Timur
Justin Lavender
Calaf
David Dahl
TV Reporter
Catenya McHenry
TV Reporter
Brian Orr
TV Reporter
Michelle Valen
TV Reporter
Tanya Zieger
TV Reporter
Nick Dawson
Interviewee
Steve Flanagin
Interviewee
Evelyn Lindsey
Interviewee
T.J. McFarland
Interviewee
Deborah Abbott
Protestor (uncredited)
Stacy Lynn Austin
Traveler (uncredited)
Jerry M. Barker
Concerned Man (uncredited)
Richard R. Bartholomew
Businessman (uncredited)
Keith Bright
Texas Governor's Aide (uncredited)
Ryan Brooks
College Student (uncredited)
Pei-San Brown
Flight Attendant (uncredited)
Dian Childs
Dayplayer (uncredited)
Starla Christian
Party Girl (uncredited)
Wade Couturiaux
College Student / Activist (uncredited)
Constance Dasse
Protestor (uncredited)
Matthew J. Dunn
College Student (uncredited)
Ken Edwards
State Trooper / Lunch Patron (uncredited)
Nikki Folsom
Reporter (uncredited)
Ryan Hancock
Drinking Game Contestant (uncredited)
Garrett Hargrove
Coffee Boy (uncredited)
Peyton Hayslip
Doctor (uncredited)
David Scott Heck
Patient at AA Meeting (uncredited)
Reda Hicks
Party Guest (uncredited)
Robert H. Lambert
Airline Pilot (uncredited)
Gabriel R. Martinez
Reporter (uncredited)
C.K. McFarland
Carla (uncredited)
Josh Meyer
Sports Bar Youth (uncredited)
Brent Mitchell
Governor's Bodyguard (uncredited)
Cindy Palla
Victim's Mother (uncredited)
Roger Eduardo Palomino
Background Reporter (uncredited)
Alan Parker
Partygoer (uncredited) / Director / Producer
Paul A. Partain
Alcoholic (uncredited)
Keith Poulson
College Student / Activist (uncredited)
Glen Powell Sr.
Prison Guard (uncredited)
George Renteria
Protestor (uncredited)
Nicole R. Roberts
Protester / Party Girl (uncredited)
Michael Schmid
Protestor (uncredited)
Ryan Schneider
Protester (uncredited)
Robin Simmons
Interviewee (uncredited)
Melanie Stovall
News Magazine Secretary (uncredited)
Danny Trevino
Salsa Dancer (uncredited)
Ryan Wickerham
Shooter at Rally (uncredited)
Michele Williams
Flight Attendant (uncredited)
Christine Wolf
6th St. Club Patron (uncredited)
Willie Wright
Prison Guard (uncredited)
Jeff Gibbs
Josh
Charles Randolph
Writer
Nicolas Cage
Producer
The Life of David Gale Ratings & Reviews
mmr535
May 9, 2025
I love this movie so much. An emotional roller coaster that is absolutely worth the ride.
Common Sense Media
Nell Minow
An overripe melodrama -- a time waster.
Slate
David Edelstein
It would take an intellect far superior to mine to explain the rationale -- or, for that matter, the release -- of David Gale.
Observer
Andrew Sarris
I ended up feeling sorry for Mr. Spacey, Ms. Winslet and Ms. Linney, so contrived was the foolishness in which they found themselves embroiled.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
Suffers from Parker's same overindulgence in making points at the expense of making stories.
Observer
Rex Reed
Grading on the curve, I give it high marks for trying something different, but somewhat lower ones for entertainment value.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Peter Rainer
Low thrills and high dudgeon are a bad mix.
Ebert & Roeper
Richard Roeper
A dazzling mess.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
For the most part, David Gale just feels cluttered and artificial.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
By the end, it reveals itself as too pat, too absurd and -- as a polemic against capital punishment -- philosophically self- defeating.
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
A convoluted mystery that thinks it's way smarter than it is.
Newsday
Jan Stuart
A movie that at first glance seems to be using the mystery/suspense genre as a lure for a serious discussion of the death penalty, but turns out to be merely exploiting capital punishment arguments for easy goosebumps.
CNN.com
Paul Clinton (CNN.com)
Parker and screenwriter Charles Randolph throw plausibility to the wind at every turn, and every emotional moment feels contrived.
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
A snide, juvenile, plot-twisting story about capital punishment that should provoke activists truly concerned about the death penalty to rage, and guilty-pleasure seekers to lament that the movie fails even as decent trash.
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
Deserves the chair for its brutal assault on subtlety.
Washington Post
Rita Kempley
After two hours of bludgeoning by Parker's moralistic mallet, even those who came in sympathetic to his views may leave with second thoughts.
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
Does Kevin Spacey have a weird secret? Um, yeah, as always. But this death-penalty fable is so overwrought, no one will care.
Arizona Republic
Bill Muller
The Life of David Gale is the world's first movie with a penalty phase.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
I am sure the filmmakers believe their film is against the death penalty. I believe it supports it and hopes to discredit the opponents of the penalty as unprincipled fraudsters.
Boxoffice Magazine
Tim Cogshell
The film is a polemic against the death penalty, which may be a reasonable position, but played out as a mystery/thriller it's silly, and often embarrassing.
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