The Chamber (1996)

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R | 2 hr 5 mins | Drama, Thriller, Adaptation, Mystery | Released: 10/11/1996 |Box Office Total: $14.4M

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Synopsis:

In 28 days, convicted killer and white supremacist Sam Cayhall will die in the Mississippi gas chamber for the 1967 bombing murders of two small children. While counting down his final days, Sam is visited by a stranger: young, inexperienced law associate Adam Hall, who comes to Parchman Prison to try to save this unrepentant racist and find meaning in his own life. Although his late father changed his family name, Adam is Sam's grandson. As the days and minutes swiftly tick away, Adam uses every legal strategy he knows to win clemency for his grandfather, losing each of these desperate battles in the higher courts. Vehemently opposed to capital punishment, Adam also strongly believes that Sam may be innocent and hopes to uncover the identity of the real bomber. With hope fading each hour, Adam's grueling experience becomes more frightening as he is menacingly shadowed by a mysterious figure who may know the truth behind the crime for which Sam now awaits death in "the chamber."

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
10/11/1996

Director	Credit
James Foley	Director
Cast	Credit
Chris O'Donnell	Adam Hall
Gene Hackman	Sam Cayhall
Faye Dunaway	Lee Bowen
Robert Prosky	E Garner Goodman
Raymond Barry	Rollie Wedge
Bo Jackson	Sergeant Packer
Lela Rochon Staples	Nora Stark
David Marshall Grant	Governor McAllister
Nicholas Pryor	Judge Slattery
Harve Presnell	Attorney General Roxburgh
Richard Bradford	Wyn Lettner
Greg Goossen	J B Gullitt
Seth Isler	Marvin Kramer
Millie Perkins	Ruth Kramer
Sid Johnson	Josh Kramer
Blake Johnson	John Kramer
Josef Sommer	Phelps Bowen
Leonard Vincent	Lucas Mann
Bonita Allen	Ms Cooley
Dick Stilwell	George Nugent
Gloria Jackson Winters	Woman Guard
Gregg Elam	Joe Lincoln
Zaquarii Walters	Quince Lincoln
Jane Kaczmarek	Dr Anne Biddows
Thom Gossom Jr	Bink
Jana Barraza	Gate Attendant
Nick Brett	Rally Skinhead
Curtis Epper	Rally Skinhead
Craig Pinckes	Rally Skinhead
Dan Beene	Lead Sheriff
James Geralden	Newscaster
Michelle Davison	Professor Burns
Jack Conley	White Guard
Stephanie Bell Flynt	Newscaster on Air
Ruby Wilson	Jessie
Joe Meek	Senate Aide
Anthony Kopczynski	Visitor's Room Guard
Ken Colquitt	Visitor's Room Guard
Neil Barton	Visitor's Room Guard
Gilbert Ivan Johnson	Trustee
Jerry Gauny	Inmate
Ed Siebert	Inmate
Bob Rummler	Inmate
Disraeli Ellison	Inmate
Rod Phillips	Inmate
Jeff Sanders	Inmate
Richard T Munoz	Inmate
Clee Cottel	Inmate
Ian Brady	Deputy Executioner
Sam Bologna	Deputy Executioner
Charles Swain	Observation Cell Guard
Tony Scott Sherrom	Governor's Aide
Production Credits	Credit
Karen Snow	Associate Producer
David Friendly	Executive Producer
John Davis	Producer
Brian Grazer	Producer
Ric Kidney	Executive Producer
Karen Kehela-Sherwood	Executive Producer
Ron Howard	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Davis Entertainment Company	Production Company
Imagine Entertainment	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Universal	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Universal Studios Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Locations
Los Angeles, California, USA
Jackson, Mississippi, USA
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Writer	Credit
William Goldman	Screenplay
John Grisham	Source Material
John Grisham	Source Material (from novel)
Chris Reese	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Robert Gordon	Accountant
James T Linville	Assistant Accountant
James O Maull	Post-Production Accountant
Kay Jordan	Accountant - construction accountant
Laura J Fox	Assistant Accountant
M Gaye Melvin	Assistant Accountant - accounting assistant
Lori Nakamura	Accountant - payroll accountant
Art Department	Credit
Mark Worthington	Art Director
Tani Kunitake	Illustrator - production illustrator
Christopher Tandon	Assistant Art Director
Lisa Fischer	Set Decorator
Maya Shimoguchi	Set Designer
William S Maxwell III	Lead Person - leadman
Loren Lyons	Set Dresser - on-set dresser
Jennifer Lee Hirsch	Art Department Coordinator
David Brisbin	Production Designer
Bradford Boll	Art Assistant - art department assistant
Danny D Cappa	Set Dresser
China Iwata	Art Department Coordinator
August Goulet	Art Assistant - art department assistant
Rick Lambert	Lead Person - leadman
