Murder on a Sunday Morning
Murder on a Sunday Morning (French: Un coupable idéal) is a French-American 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 2001.[1]
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| 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) |
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Running time | 111 minutes |
| Country | France United States |
| Language | English |
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 eyewitness identification made by the victim's husband, and on Butler's confession, which the teen testified was the result of physical coercion by police. The film follows Butler's defense team building their case for his innocence.
References
- "Murder on a Sunday Morning". The New York Times: Movies. Retrieved 2008-11-23.
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