30 Years to Life (also known as Nightworld: 30 Years to Life) is a 1998 American made-for-television science fiction film directed by Michael Tuchner and starring Robert Hays, Hugh O'Conor and Amy Robbins.TV Guide. October 10–17, 1998. pg. 212 It was created for UPN in 1998 for the Thursday Night at the Movies block, as part of the six film Nightworld anthology. It was the first film in the anthology to air on the block. Filming took place in the summer of 1998 in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, primarily Luxembourg City.
Plot summary In a futuristic society where prison has been abolished, a 15-year-old is punished for a murder he didn't commit by being subjected to a process that ages him thirty years. As an older man he sets out to find the real killer.
Cast Robert Hays....Vincent Dawson Hugh O'Conor....Young Vincent 'Vinnie' Dawson Amy Robbins....Darla Mirabelle Kirkland....Gweneth Christien Anholt....Derek Gabrielle Lazure....Kate Jana Sheldon....Noreen Zoot Lynam....Kyle Doug Haley....Ben Geoffrey Bateman....Detective Sidney Michael J. Shannon....Graham Kenny Seymour....Manager Larue Hall....Judge Slark Liza Sadovy....Doctor Jules Werner....Clerk Robert L. Hall....Prosecutor Radica Jovicic....Defense Attorney Special Appearances by: Vernon Dobtcheff....Sandor Michael Byrne....Oliver Mather Josie d'Arby....Lucy Bill Dunn....School Teacher
Home media
United States: The film was released on DVD in several combo packs from Echo Bridge Home Entertainment in 2010. It is available to watch On Demand through Amazon Prime Video from FilmRise.
Germany: It was released on DVD as a single release and a combo pack in 2004.
Japan: It was released on VHS in 2000.
See also List of television films produced for UPN List of science fiction films of the 1990s List of drama films of the 1990s List of Canadian films of 1998
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