Movie Geeks United

35th Anniversary: The Executioner's Song

In this archived interview from our sibling podcast Back By Midnight, host Aaron Aradillas speaks with filmmaker Lawrence Schiller, the director of the influential 1982 TV film The Executioner's Song. Based on a novel by Norman Mailer, and starring Tommy Lee Jones and Rosanna Arquette, The Executioner's Song tells the story of Gary Gilmore, a convicted murderer who demanded execution by firing squad in 1977.

Movie Geeks United is one of the most popular movie-themed podcasts with a worldwide listening audience of close to 8 million. Includes more than 1000 original interviews with some of the brightest talents in the industry, including Jennifer Lawrence, Robert Duvall, Francis Ford Coppola, James Cameron, David Cronenberg, Brian De Palma, and more. Home of the internationally acclaimed The Kubrick Series.