PL3 Director Joe Berlinger Talks About "Unnecessary Friction" w 'West Of Memphis' Filmmakers
February 3, 2012
by Todd Gilchrist For almost 20 years, documentarian Joe Berlinger (along with Bruce Sinofksy) has chronicled the complicated history of the West Memphis Three, a trio of Arkansas teenagers who were found guilty of a triple homicide despite questionable evidence. His first film about the trial, “Paradise Lost,” was released...
Colin Firth to Star in West Memphis 3 Movie 'Devil's Knot' #wm3
February 1, 2012 By Joshua L. Weinstein at TheWrap Wed Feb 1, 2012 4:37pm EST Colin Firth has signed on to star as Ron Lax, the private investigator whose detective work helped get three men who had been convicted of murder released from prison in Arkansas, the producers of the "Devil's Knot" told...
Pam Hobbs on #WM3, Her Ex, and Meeting Damien Echols
January 27, 2012 From MyFoxMemphis.com West Memphis, Ark. - Pam Hobbs tries to stay busy, which helps her avoid mentally agonizing over whether the man she once loved as a husband could have been capable of committing the unspeakable crime that's torn her world asunder for 19 years. "I'm not letting that thought...
Echols, Baldwin attend #WM3 documentary premiere in Nashville
January 27, 2012 NASHVILLE, TN - (WMC-TV) - A new documentary based on the West Memphis Three premiered in Nashville Thursday night. Damien Echols, his wife Lorri Echols, and Peter Jackson are producers of "West of Memphis." Echols and his wife were in Nashville Thursday for the city's premiere of the documentary. "This...
Joe Berlinger on his PARADISE LOST Oscar nomination
January 25, 2012 Documentary filmmaker Joe Berlinger (CRUDE, SOME KIND OF MONSTER) woke up in Park City this morning to the news his film PARADISE LOST: PURGATORY got an Oscar nomination. Berlinger stopped by the Sundance Channel HQ to talk about the honor and the twenty years he spent documenting the West Memphis...