Product Details

• Actors: Charles Durning, Steve Harris, Corbin Bernsen, Jello Biafra, Susan Egan
• Directors: Kevin DiNovis
• Writers: Kevin DiNovis
• Producers: Jenny Hinkey, Lee David Lee, Stephen Israel
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Bfs Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: November 21, 2006
• Run Time: 77 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000I2KRX0
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #200,945 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Death & Texas" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Official Selection 2004 South by Southwest Film Festival, Slamdance Film Festival, Seattle Film Festival and Mill Valley Film Festival

...only two things in life are certain

Time is running out for one of the greatest wide receivers in the history of pro football, "Barefoot" Bobby Briggs (Steve Harris - The Practice), who sits on Death Row for his unintentional role in a botched robbery and murder. When his former football team, the Austin Steers, need an instant replacement for an injured player on their march to the huge Mega Bowl game, Bobby has one last hope to escape execution. Seizing the opportunity to help his client, lawyer Marshall Ledger (Charles Durning - O Brother, Where Art Thou?) offers the Governor a controversial political deal for Bobby to play with the Steers and win the chance to bypass the executioner’s needle.

Satirical, funny and unashamedly political, Death & Texas parodies the manipulation of the legal system and peeks behind the win-at-all-costs scenes of pro football and the tireless maneuverings of a crusader determined to make a difference.

Starring: Charles Durning (Dirty Deeds, The Sting), Steve Harris (Minority Report), Corbin Bernsen (Carpool Guy), Billy Ray Cyrus (Doc), Mary Kay Place (The West Wing), Andy Richter (Scary Movie 2), Jello Biafra, Richard Riehle (Joe Dirt) and Tiffany

Special Features: Cast Interviews / Commentary

approx. 77 mins. col.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars What you think of the death penalty will be challenged by this film., August 21, 2010

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boomdoggy (Los Angeles, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Death & Texas (DVD)

This is a fascinating but not perfect film. It is a low budget project but it does show how we value life, or at least how we argue about the value of life. The themes run deep in this film. It reflects how we in general like the death penalty but also like to give a pass to our sporting heroes. You get a DUI, punch the cop and get arrested, fired, and maybe do some time. A pro athlete does the same and he keeps his job, gets a fine that is a small fraction of his wealth and when he does not do it again, he is a role model. In this film the sports hero is on death row, and rightfully so. Yet we fall into the trap of seeing if he can get off of death row by playing well. Absolutely silly if you just read about it, but dead serious in this creepy dark comedy that is really just a mirror of our own culture. This film strikes deep too because it asks us to not just consider this specific case but points out the silliness of another death row alibis, like finding God and reforming as a way to get a pass on death. Whatever your opinion of state sponsored killing, you will get your views skewered in this film and you will see the inherent hierocracy you and others hold to be dear truths.
It is a documentary styled movie but the casting was brilliant. The characters are so believable that I found myself wishing it was real just to know that Barefoot Bobby Briggs might actually get justice. It works to show everyone's side of the story very well. It debates several political issues and puts the normal everyday face of an American on them. I enjoyed the questions this movie raised in my own mind. If you are a thinker and like documentaries you will like one very well. What you believe about the death penalty will be challenged by this film.