A Letter from Death Row (film)
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{{Infobox film
| name = A Letter from Death Row
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| director = Marvin Baker
Bret Michaels
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| writer = Bret Michaels
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| starring = Bret Michaels
Martin Sheen
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| released = {{Film date|1998|11|17}}
| runtime = 90 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
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A Letter From Death Row is a 1998 psychological thriller film directed by Marvin Baker and Bret Michaels, lead singer of the hard rock band Poison. Bret Michaels also wrote the film and starred in it.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119521/|title=IMDB - Bret Michaels: A Letter from Death Row |website=IMDb |year= 2010 }} The film was released by Sheen Michaels Entertainment, a company created by Bret Michaels and actor Charlie Sheen.{{cite web|url=https://archive.blabbermouth.net/news/bret-michaels-talks-charlie-sheen-bandanas-video/|title=BRET MICHAELS Talks CHARLIE SHEEN, Bandanas|publisher=Blabbermouth|accessdate=24 August 2021|archive-date=24 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210824103448/https://archive.blabbermouth.net/news/bret-michaels-talks-charlie-sheen-bandanas-video/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.buddytv.com/articles/rock-of-love/profile/brett-michaels.aspx|title=Bret Michaels profile|publisher=buddy tv|year=2007|accessdate=9 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111022173222/http://www.buddytv.com/articles/rock-of-love/profile/brett-michaels.aspx|archive-date=2011-10-22|url-status=dead}} The film was produced by Shane Stanley and also stars Martin Sheen, Charlie Sheen, and Kristi Gibson, who was Michaels' girlfriend at the time.
The prison scenes were filmed on location in the Tennessee State Prison, with real inmates used as extras.
Plot summary
Convicted killer Michael Raine is on death row. He is either guilty of killing his girlfriend or a victim of a conspiracy to frame him for a crime he didn't commit. As the story unfolds Jessica Foster, an assistant to the Governor of Tennessee begins to interview Raine while on death row, claiming that she's writing a book about the inmates. Through various circumstances, Raine puts two and two together and builds a case that he believes can prove his innocence. Ms. Foster is the only one on the 'outside" who can give Raine a voice, but is she working for those who framed him? As time draws near to the date of his execution, in his most desperate hour Raine finds the missing pieces to the puzzle to prove his innocence, but is it too late?
Cast
- Bret Michaels as Michael Raine
- Martin Sheen as Michael's Father
- Kristi Gibson as Kristi Richards
- Phil Valentine as Donald Bateman
- Simon Elsworth as Officer Wendell
- Drew Boe as Lucifer T. Powers
- Bill Pankey as Redford
- Charlie Sheen As Cop
Soundtrack
Bret Michaels also recorded and released the soundtrack to the movie in the same year. Max T. Barnes worked as an engineer on the project.
Documentary
A documentary was released in 2000 titled "High Tension, Low Budget (The Making of a Letter from Death Row)" and is included as a special extra bonus on DVD versions released outside the U.S. The extra includes the making of the movie, featuring in depth interviews with cast and crew and various other clips of Bret Michaels in the 1990s leading up to the movie's release.{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0287476/|title=IMDB - Bret Michaels: High Tension, Low Budget |website=IMDb |year= 2010 }}
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|id=0119521|title=A Letter from Death Row}}
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Category:1998 psychological thriller films
Category:American thriller films