Based on Mikal Gilmore's book, this film depicts the tragic final days of the    author's brother, Gary Gilmore, a convicted murderer who became the first man    executed in the U.S. in nearly a decade in 1977. Unlike Norman Mailer's The   Executioner's Song, the focus here is not on Gary Gilmore's violence, but   its roots in a dark family past shared by the two brothers. Giovanni Ribisi    plays Mikal Gilmore and Elias Koteas is Gary Gilmore, with Sam Shepard, Amy    Madigan and Eric Bogosian. "...brilliantly acted and paced from beginning to     end. There are no missteps here..." (Tim Goodman, San Francisco             Chronicle). From the acclaimed director of Europa Europa and The   Agnieszka Holland---USA---2001---98 mins.