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 |
| Editing by | Pascal Vernier Ragnar Van Leyden |
| Distributed by | Direct Cinema (video) |
| Release date(s) | 26 February 2003 (France) 14 September 2003 (United States) |
| Running time | 111 minutes |
| Country | France United States |
| Language | English |
Murder on a Sunday Morning (French: Un coupable idéal) is a documentary film by French filmmaker 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 2001.[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.
[edit] References
- ^ "Murder on a Sunday Morning". The New York Times: Movies. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/262276/Murder-on-a-Sunday-Morning/details. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
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