# The Life Of David Gayle (SPOLIERS) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 15, 2003, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-life-of-david-gayle-spoliers/201718 "2003-09-15T14:29:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-life-of-david-gayle-spoliers/201718/1 "2003-09-15T14:29:55Z")
I just watched the movie and am confused about the ending. Can someone please explain to me? I have not yet learned how to create “spolier boxes” so I don’t want to ruin it for others. by hinting to the ending. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Jadis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@Jadis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jadis)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-life-of-david-gayle-spoliers/201718/2 "2003-09-15T15:02:41Z")
I haven’t seen the movie, but there was a [recent discussion of this movie here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=210147). ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-life-of-david-gayle-spoliers/201718/3 "2003-09-15T15:40:53Z")
Thank you for the link. I searched under the “search” function by putting in David Gayle and it came up empty handed. ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-life-of-david-gayle-spoliers/201718/4 "2003-09-15T15:44:10Z")
How much of the ending are you confused about? David was a martyr to his cause. He purposely allowed himself to be set up for the murder so he could prove once and for all to the state government (and everyone else) that an innocent man _can_ erroneously be put to death. The woman knew she was terminal so she agreed to the filming of her own death for the cause. The guy in the cowboy hat (sorry, been a while and don’t remember their names) also was in on the whole thing, and is on the lam for the rest of his life for his part in it. The spoiler box can be created by surrounding your text with “spoiler” and “/spoiler”, except use instead of the double-quotes. ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-life-of-david-gayle-spoliers/201718/5 "2003-09-15T15:52:20Z")
Ok I am going to attempt to make a spoiler box. Here goes Thanks for the info horseflesh. You helped me with most of it but this is what else I want to know. [spoiler] What was the purpose of Berlin’s postcard in with the money that was given to Gayle’s wife? [spoiler] ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-life-of-david-gayle-spoliers/201718/6 "2003-09-15T20:17:12Z")
Just forgot the / with the second “spoiler”. That would’ve completed the coding. If the postcard you’re talking about is from the coed who accused him of rape in the beginning of the movie (again, it’s been a while since I saw it), well, I don’t rightly know what it’s purpose was other than to make an already sympathetic character (Spacey) more sympathetic. I believe the postcard more or less indicated that the rape charge was false. Maybe it gave his ex-wife some closure and the understanding that David wasn’t the kind of man she was led to believe (a rapist)? ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-life-of-david-gayle-spoliers/201718/7 "2003-09-15T20:22:42Z")
[spoiler] Yes what was the purpose of the stupid postcard? Did berlin send that to him while he was in jail?[spoiler] / ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-life-of-david-gayle-spoliers/201718/8 "2003-09-15T20:57:00Z")
Do it like this: [spoiled] David Gale is an evil reptilian kitten-eater from another planet. [/spoiled] You can also see how people do formatting tricks by clicking “quote” to quote their post. Their formatting will show up as plain text in the “your reply” box. ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-life-of-david-gayle-spoliers/201718/9 "2003-09-15T21:01:01Z")
Ok thanks for the tip. Here goes: [spoiler] I knew David Gale was going to die because of the title[/spoiled] ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [September 15, 2003, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-life-of-david-gayle-spoliers/201718/10 "2003-09-15T21:10:15Z")
Ok that spolier box didn’t work. How about this… Kevin Spacey is a hottie