Deadly Decision
(1988)
Regisseur:
Jerry LondonSchauspieler:
Julie Christie, Hugo Weaving, John Polson, Victor Banerjee, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kerry Armstrong, Robin Ramsay, Shapoor Batliwalla, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Noah Taylor, Jeremy Shadlow, Aldo King, Alex Pinder, Jeff Truman, David Field, Neela DeyEine Mutter kämpft um das Leben ihres Sohnes, der gemeinsam mit einem Freund in Malaysia mit Heroin im Gepäck verhaftet wurde und nun mit der Todesstrafe rechnen muß. Der melodramatische, engagierte Film basiert auf tatsächlichen Ereignissen aus dem Jahr 1986 um die Australierin Barbara Barlow; die Kino- bzw. Videofassung eines ursprünglich 200minütigen Fernsehfilms.
On 9th of November 1983 two Australians, Kevin Barlow and Geoff Chambers were arrested at Penang Airport in Malaysia carrying 179 grams of Heroin. A crime which in Malaysia carries a mandatory sentence of death... Dadah Is Death (A Long Way From Home) is the true story of Barbara Barlow's desperate attempt to save her son from the Hangmans rope - a courageous effort that involved impassioned pleas to President Reagan, The British Prime Minister, and even the Pope. By July 1986 this international struggle had seemed to reach a hopeless conclusion and all that was left was a mother's love for her son.
On 9th of November 1983 two Australians, Kevin Barlow and Geoff Chambers were arrested at Penang Airport in Malaysia carrying 179 grams of Heroin. A crime which in Malaysia carries a mandatory sentence of death... Dadah Is Death (A Long Way From Home) is the true story of Barbara Barlow's desperate attempt to save her son from the Hangmans rope - a courageous effort that involved impassioned pleas to President Reagan, The British Prime Minister, and even the Pope. By July 1986 this international struggle had seemed to reach a hopeless conclusion and all that was left was a mother's love for her son.
