I have the Oscar-nominated documentary Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory and want to watch it before it comes time to settle in to watch West of Memphis, the Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh-produced documentary that also explores investigation surrounding the "West Memphis Three" which Sony Classics will be releasing on December 25 and today released the first official domestic trailer. The film has been screening at festivals and receiving great buzz as it looks at the new investigation surrounding the "West Memphis Three," which ultimately broke the case open and led to the freedom of three innocent men: Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley Jr. Here's the official synopsis: A new documentary written and directed by Academy Award nominated filmmaker Amy Berg (Deliver Us From Evil) and produced by first-time filmmakers Damien Echols and Lorri Davis, in collaboration with the multiple Academy Award winning team of Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh,...
- 11/2/2012
- by Brad Brevet
- Rope of Silicon
An appalling and heinous crime occurred in 1993 in West Memphis, Arkansas. Three eight year-old boys were murdered and their bodies left in a creek bed, naked and hog-tied. The murder shook the local residents and the police force, everyone unable to comprehend how this happened and who could have done such a thing.
Influenced by the, mostly erroneous, belief that satanic cults were on the rise in America the police decided that this was the work of one such cult and began looking for possible culprits. Seemingly top of their list were three local teenagers, Damian Echols, Jessie Misskelley and Jason Baldwin, with Echols positioned as the ring leader of the group. Echols was a fan of heavy metal, although actually relatively tame bands such as Metallica were the ones most often cited, a reader of writers such as Aleister Crowley and someone who often wrote rather dark poems in his journal.
Influenced by the, mostly erroneous, belief that satanic cults were on the rise in America the police decided that this was the work of one such cult and began looking for possible culprits. Seemingly top of their list were three local teenagers, Damian Echols, Jessie Misskelley and Jason Baldwin, with Echols positioned as the ring leader of the group. Echols was a fan of heavy metal, although actually relatively tame bands such as Metallica were the ones most often cited, a reader of writers such as Aleister Crowley and someone who often wrote rather dark poems in his journal.
- 10/12/2012
- by Craig Skinner
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Veteran director Atom Egoyan continued to round out the cast on Devil's Knot, a drama based on the documentary Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills and murder trial of teens Jason Baldwin, Damien Echols, and Jessie Misskelley, tried and wrongfully convicted for the murders of three eight-year-old boys discovered in a muddy creek in the Robin Hood Hills area of West Memphis, Ark. Alessandro Nivola recently joined the film as Terry Hobbs, the stepfather of one of the young male victims and a controversial person in the murder trial. Reese Witherspoon, Mireille Enos of the AMC drama The Killing, Kristopher Higgins and Colin Firth also joined the film.
- 6/13/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Veteran director Atom Egoyan continued to round out the cast on Devil's Knot, a drama based on the documentary Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills and murder trial of teens Jason Baldwin, Damien Echols, and Jessie Misskelley, tried and wrongfully convicted for the murders of three eight-year-old boys discovered in a muddy creek in the Robin Hood Hills area of West Memphis, Ark. Alessandro Nivola recently joined the film as Terry Hobbs, the stepfather of one of the young male victims and a controversial person in the murder trial. Reese Witherspoon, Mireille Enos of the AMC drama The Killing, Kristopher Higgins and Colin Firth also joined the film.
- 6/13/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
• Chris Hemsworth is attached to play the first mate on the whaling ship the Essex in the harrowing real-life naval thriller In the Heart of the Sea. Based on the 2000 book by Nathaniel Philbrick, the story chronicles the grim fate of the Essex’s crew after the ship was attacked and capsized by a sperm whale, inspiring Herman Melville’s Moby Dick. The project has been circulating Hollywood for years; Charles Leavitt (Blood Diamond) is set to pen this attempt at a production. [Deadline]
• Speaking of fact-based films set in the 19th century, Alfre Woodard has joined the formidable cast of Twelve Years a Slave,...
• Speaking of fact-based films set in the 19th century, Alfre Woodard has joined the formidable cast of Twelve Years a Slave,...
- 6/12/2012
- by Adam B. Vary
- EW - Inside Movies
Actor Alessandro Nivola recently wrapped filmmaker Sally Potter’s upcoming period drama about two teenage girls coming-of-age in ‘60s London. Nivola recently jumped from one auteur filmmaker to another by joining veteran director Atom Egoyan on Devil’s Knot, a dramatic film based on the documentary Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills. Deadline reported that Nivola joined the true crime drama as Terry Hobbs, the stepfather of one of the young male victims and a controversial person in the murder trial of Jason Baldwin, Damien Echols, and Jessie Misskelley, tried and wrongfully convicted for the murders of three eight-year-old boys discovered in a muddy creek in the Robin Hood Hills area of West Memphis, Ark.
