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Shot in the Heart, 2001

Starring: Giovanni Ribisi, Elias Koteas

Directed by: Agnieszka Holland

Written by: Frank Pugliese

Language: English

Country: USA

Runtime: 98 min

MPAA Rating: R

Rating:6.4

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Shot in the Heart can be described as bleak, tense, and disturbing. The plot revolves around the price of justice, death row, and sexual abuse. The main genres are drama and crime. In terms of style, Shot in the Heart is talky. In approach, it is serious and realistic. It is set, at least in part, in a prison. Shot in the Heart is located in Utah. It is originally a true story and based on a book.

Summary of Shot in the Heart

Gary Gilmore was convicted on two counts of murder and was set to be executed by the state of Utah in 1977. It was to be the first executioner of a prisoner in America in ten years. Gilmore's brother Mikal traveled across the country days before the execution date to speak with his brother as well as to convince Gary to sign papers that would stay the execution. Mikal was prepared to meet with the brother he had not seen in years, but was not equipped to handle the media coverage that his brother's capital punishment would receive and the circus of activity he would encounter upon meeting Gary in the Draper Correctional Facility.

Elias Koteas plays Gary Gilmore and Giovanni Ribisi plays Mikal in this moving account of two brothers attempting to connect during the most dire circumstances. This HBO feature film is based upon Mikal Gilmore's own autobiographical book about this turbulent time. Agnieska Holland (EUROPA EUROPA) directs with strong emotional intensity.

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Language:	English
Country:	USA
Release date:	13 October 2001
Runtime:	98 min

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Giovanni Ribisi

as Mikal Gilmore

Elias Koteas

as Gary Gilmore

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The Onion (A.V. Club)

There's a tight, urgent, and timely film hidden inside Shot In The Heart, but it's not always worth forging through all the gratuitous bells and whistles to find it. Full Review

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by: Nathan Rabin

Variety

The piece is ultimately admirable for its lack of easy answers, for its continued sense of emotional confusion. Full Review

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by: Steven Oxman

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