| Title |
Mr. Death : the rise and fall of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr. / Lions Gate Films presents ; Independent Film Channel Productions in association with Channel 4 presents a Fourth Floor/Scout production ; produced by Michael Williams, David Collins, Dorothy Aufiero ; produced & directed by Errol Morris. |
| Edition |
Widescreen. |
| OCLC |
52834384 |
| ISBN |
1588178153 |
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9781588178152 |
| Music number |
VM 8363D Lion's Gate Home Entertainment |
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A071231 Lion's Gate Home Entertainment |
| Publisher |
[Place of publication not identified] : Lion's Gate Home Entertainment, [2003] |
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©2003 |
| Description |
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color, with black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| LC Subject heading/s |
Leuchter, Fred A.
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Holocaust denial.
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Antisemitism.
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War crime trials -- Canada.
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Executions and executioners -- United States -- Biography.
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Capital punishment -- United States.
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Other
Genre heading/s |
Documentary films.
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Biographical films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| System details note |
DVD; Dolby Digital. |
| Creation/Production credits |
Director of photography, Peter Donahue; editor, Karen Schmeer; music, Caleb Sampson. |
| Target audience |
PG-13. |
| Summary |
Provocative and chilling true story of Fred A. Leuchter, Jr., the son of a prison worker and a self-taught execution expert who consulted with prisons across the country to make capital punishment more humane. When Leuchter is called in as a high-profile expert in a sensationalized Canadian Nazi war crimes trial, his ego, bravado and absurd testimony reaches international media prominence. Ironically, what Leuchter thought was going to be an apex in his career serves to ruins it. |
| Language note |
English and Spanish subtitles available; Closed captioned. |
| General note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1999. |
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