Murder on a Sunday Morning
Murder on a Sunday Morning | |
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Directed by | Jean-Xavier de Lestrade |
Produced by | Denis Poncet |
Music by | Hélène Blazy |
Cinematography | Isabelle Razavet |
Edited by |
Pascal Vernier Ragnar Van Leyden |
Distributed by | Direct Cinema (video) |
Release dates |
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Running time | 111 minutes |
Country |
France United States |
Language | English |
Murder on a Sunday Morning (French: Un coupable idéal) is a documentary film directed by Jean-Xavier de Lestrade. Its subject is the Brenton Butler case, a criminal case in which a fifteen-year-old boy was wrongfully accused of murder. The film won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 74th Academy Awards in 2002.[1]
Brenton Butler was arrested and tried for the 2000 murder of a tourist in Jacksonville, Florida. The prosecution's case relied heavily upon a positive identification made by the victim's husband, and on Butler's confession, which the teen claimed was coerced. The film follows Butler's defense team building their case for his innocence.
References
- ↑ "Murder on a Sunday Morning". The New York Times: Movies. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
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