Midnight Edition Movie Review 1993

Investigative reporter Jack Travers (Patton) returns to his Georgia hometown newspaper just in time to write the story of his life. Nineteen-year-old Darryl Weston (DeLuise) massacres a local family for no apparent reason, is tried, convicted, and sentenced to die. Jack's death row interviews with Darryl become hot news but his reporter's objectivity is lost and he becomes a pawn in an escape plan. Good interplay between the charming sociopath and the self-deluded reporter in a sometimes confusing thriller. Based on the autobiography "Escape of My Dead Men" by Charles Postell.

Distribution

Universal Studios Home Video, 100 Universal City Plz., Universal City, CA 91608-9955, Phone: (818)777-1000, Fax: (818)866-1483, URL: http://www.universalstudios.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 98 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Psycho-Thriller, Front Page, Psychotics/Sociopaths, Great Escapes

Screenplay

Howard Libov, Yuri Zeltser, Michael Stewart

Cast

Will Patton, Michael DeLuise, Clare Wren, Nancy Moore Atchison, Sarabeth Tucek, Judson Vaughn, Ji-Tu Cumbuka, Jay Bernard

Director

Howard Libov

Music

Murray Attaway

Producer

Ehud Epstein, Jonathan Gordon, Howard Libov, Shapiro Glickenhaus Entertainment Corporation