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The Virtual Corpse

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.

45m2003PG-13TMDb 8.0

English

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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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Info

Status
Released
Released
26 January 2003
Runtime
45m
Rating
PG-13
TMDB score
8.0 / 10 (1 votes)

Production

Director
Kaspar Kasics
Studios
Swiss Federal Office of Culture, HBO, Schweizer Fernsehen (FS)
Countries
United States of America

Languages

Original
English
Spoken
English