Witness to the Execution (1994)
- Starring:
- Sean Young, Tim Daly, (more)
- Director(s):
- Tommy Lee Wallace
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13
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Like the feature film Network (1976), this made-for-television drama scathingly satirizes an amoral, avaricious media. The story is set in 1999, a time the pay-per-view television industry is in a tailspin. It seems with over 500 available channels, audiences have become jaded with movies and sports. Enter up-and-coming executive Jessica Traynor (Sean Young) a member of the Tycom network team. It is her brilliant idea that her company can attract new customers by offering them a chance to witness a real execution on live television. Once her company approves and she untangles all the government red-tape, Jessica is left with the task of choosing an appropriately photogenic and charismatic death-row inmate. Trouble brews when Jessica begins suspecting that the man she selected may be innocent. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Sean Young - Jessica Traynor
- Len Cariou - Jake Tyler
- Dee Wallace - Emily Dawson
- James Black - Chaplain
- Darryl Cox - Heliport Clerk
- Wayne de Hart - Turley
- Alan Fudge - Wallace Sternberg
- John S. Davies - Mr. Holloway
- Brian Markinson - Kirby Jacobs
- Woody Watson - Bartender
- Alex Allen Morris - Ramos
- Tim Daly - Dennis Casterline
- George Newbern - Phillip Tyler
- Fred Roggin
- Helen Cates - AD
- Vince Davis - Boyhood Friend
- Blue Deckert - Lt. Mike Spalding
- Gil Glasgow - Golf Cart Driver
- Brad Leland - Police Officer
- Brandon Smith - Toyoshima
- Jim Helms - Driver
- Tonie Perensky - TV Reporter
- Director(s):
- Tommy Lee Wallace
- Writer(s):
- Thomas Baum
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG13
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