True Crime Movies

[sdreid]

Anyway, we at least still have the Elizabeth Montgomery movie.

[sdreid]

I don't have IMDbPro so that's all I have on it.

[sdreid]

IMDb does have 2012 date on it but I don't see an exact date yet.

I see that they have now changed the Lizzie Borden release date to (????) so who knows if it or when it will happen.

[sdreid]

How was The General?

[Magpie]

Picked up a couple of movies about Martin Cahill last month. "The General" which is a drama, which I haven't watched yet (although I read the book many years ago). And "Ordinary Decent Criminal" with Kevin Spacey, which is a comedy/caper type movie based on Cahill's career. Bloody good movie, which manages to keep pretty close to Cahill's life story, while downplaying his brutality and keeping it light. It's quite funny, in a dry, British kind of way.

[sdreid]

IMDb does have 2012 date on it but I don't see an exact date yet.

[sdreid]

Chloe Sevigny is set to play Lizzie.

[sdreid]

They are supposed to start filming it later this year.

[sdreid]

Hopefully the HBO Borden miniseries will warrant mention.

[sdreid]

OK Magpie - thanks for the tip.

[Magpie]

Is his murder a major part of the film Magpie?

It starts and ends the movie, more or less.

It deals with the tensions leading up to the murder, but doesn't really dwell on the murder itself.

[sdreid]

Is his murder a major part of the film Magpie?

[Magpie]

Not sure if it really counts, but I saw "Notorious" yesterday--a biopic about Notorious B.I.G.

Considering I have zero interest in either rap in general or Biggie Smalls in particular, it was a pretty good movie.

[sdreid]

Thrilling 35:

35-Ed Gein (2001-U.S.-1:28) The same said Wisconsin serial killer

34-The Black Panther (1977-U.K.-1:30) British arch-criminal Donald Neilson

33-Swoon (1991-U.S.-1:35) Black and white rendition of Leopold and Loeb

32-The Deadly Tower (1975-U.S.-1:33) Charles Whitman's murder spree

31-In Broad Daylight (1991-U.S.-1:30) Unsolved murder of town bully Ken Rex McElroy

Thanks Rob

[Rob Clack]

Coming out on the 14 May 2012.



Directed by Ian Merrick, this intelligent crime drama charts the infamous killing spree which Donald Neilson, aka The Black Panther, perpetrated across England during the mid-70s, culminating in the kidnapping and murder of a 17-year old girl.

Told with uncommon accuracy and refraining from any measure of sensationalism, this fascinating and disturbing film fell foul of a media-driven campaign upon its original cinema release which resulted in an effective ban.

Now newly mastered from original film elements preserved at the BFI National Archive, this impressive and powerful film is at long last made available for new audiences. The Dual Format Edition also includes Bob… more » Bentley's intelligent 1981 short film, Recluse, which is based on reports of another real life crime, as an extra, as well as an extensive booklet with contextualising essays, full credits and original promotional materials. (from advertising materials)

Rob