Movie·2003·0h 45m

The Virtual Corpse

Country

United States of America

Language

English

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The Story

Documentary about the first human to donate his body to science so that it could be studied in the form of a 3D database of the entire anatomy that is available to view online. Convicted killer Joseph Paul Jernigan donated his body to science shortly before he was executed in 1993 and this documentary examines what took place after his death by lethal injection.

Producer

Kaspar Kasics, Nancy Abraham

Editor

M. Watanabe Milmore

Themes

death penaltylethal injectioncapital punishmentcorpse

Production House

Swiss Federal Office of Culture
HBO
Schweizer Fernsehen (FS)
eXtra Film
HBO Documentary Films
SWR

Audience Score

80%

1 votes

Skip6%
Timepass14%
Go for it36%
Perfection44%

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Cast

Victor Spitzer

Himself

Bob Jernigan

Himself

Michael Ackerman

Himself

Reverend Carroll L Pickett

Herself

Vicky Layfield

Herself

Jody Tullos

Herself

Patrick Batchelor

Himself

Dawn Layfield

Herself

Mark Ticer

Himself

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Crew

Kaspar Kasics

Writer, Director, Producer

Nancy Abraham

Nancy Abraham

Executive Producer

M. Watanabe Milmore

Editor

Scott P. Doniger

Editor

Sheila Nevins

Sheila Nevins

Executive Producer

Joe Berlinger

Joe Berlinger

Executive Producer

Robert Burgos

Editor

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