Abigail Breslin is subtle as the 1960s victim of sexual crime in a dramatisation of a landmark case that is a welcome defence of US jurisprudence
Here is a fraught and muscular courtroom drama in the strident 1990s style, with the US legal system fitted out with a top-notch cast including Luke Wilson, Ryan Phillippe, Andy Garcia, Donald Sutherland and Kyle MacLachan. As various lawyers and judges, they ditch suit jackets, roll up shirtsleeves and make show-stopping objections in an account of the 1960s legal case that gave rise to the “Miranda rights” – “You have the right to remain silent … ” It’s a welcome defence of US jurisprudence for an era in which it is under threat from Donald Trump’s machinations, and is one that also benefits from the cooperation – apparently for the first time – of Patricia Weir, the rape victim at its centre (otherwise known by the pseudonym...
Here is a fraught and muscular courtroom drama in the strident 1990s style, with the US legal system fitted out with a top-notch cast including Luke Wilson, Ryan Phillippe, Andy Garcia, Donald Sutherland and Kyle MacLachan. As various lawyers and judges, they ditch suit jackets, roll up shirtsleeves and make show-stopping objections in an account of the 1960s legal case that gave rise to the “Miranda rights” – “You have the right to remain silent … ” It’s a welcome defence of US jurisprudence for an era in which it is under threat from Donald Trump’s machinations, and is one that also benefits from the cooperation – apparently for the first time – of Patricia Weir, the rape victim at its centre (otherwise known by the pseudonym...
- 12/26/2023
- by Phil Hoad
- The Guardian - Film News
Exclusive: Film director Michelle Danner has finished Principal Photography on The Italians, a quirky dramedy about family, love and Italian cooking. With Federico Verardi as director of Photography, the film finished shooting in LA. The film stars Matthew Daddario, Rob Estes, David DeLuise, Perrey Reeves, Olivia Luccardi, with Lainie Kazan and Abigail Breslin.
Written by Lisa Visca, The Italians shows the Vitali Family, an Italian-American family, as they meet their son’s new fiance who is decidedly Not Italian.
Danner states: “This is a deeply touching story about loving family, forgiving family and irresistible Italian food.”
The Italians is Danner’s eighth directorial project following on the heels of her latest success, “Miranda’s Victim,” was released this fall and told the incredible true story about the creation of the Miranda Warning after the brutal assault on 18 year old Patricia Weir.
Danner is also an acting teacher and co-founder of the...
Written by Lisa Visca, The Italians shows the Vitali Family, an Italian-American family, as they meet their son’s new fiance who is decidedly Not Italian.
Danner states: “This is a deeply touching story about loving family, forgiving family and irresistible Italian food.”
The Italians is Danner’s eighth directorial project following on the heels of her latest success, “Miranda’s Victim,” was released this fall and told the incredible true story about the creation of the Miranda Warning after the brutal assault on 18 year old Patricia Weir.
Danner is also an acting teacher and co-founder of the...
- 11/17/2023
- by Valerie Complex
- Deadline Film + TV
Emily VanCamp and Abigail Breslin in Miranda's Victim
60 years ago, Arizona teenager Patricia Weir, on her way home after an evening spent working in her local cinema, suffered a brutal assault at the hands of a stranger. Despite the social stigma associated with being victimised in that way, she fought for justice, and with the help of a police force which treated her with respect from the outset, her assailant was out away. Three years later, however, his sentence was quashed. The police had failed to let him know his tights or speak to a lawyer before they interrogated him, and the case collapsed. This was the origin of what are known in the US as ‘Miranda rights’.
The case – which would result in a retrial taking place – has legendary status within US legal history, but whilst students continue to learn about what happened to Ernesto Miranda, the experience of the woman he targeted.
60 years ago, Arizona teenager Patricia Weir, on her way home after an evening spent working in her local cinema, suffered a brutal assault at the hands of a stranger. Despite the social stigma associated with being victimised in that way, she fought for justice, and with the help of a police force which treated her with respect from the outset, her assailant was out away. Three years later, however, his sentence was quashed. The police had failed to let him know his tights or speak to a lawyer before they interrogated him, and the case collapsed. This was the origin of what are known in the US as ‘Miranda rights’.
The case – which would result in a retrial taking place – has legendary status within US legal history, but whilst students continue to learn about what happened to Ernesto Miranda, the experience of the woman he targeted.
- 5/31/2023
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Michelle Danner directed completed film.
Arclight Films has boarded international sales rights to the completed biographical crime thriller Miranda’s Victim starring Abigail Breslin, Luke Wilson, Andy Garcia, Ryan Phillippe, Kyle MacLachlan and Donald Sutherland and is introducing the project to Cannes buyers this week.
Michelle Danner directed the courtroom thriller based on the origin of the Miranda Rights, which stipulate that arresting officers must notify detainees of certain rights prior to questioning.
J. Craig Stiles, George Kolber and Richard Lasser co-wrote the screenplay based on a story by Kolber that follows 18-year-old Patricia Weir, who triggered a law after she...
Arclight Films has boarded international sales rights to the completed biographical crime thriller Miranda’s Victim starring Abigail Breslin, Luke Wilson, Andy Garcia, Ryan Phillippe, Kyle MacLachlan and Donald Sutherland and is introducing the project to Cannes buyers this week.
Michelle Danner directed the courtroom thriller based on the origin of the Miranda Rights, which stipulate that arresting officers must notify detainees of certain rights prior to questioning.
J. Craig Stiles, George Kolber and Richard Lasser co-wrote the screenplay based on a story by Kolber that follows 18-year-old Patricia Weir, who triggered a law after she...
- 5/15/2023
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
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