United States / Jan 26, 2003 / PG-13
The Virtual Corpse (2003)
Directed by Kaspar Kasics
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45min
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Plot
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.
Main cast
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| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Dawn Layfield | Herself |
| Mark Ticer | Himself |
Genres
Documentary
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | The Virtual Corpse |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Production countries | United States of America |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Swiss Federal Office of Culture, HBO, Schweizer Fernsehen (FS), eXtra Film, HBO Documentary Films, SWR |
| Release date | 26 gennaio 2003 |
| Executive producer | Nancy Abraham, Sheila Nevins, Joe Berlinger |
| Production | Kaspar Kasics |
| Writer | Kaspar Kasics |
| Editing | M. Watanabe Milmore, Scott P. Doniger, Robert Burgos, Jeremy Stulberg |
| Assistant directors | Andrea Štaka, Kaspar Kasics |
| Production design | Marcelo Vita |
| Art direction | Marcelo Vita |
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| Set decoration | Marcelo Vita |
| Visual effects | Hyok Kim |
| Music | Michael Gerber, Wendy Blackstone, Jens Peter Rovekamp, Lynne Czekala |
| Sound | Jens Peter Rovekamp, Michael Gerber, Wendy Blackstone, Lynne Czekala |
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