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Specialty B.O.: ‘Zero Dark Thirty’, ‘Amour’ Stellar In 2nd Weekend; ‘West Of Memphis’ OK In Debut, ‘Promised Land’ Soft
Brian Brooks is Managing Editor of MovieLine.
Sony/Columbia Pictures’ limited-run engagement of Zero Dark Thirty showed impressive stamina, and the studio’s specialty market distributor Sony Pictures Classics also had great news for Amour but not so great news for newcommer West Of Memphis in three-day estimates for…
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Specialty B.O. Preview: ‘Promised Land’, ‘West Of Memphis’, ‘Allegiance’, ‘Tabu’
Brian Brooks is Managing Editor of MovieLine.
Matt Damon and Gus Van Sant collaborate on their third project together, Promised Land, headlining the holiday weekend’s specialty releases and the final round of newcomers for 2012. Van Sant came in as director after Damon tapped him to spearhead the film, which is set…
OSCARS: Will Docu Finalists Stop The Bleeding In This Battered Branch?
The release of the documentary short list of 15 finalists is seen as a litmus test for new doc branch rules that opened up the Oscars process to the entire peer group and, in theory, would make it easier for more popular, perhaps populist, docs to make the cut. The previous voting setup was broken into several groups…
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Hot Trailer: ‘West Of Memphis’
The Amy Berg-directed documentary West Of Memphis — about the now-famous trial, conviction and eventual release of the West Memphis 3 — is largely based on private investigators and forensic testing financed by Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh. The pair produced the docu with West Memphis 3 member Damien Echols and his…
Toronto: 'West Of Memphis' Gets Fest Preem; Johnny Depp And Natalie Maines To Join Filmmakers
RELATED: 2012 Sundance: Q&A With 'West Of Memphis' Producers Peter Jackson And Fran Walsh
BREAKING: West of Memphis, the Amy Berg-directed documentary that was one of the highlights of the last Sundance Film Festival, will join the Mavericks section of the 2012 Toronto Film Festival. The film, which is largely based…
Sony Classics Takes Worldwide Rights to 'West Of Memphis'
The high-profile documentary directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker Amy Berg (Deliver Us From Evil) debuted at the recent Sundance Film Festival. Fran Walsh and Peter Jackson produced the film with first-time producers Damien Echols (a subject of the film) and Lorri Davis. West Of Memphis centers on the new…
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BREAKING: 'West Of Memphis' Unveils New Witnesses In Murder Case
This morning, I reported rumblings I’d heard that the Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh-financed Sundance documentary West Of Memphis would likely drop some revelations that could provoke the state of Arkansas to take a closer look at the 1993 murder of three youths that was originally pinned on West Memphis 3 defendants Da…
2012 Sundance: Will New Evidence From 'West Of Memphis' Documentary Spark Movement In Murder Case?
2012 Sundance: Q&A With ‘West Of Memphis’ Producers Peter Jackson And Fran Walsh
EXCLUSIVE: I’m hearing rumblings here in Park City that the Sundance documentary West of Memphis will include some new important evidence obtained within the last month that could have direct bearing on the future of the case. The film…
2012 Sundance: Q&A With 'West Of Memphis' Producers Peter Jackson And Fran Walsh
EXCLUSIVE: Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh last came to the Sundance Film Festival in 1993 to debut their splatter film Dead/Alive at a midnight premiere. It was that same year that three boys were murdered in Arkansas, and teens Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley were convicted in a sensationalized trial…
Hot Sundance Trailer: 'West Of Memphis'
A trailer is up for West Of Memphis, the Amy Berg-directed feature documentary about the Arkansas trial that saw three teens pinned for the brutal 1993 murder of three boys — without a shred of physical evidence. The documentary is produced by Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh, who spent their own funds to try and uncover…
Peter Jackson Wraps West Memphis 3 Docu
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (December 4, 2011) – WingNut Films proudly announced today the completion of WEST OF MEMPHIS – a documentary film chronicling the untold story behind one of the most infamous miscarriages of justice in American history; the story of an extraordinary and desperate fight to stop the State of…
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