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Feature film — 2003

The Virtual Corpse (2003)

8.00h 45mDocumentary

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.

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A high-signal pick with 1 votes.

Swiss Federal Office of Culture / HBO / Schweizer Fernsehen (FS) / eXtra Film / HBO Documentary Films / SWR

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Director: Kaspar Kasics

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Victor Spitzer

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Bob Jernigan

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Michael Ackerman

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Reverend Carroll L Pickett

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Vicky Layfield

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Jody Tullos

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Patrick Batchelor

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Dawn Layfield

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Mark Ticer

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