Conversations with death row inmate Michael Perry and those affected by his crime serve as an examination of why people - and the state - kill.Conversations with death row inmate Michael Perry and those affected by his crime serve as an examination of why people - and the state - kill.Conversations with death row inmate Michael Perry and those affected by his crime serve as an examination of why people - and the state - kill.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 13 nominations
Werner Herzog
- Self - Narrator
- (voice)
Richard Lopez
- Self - Death House Chaplin
- (as The Reverend Richard Lopez)
Michael Perry
- Self - Death Row Inmate
- (as Michael James Perry)
Melyssa Thompson-Burkett
- Self - Jason Burkett's Wife
- (as Melyssa Burkett)
- Director
- Writer
- Werner Herzog(uncredited)
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Fred Allen: Hold still and watch the birds. Once you get up into your life like that, and once you feel good about your life, you do start watching what the birds do. What the doves are doing. Like the hummingbirds. Why are there so many of them.
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- SoundtracksEnd Credits and Incidental Music
(untitled)
Composer: Mark De Gli Antoni
Sebastian Steinberg - guitars and contra bass.
Lisa Germano - violins.
David Byrne - guitar.
Peter Beck - winds.
Colin Stevens - instrument designs.
Mark De Gli Antoni - keyboards and percussion.
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Texas life and death
Filmmaker Werner Herzog does a documentary about Michael James Perry. He's on death row in Livingston, Texas scheduled to be executed in 8 days. He was convicted along with his friend Jason Burkett for a triple homicide. They killed a housewife in her home to steal a car and then killed two young people to get passcode for the community gate. This is not really a whodunit unless you believe Burkett or even Perry. It's not impossible to believe them and there are certainly people willing to do that. This is really about the whole society in general. It is about the victims. It is about the daughter who lost her family. It is about Burkett's father who watches his various family members get incarcerated along with him. It is about the friend and Herzog who is more interested in him learning to read as an adult. It is about the executioner who had to quit. This is quite a tapestry of Texan life.
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $223,880
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $47,559
- Nov 13, 2011
- Gross worldwide
- $393,714
- Runtime1 hour 47 minutes
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- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
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