Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture

Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Surround )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Australia ( PAL/NTSC/Region 0 )

Running Time:
104 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1990 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Frank Pierson

Written By:
Doug Magee

Actors:
Roy Scheider ..... Paul Marish, Photographer
Bonnie Bedelia ..... Hannah McGrath
Robert Carradine ..... Police Sgt. Jerry Brown
Andre Braugher ..... Dan Weston, Time Magazine Reporter
Arliss Howard ..... Raymond Eames
Bob Barnes ..... Gov. Dean
Rex Benson ..... Buddy Eames, Raymond's Father
Harold Bergman ..... Judge Landis
Ginger Burgett ..... Jean Watley
Traber Burns ..... Ron Felders
Patrick Cherry ..... Donnie, Crazy Death Row Inmate
Antoni Corone ..... Mike Knighton, Ex-cop / D.A.'s Assistant
Jay Glick ..... Prison chaplain
Marietta Haley ..... TV Reporter
Danny Hanemann ..... Doug McGrath, Jackie McGrath's Brother
John Glenn Harding ..... Waiter
Tom Kouchalakos ..... Burke
Ann Kymberlie ..... Clerk
Michael Leopard ..... Guard #1
Marc Macaulay ..... Supt. Stanton
Shawn McAllister ..... Dr. Milliken
Mark McCracken ..... Nathanson
Greg Paul Meyers ..... Jackie McGrath, Murder Victim
Kathy Neff ..... Doreen Rusher
Tom Nowicki ..... Steve March (Eames trial prosecuting attorney / District Attorney)
Michael O'Smith ..... Police Chief
John Polce ..... Executioner
Kevin Quigley ..... Floyd Tatum
James Lea Raupp ..... Electrician
Ric Reitz ..... Aide #1
Tracy Roberts ..... 'Betty' the Barmaid
Tom Schuster ..... Jake Rusher, Ex-cop who commits suicide
Robert Small ..... Aide #2
Lou Walker ..... Blohm, Owner Blohm's Bait & Tackle at Gilden Georgia
Mattie Wolf ..... Mrs. Landis
Steve Zurk ..... Guard in charge

Synopsis:

Raymond Eames, a small-time drug dealer, has been sentenced to death for the shooting death of a policeman. After seven years of appeals are exhausted, the date of his execution arrives. His last request is that his execution be photographed. Eames selects Paul Marish, a jaded Pulitzer Prize winning photographer, who is convinced by his agent to visit the small town in Georgia. Sensing a big story, Marish's agent sends in a reporter from Time magazine, and together they begin to investigate the events surrounding the murder, in a small town where emotions are high and opinions are fixed.

Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture is a fairly standard disc from Goodtimes, but that's not necessarily bad. As with the majority of their titles, this one has a very good picture that is free of any distracting elements. At times the age of the film shows, but it's far from glaring. This "small" company should be given a lot of credit for continually producing sharp-looking images. Since the film was made for cable, it's shown in a full-screen format. It was never made wide. Also, as with most of their discs, they use a four-channel surround soundtrack, though they never really take advantage of it. There's little use of any surround sound, but considering the source, it still sounds clean. The disc has an English language track and subtitles for English, French, and Spanish. For a DVD that has such a low retail price, one can't expect a lot of extra material.

Based on Doug Magee's novel Slow Coming Dark, the made-for-cable Somebody Has to Shoot the Picture is about a photojournalist (Roy Scheider) who is hired by a man (Arliss Howard) convicted of killing a policeman to photograph his execution. As the execution grows nearer, the photographer uncovers evidence that suggests the convicted man is actually innocent, and he tries to save him before it's too late.

This product was added to our catalog on Saturday 29 March, 2014.