| Murder on a Sunday Morning (2001)
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| Plot |
| The genesis of this Oscar-winning documentary feature was one of the more appalling miscarriages of justice in recent American history. In May of 2000, an elderly German woman was shot and killed by a black assailant in Jacksonville, FL. Anxious not to damage their tourist trade, the Jacksonville police rushed out and picked up the first black "suspect" who happened to be available: 15-year-old Brendon Butler, who at the time of his arrest, was en route to a job interview. The grieving husband of of the murder victim, who had glimpsed the killer from a distance, was virtually coerced by the arresting officers into identifying Butler as the guilty party — and later, thanks to the strong-arm tactics of his interrogators, and without benefit of counsel, the boy confessed to a crime which he did not commit. Brash, chain-smoking public defender Pat McGuinness, sensing that the prosecution's case stank to high heaven, proceeded to mount a courtroom defense for Butler which may well survive the decades as a textbook case of brilliant jurisprudence — while the trial itself will undoubtedly forever serve as a cautionary example of the perils and pitfalls and prejudice of "swift justice." Assembled by French documentary filmmakers Jean-Xavier de Lestrade , this 111-minute feature was originally released under the title Un coupable ideal . As Murder on a Sunday Morning , the film was afforded a Los Angeles theatrical showing in September of 2001 to qualify for the Academy Awards; most Americans, however, saw the film when it aired on the HBO cable network on April 2, 2002. — Hal Erickson |
| Movie Details |
| Genre |
Crime; Documentary |
| Director |
Jean-Xavier de Lestrade |
| Producer |
Denis Poncet |
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| Studio |
New Video DVD |
| Country |
USA
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
PG-13 |
| Running Time |
111 mins |
| Movie Release Date |
9/14/2001 |
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Color |
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| Personal Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
129 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
| Purchase Date |
1/20/2004 |
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| Product Details |
| Region |
 Region 1 |
| Screen Ratio |
 Standard 1.33:1 Color |
| Layers |
Single Side, Dual Layer |
| UPC (Barcode) |
767685954034 |
| Release Date |
2003 |
| Packaging |
Keep Case |
| Audio Tracks |
 ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Stereo |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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