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Blue End

Switzerland / Germany, August 2000
FILM, Documentary, 85 min.

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directed by
Kaspar Kasics
Written by
Kaspar Kasics
Status
In distribution

Following his execution on August 5th 1993 in Huntsville, the body of Joseph Paul Jernigan is transferred to the University of Colorado Medical Center. Two years later science rejoices at the birth of the very first digitalised man. The "Visible Human Project" has been disseminated all over the world thanks to 800 licences, eventually arriving on the internet. The data fills 8.5 million book pages and is expected to serve as a basis for surgical simulations in the near future. This would be a surprise indeed to Joseph Paul Jernigan, who after a wait of 12 years on death row hoping for his sentence to be quashed on appeal, bequeathed his body to science. Doubtless he had little idea of what was in store for him at the hands of the state prosecutors, the various government authorities and the scientists.

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World Premiere
August 2000
Original Version
English (german subtitles),  colour, 35mm, 85 min.
Production
eXtra-Film, SRF Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, SWR – Südwestrundfunk
Producer
Kaspar Kasics
directed by
Kaspar Kasics
Written by
Kaspar Kasics (nach einer Reportage von)
Cinemato­graphy
Pierre Mennel
Editing
Kaspar Kasics, Isabel Meier
Re-Recording Mix
Hans Küenzi
Music
Mich Gerber
Location Sound Mix
Jens-Peter Rövekamp

World Sales / World Rights

World Sales
First Hand Films GmbH

Worldwide Distribution

Switzerland
Lang Filmverleih Distribution

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