Some parking and traffic lanes in downtown Austin are being closed this week while cast and crew members continue production of the film "The Life of David Gale."

Parking is being prohibited Oct. 8 in the 300 block of West 14th Street from 5 a.m.-3 p.m. and in the 1200 block of Colorado Street from 10 p.m.-2 a.m.

Crews will also work until Oct. 9 in the 1300 block of Trinity Street; the travel lane on the east side of the street will be closed. The 1300 block of San Jacinto Boulevard will have two traffic lanes and one parking lane on the west side of the street closed. Both areas will be closed between 5 p.m. Oct. 8 and 8 p.m. Oct. 9.

Parking and the two travel lanes on the north side of West Seventh Street between Colorado and Lavaca streets will be closed from 5 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 9.

Shooting of "The Life of David Gale" began Oct. 5 in Austin. Among the stars are Kevin Spacey, Laura Linney and Kate Winslet. Alan Parker is the director; Nicolas Cage is one of the producers.

In the movie, a professor and capital punishment foe, played by Spacey, is falsely convicted of murdering another activist, played by Linney, and is put on death row, according to Daily Variety. A journalist, played by Winslet, takes up the case.