Robert Blecker Wants Me Dead

Robert Blecker Wants Me Dead
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ted Schillinger
Produced by	Bruce David Klein
Starring	Robert Blecker
Cinematography	Ted Schillinger Matthew Howe
Edited by	Kendrick Simmons
Release dates	April 25, 2008 (2008-04-25) (USA Film Festival) February 27, 2009 (2009-02-27)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Robert Blecker Wants Me Dead is an independent documentary film about retributivist death penalty advocate Robert Blecker^[1] and his relationship with Daryl Holton, a death row inmate who murdered his own four children, and who was executed by the state of Tennessee in September 2007. The film was directed by Ted Schillinger and produced by Bruce David Klein.

The film was completed in November 2007 and made its world premiere on April 25, 2008, at the USA Film Festival in Dallas, Texas, as an official selection of the festival.^[2][3][4] The film was also an official selection of the 2008 Rhode Island Film Festival^[5] and the 2008 Cork Film Festival.^[6] It won a Gold Kahuna Award at the 2009 Honolulu International Film Festival.^[7]

Robert Blecker Wants Me Dead was released theatrically on February 27, 2009. The New York Times said the film was "compelling" and Film Journal International called it "captivating."^[8][9] The Washington Post described it as a fascinating look at "the vast amount of wiggle room between being for the death penalty and being against it."^[10] The film made its television premiere on April 19, 2009, on MSNBC. It was released on DVD in 2010.

References

External links

• Official website
• Robert Blecker Wants Me Dead at the Internet Movie Database
• Variety article referring to production of film
• Radio interview with Robert Blecker about the film
• FLYP multimedia article on the film
• Robert Blecker Wants Me Dead on Rotten Tomatoes