Philip Toolin	Set Designer
Mindi R Toback	Set Designer
Asahel Cooper	Set Dresser
Robert Gray	Set Dresser
Barbara Ann Spencer	Set Designer
Jim Jackson	Set Dresser
Roger Knight	Set Dresser
Joe Pfaltzgraf	Set Dresser
Jack Stevens	Set Dresser
Benton E Tedlie	Set Dresser
Casting	Credit
Theresa Phillips	Casting Assistant
Shirley Fulton Crumley	Extras Casting - location/extras casting
Emily Schweber	Casting Associate
Mali Finn	Casting
Brent Scarpo	Extras Casting - extras casting associate
Craft Services	Credit
John Starr	Craft Service
Chuk Gill	Craft Service
Lisa Jennings	Craft Service
Film Camera	Credit
James M Cox	Lighting - assistant chief lighting technician
E J Butch Ertel	Projectionist
Francois Duhamel	Photography - still photographer
Aaron Pazanti	Camera Operator
Paul Murphey	Video Playback
Mike Milliken	Color Timer
Kenneth Nishino	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Shawn Landis	Camera - camera loader
Ian Baker	Director of Photography
Scott C Smith	Camera - camera remote technician
Stan McClain	Camera Operator - Westcam operator
Vincent Mata	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
Music	Credit
Shelby Tate	Song
Adam Milo Smalley	Music Editor
Remy Zero	Song Performer
Carter Burwell	Orchestrations - orchestrator and conductor
Carter Burwell	Music
Sonny Kompanek	Music Arranger - orchestrator
Emile Charlap	Music Contractor
Michael Farrow	Music - music scoring mixer
J J George	Music Editor
John Humphrey	Song
The Nixons	Song Performer
Joe Sample	Song Performer
Jeffe Davis	Song
Zac Maloy	Song
Ricky Brooks	Song
Joe Sample	Song
Physical Effects	Credit
Webster Whinery	Stunt Coordinator
Kevin Grevioux	Stunts
Nils Allen Stewart	Stunts
Production Management	Credit
Karen Snow	Post-Production Supervisor
Denis L Stewart	Assistant Director
Lisa J Watters	Production Coordinator
Annie Bardelli	Assistant Production Coordinator
David Householter	Unit Production Manager
John H Findley III	Assistant Location Manager
Barbara Holloway	Location Assistant
Richard Klotz	Location Manager
Richard Klotz	Production Supervisor
Kerry Lyn McKissick	Script Supervisor
Robin Bronner	DGA Trainee
Craig Pinckes	Assistant Director
Don J Hug	Location Manager
Bradford F Bell	Assistant Location Manager
John Elmore	Assistant Director - 2nd assistant director
John A Johnston	Assistant Location Manager
Brian W Boyd	Assistant Director - 2nd assistant director
Publicity	Credit
Ernie Malik	Publicity - publicist
Sound	Credit
Mary Ruth Smith	ADR Editor
Thomas O'Neil Younkman	ADR - ADR assistant
Kim Waugh	Audio
Robert Batha	Assistant Sound Editor
Wylie Stateman	Sound Editor
Jose Antonio Garcia	Sound Mixer - production sound mixer
Philip D Morill	Sound - digital sound assistant
Tony Lamberti	Sound Effects Editor
Jonathan Lee-Ger Fuh	Boom Operator
Craig Jaeger	Foley - foley intern
Chris Jenkins	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Gary A. Hecker	Foley Artist
Phil Hess	Foley - foley intern
Hector Gika	Sound Effects Editor
Patricia Conaway	Sound - digital sound assistant
Dan O'Connell	Foley Artist
Paul Timothy Carden	Sound Editor
Burtis Bills	Audio
Mark Smith	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Jeff Clark	ADR Editor
Ron Bartlett	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Jeff Wilhoit	Foley Artist
Chris Hogan	Foley - foley intern
Mark Ormandy	Audio
John Cucci	Foley Artist
Visual Effects	Credit
Burt Dalton	Special Effects Coordinator
William R Aldridge	Special Effects - special effects powder man
Peter Montgomery	Visual Effects Supervisor
Rodney Byrd	Special Effects Foreman
Dewey Gene Grigg	Special Effects - special effects powder man
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Zandra Harding	Wardrobe Assistant
Leonard Engelman	Makeup - key makeup
Angel DeAngelis	Hair Stylist - key hairstylist
Peggy Penamon	Wardrobe - seamstress
Susie Money	Costume Supervisor
Mary C Lane	Set Costumer
Sabine Kelling	Costumes - costumer
Lance Anderson	Makeup Artist
Victoria Wood	Wig Supplier - wigs
Tracy Tynan	Costume Designer
Ellen Wong	Makeup
Ronald Scott	Hair Stylist - hairstylist to Gene Hackman
Lon Bentley	Makeup Artist
Chris Land	Wardrobe Assistant
James H Lapidus	Set Costumer
Birgitte Mann	Costumes - costumer
Kevin Haney	Makeup - special makeup effects
Iraina Gibson	Hair Stylist - hairstylist to Lela Rochon
Teresa Binder	Set Costumer
Bonnie Clevering	Hair Stylist
Deborah J Mills	Hair Stylist

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