- 6/11/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Actor Alessandro Nivola recently wrapped filmmaker Sally Potter’s upcoming period drama about two teenage girls coming-of-age in ‘60s London. Nivola recently jumped from one auteur filmmaker to another by joining veteran director Atom Egoyan on Devil’s Knot, a dramatic film based on the documentary Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills. Deadline reported that Nivola joined the true crime drama as Terry Hobbs, the stepfather of one of the young male victims and a controversial person in the murder trial of Jason Baldwin, Damien Echols, and Jessie Misskelley, tried and wrongfully convicted for the murders of three eight-year-old boys discovered in a muddy creek in the Robin Hood Hills area of West Memphis, Ark.
- 6/11/2012
- Upcoming-Movies.com
I've been following the story of the West Memphis Three for the last ten years. I was hooked when I first saw the HBO documentary Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills. Since then I've been following everything surrounding the case of with Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jesse Misskelley, and like many of the other people that know of this sad tale, I've been waiting for the day of their release... that day has come and gone. With the help of filmmaker Peter Jackson the investigation of these murders were able to continue, and these investigators brought information to light proving that these three men have been wrongly imprisoned for the last 18 years.
This Jackson produced documentary West of Memphis was directed by Amy Berg, and it takes the audience through a frustratingly long journey of how these boys were part of a modern day witch hunt...
This Jackson produced documentary West of Memphis was directed by Amy Berg, and it takes the audience through a frustratingly long journey of how these boys were part of a modern day witch hunt...
- 1/21/2012
- by Venkman
- GeekTyrant
Update: The film’s first screening is still going on, but a release has just been sent out from Echols’ legal team about the new revelations that are in the Amy Berg-directed Peter Jackson produced film and came from a WM3 tipline arranged by the legal team fighting to get the three defendants exonerated. Here is the release:
(Mountain Home, Arkansas – January 20, 2012) Terry Hobbs’ nephew, Michael Hobbs Jr., allegedly told his friends “my uncle Terry murdered those three little boys,” according to declarations under penalty of perjury recently given to Damien Echols’ defense team. The three new witnesses were polygraphed about what they stated Michael Hobbs, Jr. told them.
“One day Michael picked us up in his truck. He was very quiet and upset. Michael then said to us, ‘you are not going to believe what my dad told me today. My Uncle Terry murdered the three little boys.
(Mountain Home, Arkansas – January 20, 2012) Terry Hobbs’ nephew, Michael Hobbs Jr., allegedly told his friends “my uncle Terry murdered those three little boys,” according to declarations under penalty of perjury recently given to Damien Echols’ defense team. The three new witnesses were polygraphed about what they stated Michael Hobbs, Jr. told them.
“One day Michael picked us up in his truck. He was very quiet and upset. Michael then said to us, ‘you are not going to believe what my dad told me today. My Uncle Terry murdered the three little boys.
- 1/20/2012
- by Graham
- City of Films
HBO has long said it's more than TV.
Monday (Oct. 10) the living proof of that ad, the West Memphis 3, took the stage at the cable station's New York City headquarters. The three men -- Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley -- attended the premiere of the third documentary, "Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory" chronicling the 1993 case.
"This is a little frightening," Echols says. "This case has already eaten up 20 years of our lives."
"I don't want it to be just forgotten," he says. "This happens all the time."
Were it not for HBO's dogged persistence in chronicling the railroading of the three then teenagers their story would have long been forgotten. The three spent 18 years in prison for murders they always maintained they did not commit. Echols was on death row.
This documentary, the third filmmakers Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky made on the topic, is dedicated to the victims.
Monday (Oct. 10) the living proof of that ad, the West Memphis 3, took the stage at the cable station's New York City headquarters. The three men -- Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley -- attended the premiere of the third documentary, "Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory" chronicling the 1993 case.
"This is a little frightening," Echols says. "This case has already eaten up 20 years of our lives."
"I don't want it to be just forgotten," he says. "This happens all the time."
Were it not for HBO's dogged persistence in chronicling the railroading of the three then teenagers their story would have long been forgotten. The three spent 18 years in prison for murders they always maintained they did not commit. Echols was on death row.
This documentary, the third filmmakers Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky made on the topic, is dedicated to the victims.
- 10/11/2011
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
A little more than ten years ago, when they were finishing the second documentary in what turned out to be the Paradise Lost trilogy, directors Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky chose the title Paradise Lost: Revelations. In a way, though, they could have put that title on almost any one of the three films. For when you watch Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996), or Paradise Lost: Revelations (2000), or the new chapter, Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory, which premiered this week at the Toronto Film Festival, what keeps you watching — what keeps you just about soldered to the...
- 9/14/2011
- by Owen Gleiberman
- EW - Inside Movies
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