Murder on a Sunday Morning

Murder on a Sunday Morning
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
  • September 14, 2001 (2001-09-14) (United States)
  • February 26, 2003 (2003-02-26) (France)
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

  1. "Murder on a Sunday Morning". The New York Times: Movies. Retrieved 2008-11-23.


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