Death and Texas

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Death and Texas

2004

1h 18m

Comedy

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The governor of Texas offers a prisoner (Charles Durning) a furlough from death row so he can play for a football team.

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Mark Olsen

Los Angeles Times

11/02/2006

2/5

While it would like to be nimble, light-footed satire, too often Death and Texas stumbles on its own earnestness, wearing cement shoes when it should be tap-dancing.

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Scott Foundas

Variety

11/02/2006

An uneasy (and very unfunny) marriage of sports culture satire and death penalty polemic.

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Bryan Curtis

Slate

11/02/2006

[A] magnificent piece of agitprop.

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Andrew L. Urban

Urban Cinefile

03/14/2009

Unique and gripping, is an unlikely combo of pro US football and the death penalty

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MaryAnn Johanson

Flick Filosopher

11/20/2006

[B]risk and wickedly pointed...

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Film Threat

11/04/2006

3/5

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06/10/2008

Wow, first person on flixster to rate this... priviliged! Nowhere on the DVD case did it mention this was going to be a mockumentary. I expected something similar to "Remember the Titans", but instead found myself watching the intriguing unravelling of fictional events. After getting involved in the story, I found myself enjoying it. If they had sold it to the audience as a mockumentary it may be more popular, but due to the fact they hide this fact I imagine viewers feel tricked. Interesting themes but fairly stale acting from most people bogs down the story (Briggs and his lawyer are exceptions). Overall, I would only recommend someone watch this to view it as a mockumentary.

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Kevin DiNovis

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Charles Durning

Marshall Ledger

Steve Harris

Barefoot Bobby Briggs

Corbin Bernsen

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Synopsis

The governor of Texas offers a prisoner (Charles Durning) a furlough from death row so he can play for a football team.

Director: Kevin DiNovis
Producer: Stephen Israel
Screenwriter: Kevin DiNovis
Production Co: Death & Texas, LP
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 12, 2004, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 5, 2017
Runtime: 1h 18m

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