The Virtual Corpse

The Virtual Corpse 2003

★ 8.0TMDB 0h 45min Director: Kaspar Kasics

Documentary

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.

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

Crew

Director: Kaspar Kasics
Writers: Kaspar Kasics
Producers: Kaspar Kasics
Executive Producers: Joe Berlinger, Sheila Nevins, Nancy Abraham
Editing: M. Watanabe Milmore, Scott P. Doniger, Robert Burgos
Composer: Michael Gerber, Wendy Blackstone

Details

Release date: Jan 26, 2003
Runtime: 45 min
Status: Released
Studios: Swiss Federal Office of Culture, HBO, Schweizer Fernsehen (FS), eXtra Film, HBO Documentary Films, SWR
Country: United States of America
Language: English