The Life of David Gale

The Life of David Gale (2003) — watch online on iFILM this gripping thriller from director Alan Parker, starring Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet, and Laura Linney. A Texas philosophy professor and vocal death-penalty abolitionist sits on death row. Three days left before the needle.

David Gale built his career fighting capital punishment as a leader of the activist group DeathWatch. Then he was convicted of murdering fellow activist Constance Harraway. Reporter Bitsey Bloom (Kate Winslet) flies in to collect his final interview — and starts noticing that nothing quite lines up. The crime scene doesn't match the verdict. She digs harder.

Parker constructs the film as a ticking-clock puzzle, each new fragment reshuffling the case. Shot on location in Texas, this US-UK-German co-production puts Spacey at the center of a story about a man who spent his life arguing the system kills innocent people — and may have become one of them. Stream The Life of David Gale (2003) in full on iFILM.