A lawyer takes on a case of a prison guard in South Africa who is traumatized by the executions he's witnessed.A lawyer takes on a case of a prison guard in South Africa who is traumatized by the executions he's witnessed.A lawyer takes on a case of a prison guard in South Africa who is traumatized by the executions he's witnessed.
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- 4 wins & 12 nominations
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- TriviaGarion Dowds attended Reddam House school in Bedfordview, South Africa, where his mother teaches Drama.
- GoofsDuring the shooting scene, 13 shots are fired. At the reenactment, in flashback, Leon fires 10 rounds.
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[first lines]
Pierre De Villiers: [coming to see the crime scene] "Magazine hill", they call this place. Dead end.
Johan Webber: Mmm. Why would Labuschagne and the other men in the minibus have come up here?
Pierre De Villiers: He claims he can't remember any of it. So, Leon's bakkie was parked here. He left the keys in the ignition, then he ran that way. The minibus taxi belonging to the football team was... Came to rest here. Point-blank range. The gun they found was registered in Leon's name. He dragged the bodies over there, then he lined them up.
Steve Coogan gave a great performance, but for me young Garion Dowds gave an engaging and moving performance that stole the show.
What was interesting was the layering of emotions, and the psychological portrayal of what happens to ordinary people subjected to a continual barrage of negativity (in this case hanging & the death penalty), and how this leads to emotional numbing & blunting.
A great if somewhat unsettling watch.
- brentmay-36131
- May 29, 2020
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- The Hangman: Shepherds and Butchers
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- Gross worldwide
- $79,711
- Runtime1 hour 42 minutes
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- 2.39 : 1