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The People vs. Paul Crump

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Filmmaker William Friedkin helps a young black man avoid execution.

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Ben Sachs Chicago Reader 05/14/2015
The provocatively detached perspective that Friedkin brings to these violent scenes points ahead to his features Cruising and Rampage, and like the latter film, this asks viewers to think long and hard about the validity of capital punishment. Go to Full Review Michael Atkinson Village Voice 04/22/2004
Economical yet flamboyantly righteous, as it should have been -- the existence of the film played at least a small part in keeping Crump out of the chair. Go to Full Review Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com 09/19/2020
3.5/4.0
Powerful on so many levels. Go to Full Review Read all reviews
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William Friedkin

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Bill Butler

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Movie Info

Synopsis Filmmaker William Friedkin helps a young black man avoid execution.
Director
William Friedkin
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 0m