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Robert Blecker Wants Me Dead

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A death-row inmate and a supporter of the death penalty become friends.

Critics Reviews

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Nell Minow Beliefnet 03/26/2009
B+
Vivid, engrossing, and surprising. Go to Full Review Hank Stuever Washington Post 03/13/2009
On a deeper level (and a skillfully conscious one on the part of filmmaker Ted Schillinger) it's a portrait of two men's utter loneliness in their thoughts. Go to Full Review V.A. Musetto New York Post 02/27/2009
2/4
A thoughtful if dry discussion of the death penalty revolving around the titular gentleman. Go to Full Review Cynthia Fuchs PopMatters 03/15/2009
6/10
In the documentary, Robert Blecker Wants Me Dead, New York Law School professor and well-known retributivist Blecker submits he can measure -- in his gut -- who deserves to die. Go to Full Review Tricia Olszewski Washington City Paper 03/12/2009
Anyone who's gotten jazzed by a lively philosophy class (hello?) should find it fascinating. Go to Full Review Avi Offer NYC Movie Guru 02/27/2009
8.75/10
A compelling, provocative and illuminating documentary that will inspire you to intelligently reexamine your own beliefs about the death penalty. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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04/19/2009 pretty interesting, but i think it would have been a bit better if there was a robert blecker voice over rather than him on screen... See more 03/15/2009 Fascinating characters, provacative discussion, a little dry See more Read all reviews
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Cast & Crew

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Ted Schillinger

Director

Bruce David Klein

Producer

Bruce David Klein

Executive Producer

Kaki Kirby

Executive Producer

Richard Abramowitz

Executive Producer

Ted Schillinger

Cinematographer

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Movie Info

Synopsis A death-row inmate and a supporter of the death penalty become friends.
Director
Ted Schillinger
Producer
Bruce David Klein
Production Co
Atlas Media
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 20, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$8.6K
Runtime
1h 34m