Main Cast: Sean Young, Tim Daly, Len Cariou, George Newbern, Dee Wallace
Release Year: 1994
Country: US
Run Time: 100 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG13
Plot
Like the feature film Network (1976), this made-for-television drama scathingly satirizes an amoral, avaricious media. The story is set in 1999, a time the pay-per-view television industry is in a tailspin. It seems with over 500 available channels, audiences have become jaded with movies and sports. Enter up-and-coming executive Jessica Traynor (Sean Young) a member of the Tycom network team. It is her brilliant idea that her company can attract new customers by offering them a chance to witness a real execution on live television. Once her company approves and she untangles all the government red-tape, Jessica is left with the task of choosing an appropriately photogenic and charismatic death-row inmate. Trouble brews when Jessica begins suspecting that the man she selected may be innocent. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
Fred Roggin; James Black - Chaplain; Helen Cates - AD; Darryl Cox - Heliport Clerk; Vince Davis - Boyhood Friend; Wayne de Hart - Turley; Blue Deckert - Lt. Mike Spalding; Alan Fudge - Wallace Sternberg; Gil Glasgow - Golf Cart Driver; Brad Leland - Police Officer; Brian Markinson - Kirby Jacobs; Brandon Smith - Toyoshima; Woody Watson - Bartender; Jim Helms - Driver; Alex Allen Morris - Ramos; Tonie Perensky - TV Reporter; John S. Davies - Mr. Holloway
Credit
Tommy Lee Wallace - Director, Patrick Kennedy - Editor, Mark Snow - Composer (Music Score), John Frick - Production Designer, Richard Leiterman - Cinematographer, Thomas Baum - Screenwriter
