---
title: 'The Life of David Gale (2003)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alan Parker'
released: '2003-02-07'
runtime_minutes: 130
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
  - 'Mystery'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-life-of-david-gale-2003'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0289992/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Life of David Gale (2003)

2003 · 130 min · Drama, Crime, Mystery · Germany, United Kingdom, United States


## Synopsis

The Life of David Gale is a 2003 crime thriller film directed and co-produced by Alan Parker, written by Charles Randolph, co-produced by Nicolas Cage, and starring Kevin Spacey as the title character, a college professor and longtime activist against capital punishment who is sentenced to death for killing a fellow capital punishment opponent; Kate Winslet, Laura Linney, and Gabriel Mann co-star. The film, an international co-production between the United States, Germany and the United Kingdom, was Parker's final film before his retirement, and subsequent death in 2020.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alan Parker](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-parker)
- **Producer:** [Alan Parker](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-parker), [Nicolas Cage](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicolas-cage)
- **Screenplay:** [Charles Randolph](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-randolph)
- **Director of Photography:** [Michael Seresin](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-seresin)
- **Editor:** [Gerry Hambling](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerry-hambling)

## Cast

- [Kevin Spacey](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-spacey)
- [Julio Cedillo](https://cinepixo.com/people/julio-cedillo)
- [Alan Parker](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-parker)
- [Leon Rippy](https://cinepixo.com/people/leon-rippy)
- [Matt Craven](https://cinepixo.com/people/matt-craven)
- [Kathy Lamkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathy-lamkin)
- [Gabriel Mann](https://cinepixo.com/people/gabriel-mann)
- [Jim Beaver](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-beaver)
- [Rhona Mitra](https://cinepixo.com/people/rhona-mitra)
- [Kate Winslet](https://cinepixo.com/people/kate-winslet)
- [Julia Lashae](https://cinepixo.com/people/julia-lashae)
- [Melissa McCarthy](https://cinepixo.com/people/melissa-mccarthy)
- [Cleo King](https://cinepixo.com/people/cleo-king)
- [Laura Linney](https://cinepixo.com/people/laura-linney)

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