The Virtual Corpse
ARCHIVE REEL
TV
EDITION NO. 916The Virtual Corpse
•2003
Key Details
Release StatusReleased
Release Date2003-01-26
Languageen
Runtime45m
Production
Swiss Federal Office of Culture, HBO, Schweizer Fernsehen (FS), eXtra Film, HBO Documentary Films, SWR
Overview
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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Writing & Screenplay
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