A Letter from Death Row

A Letter from Death Row
Film Poster
Directed by	Marvin Baker Bret Michaels
Written by	Bret Michaels
Starring	Bret Michaels Martin Sheen Charlie Sheen
Release date(s)	November 17, 1998 (1998-11-17)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

A Letter From Death Row is a 1998 psychological thriller film directed by Marvin Baker and Bret Michaels, lead singer of the hard rock band Poison. Bret Michaels also wrote the film and starred in it.^[1] The film was released by Sheen Michaels Entertainment, a company created by Bret Michaels and actor Charlie Sheen^[2]. The film was produced by Shane Stanley and also stars Martin Sheen, Charlie Sheen, and Kristi Gibson, who was Michaels' girlfriend at the time.

The prison scenes were filmed on location in the Tennessee State Prison, with real inmates used as extras.

Plot summary

A psychological thriller that takes you through the mind of convicted killer, Michael Raine, and his experiences on death row. Was he guilty of killing his girlfriend or was he a victim of a conspiracy to frame him for a crime he didn't commit? As the story unfolds Jessica Foster, an assistant to the Governor of Tennessee begins to interview Raine while on death row, claiming that she's writing a book about the inmates. Through various circumstances, Raine puts two and two together and builds a case that he believes can prove his innocence...or does he? Ms. Foster is the only one on the 'outside" who can give Raine a voice, but is she working for those who framed him? As time draws near to the date of his execution, in his most desperate hour Raine finds the missing pieces to the puzzle to prove his innocence, but is it too late...? Was this story told from Raine's point of view or from the book writers or from yours, the viewer - you decide.

Soundtrack

Bret Michaels also recorded and released the soundtrack to the movie in the same year. Max T. Barnes worked as an engineer on the project.

Documentary

A documentary was released in 2000 titled "High Tension, Low Budget (The Making of a Letter from Death Row)" and is included as a special extra bonus on DVD versions released outside the U.S. The extra includes the making of the movie, featuring in depth interviews with cast and crew and various other clips of Bret Michaels in the 1990s leading up to the movie's release.^[3]

Sequel

There was a sequel released in 2002 titled "Dark Asylum" in the US and "Return to Death Row" outside the US and starred Judd Nelson, Larry Drake, Paulina Porizkova and Jürgen Prochnow. Bret Michaels was not associated with the sequel despite appearing on the cover of the international version.

References

External links

• A Letter from Death Row at the Internet Movie Database

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