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HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: 50 Pairs of Chicago Passes to Werner Herzog’s ‘Into the Abyss’
Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on November 3, 2011 - 3:53pm
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The movie poster for “Into the Abyss” from writer and director Werner Herzog.
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Is the death penalty right or wrong? Why?
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Winners need to arrive early as seats are consumed on a first-come, first-served basis. Since advance screenings are overbooked to ensure a full house, winners are not guaranteed entrance and must arrive early. We recommend arriving 45 minutes before the screening’s scheduled start time. Winners are typically e-mailed our advance-screening passes two days before the screening date. HollywoodChicago.com LLC is a promotional partner with the studio and its partners and doesn’t assume any liability for this giveaway.
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CHICAGO – In our latest documentary edition of HollywoodChicago.com Hookup: Film, we have 50 admit-two movie passes up for grabs to the advance Chicago screening of IFC Films’ “Into the Abyss” from Werner Herzog about why people kill – and why a state kills!
“Into the Abyss” from writer and director Werner Herzog (“Rescue Dawn,” “Grizzly Man”) stars Jason Burkett, Werner Herzog, Michael Perry, Jeremy Richardson, Adam Stotler, Sandra Stotler and Kristen Willis. The film opens in Chicago on Nov. 11, 2011.
To win your free pass to the advance Chicago screening of “Into the Abyss” courtesy of HollywoodChicago.com, just answer our question below. That’s it! This advance screening is on Monday, Nov. 7, 2011 at 7 p.m. in downtown Chicago. Directions to enter this HollywoodChicago.com Hookup and win can be found beneath the graphic below.
Image credit: IFC Films
Here is the synopsis for “Into the Abyss”:
In his fascinating examination of a triple-homicide case in Conroe, Texas, Werner Herzog probes the human psyche to explore why people kill – and why a state kills. In intimate conversations with those involved – including 28-year-old death-row inmate Michael Perry (who was scheduled to die eight days after his interview with Herzog) – the filmmaker achieves what he describes as “a gaze into the abyss of the human soul”.
Herzog’s inquiries also extend to the other convicted killer, Jason Burkett; his father, also incarcerated; a woman who lost both her mother and brother in the crime; as well as a chaplain and former executioner who’ve been with death-row prisoners as they’ve taken their final breaths. As he’s so often done before, Herzog’s investigation unveils layers of humanity and reveals an enlightening trip out of ominous territory.
The movie trailer for “Into the Abyss” can be watched now below.
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Is the death penalty right or wrong? Why?
This Hookup is simple! Just submit your comment below and we will award 50 admit-two tickets randomly via e-mail for our “Into the Abyss” Hookup. Good luck!
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Winners need to arrive early as seats are consumed on a first-come, first-served basis. Since advance screenings are overbooked to ensure a full house, winners are not guaranteed entrance and must arrive early. We recommend arriving 45 minutes before the screening’s scheduled start time. Winners are typically e-mailed our advance-screening passes two days before the screening date. HollywoodChicago.com LLC is a promotional partner with the studio and its partners and doesn’t assume any liability for this giveaway.
 | By ADAM FENDELMAN |
Wrong
On so many levels
Death Penalty
It doesn’t deter anyone away from crime and the system is too flawed.
Death Penalty
It’s right in cases of extreme violence. Justice must be obtained for the victim.
Death Penalty
I am not God so I have no right to say but I feel like if you kill em what is that teaching them. If a horrible crime has been commited they should truly suffer, for many people death is away out.
I don’t think the death
I don’t think the death penalty can be qualified as only right or wrong.
What is wrong is when an innocent person is put to death for a crime that he/she did not commit.
What is wrong is when good citizens have to pay to keep a guilty violent criminal, who will never again be a contributing member of society, in prison for decades.
The Death Penalty
I am really torn about this issue. There are some cases that are so horrific and heart wrenching that I want to scream, give him the chair. But taking a life for another always feels wrong.
Is the death penalty right or wrong? Why?
I’m on the fence on this one. In some situations where there is not enough evidence against someone who is innocent and gets the death penalty then it’s wrong. On the other hand, someone whose committed crimes and killed people just because he’s mad; then yes the death penalty is right. Depends on the situation.
This is a pretty one. I want
This is a pretty one. I want to say yes and no as the comment did. Its hard when the crimes are horrific, yet I sometimes think they deserve it.
I think the death penalty is
I think the death penalty is right. I think it might make people think twice before committing crimes.
death penalty
i think its wrong. no one has the right to kill anyone. it would make us no better than the criminal. thats what life sentences are for.