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Witness to the Execution (1994)

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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, Rovi

Starring:: Sean Young, Tim Daly, (more)

Director(s):: Tommy Lee Wallace

Theatrical MPAA Rating:: PG13

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Synopsis of Witness to the Execution

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, Rovi

Complete Cast of Witness to the Execution

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
Brad Leland - Police Officer
Brandon Smith - Toyoshima
John S. Davies - Mr. Holloway
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
Brian Markinson - Kirby Jacobs
Woody Watson - Bartender
Jim Helms - Driver
Tonie Perensky - TV Reporter

Director(s):: Tommy Lee Wallace

Writer(s):: Thomas Baum

Theatrical MPAA Rating:: PG13

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