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Synopsis: West of Memphis is an examination of a failure of justice in Arkansas. The documentary tells the hitherto unknown story behind an extraordinary and desperate fight to bring the truth to light. Told and made by those who lived it, the filmmakers' unprecedented access to the inner workings of the defense, allows the film to show the investigation, research and appeals process in a way that has never been seen before; revealing shocking and disturbing new information about a case that still haunts the American South.
Director(s): Amy Berg
Production: Sony Pictures Classics
  Nominated for 1 BAFTA Film Award. Another 1 win & 9 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.9
Metacritic:
80
Rotten Tomatoes:
96%
R
Year:
2012
147 min
$309,864
Website
163 Views


occult things as though I were the guru.

I probably was because there wasn't

anybody else that was doing it.

This program is designed to help

law enforcement officers

better understand Satanic cults.

I got some books and I spoke to police

organizations around the country

that had some experience with it.

Okay, we have a rope here.

If you look at it closely...

I don't know

if the camera can pick this up.

But there's blood on this noose.

The police department asked me

to put together a list of people

that we had on probation that might

be involved in that type of activity.

Well, the guy that I knew

that was involved the most in it

was Damien Echols.

The two guys he ran with,

Jessie and Jason...

Jessie would fight.

Jason was not very aggressive,

in that respect,

but I believe he would do anything

that Damien asked him to do.

REPORTER:
Eight months have passed

since the three boys were killed.

Cameras are in place

and miles of cable laid

in preparation for this

highly publicized murder trial.

DRIVER:
I guess they found that those three

were the most likely to have done it.

Move back.

DRIVER:
And then, of course, they

had the confession from Jessie.

REPORTER:
The most compelling evidence

yet was introduced in open court.

Misskelley's taped confession

made to police.

JESSIE:
I saw Damien hit

this one... Hit this one boy real bad.

Then he start screwing him and stuff.

Jason turned around

and hit Steve Branch

and started doing the same thing.

Michael Moore took off running,

so I chased him

and grabbed him and held him

until they got there, and then I left.

If he does not run

through the woods

and chase him down and bring

him back, Michael Moore lives.

FOGLEMAN:
Did Damien invite

you to some meeting?

He did. A cult, Satanic meeting.

FOGLEMAN:
Okay.

GITCHEL:
Tell me some of

the things y'all do, being in this cult.

We go out, kill dogs and stuff.

Some of my friends had said

they saw a hog's head out here,

and they saw the body

in a plastic bag.

REPORTER:
The state is now trying

to prove motive in this case,

calling this a cult-related killing.

Whether that will be enough

to sway the women and men sitting

on this jury remains to be seen.

REPORTER 1:
Damien, any

comment about the charges?

Did you do it?

FRENCH:
I got a letter in the mail telling

me that I had summons to be on the jury.

And I didn't want to be on there

in the beginning.

But I didn't know how to get out of it.

Is it your opinion

and do you want to tell this jury

that these crimes were motivated

by occult beliefs?

Yes.

Blood is the life force.

They prefer to have a child

that is young.

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