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''West of Memphis'' (2012) is a documentary film directed and co-written by Amy J. Berg, produced by Peter Jackson and Damien Echols, and released in the US by Sony Pictures Classics. ==Background== As with the ''Paradise Lost'' film and its two sequels, ''West of Memphis'' follows the events of the West Memphis Three, a case in which three teenagers (Jessie Misskelley, Damien Echols and Jason Baldwin) were arrested for the murders of three 8-year old children. The West Memphis Three were subsequently convicted of murder and remained in prison for more than 18 years. ''West of Memphis'' focuses on Terry Hobbs, stepfather of Stevie Branch, one of the victims of the 1993 crime, as a potential suspect due to physical evidence linking him to the crime, a history of violent behavior and his lack of an alibi for the time the murders were committed, as well as damaging statements made by his ex-wife, former neighbors, and most recently his own nephew, who claims Hobbs confessed to him. The film reveals that inexplicably Terry Hobbs was not interviewed by police at the time of the murders. Since the 1996 release of the HBO Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky documentary, ''Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills'', supporters protested the innocence of the West Memphis Three. Much like the ''Paradise Lost'' films, ''West of Memphis'' chronicles the history of the imprisoned men all the way up to the eventual release through interviews conducted with lawyers, judges, journalists, family members, witnesses, and the West Memphis Three themselves. With the January 2012 HBO premiere of the third ''Paradise Lost'' film, ''Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory'', there were two documentary films on the subject within a year. ''West of Memphis'' premiered at the Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2012 and at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2012. On June 14, 2012, Sony Pictures Classics revealed the release date for ''West of Memphis'' in New York City and Los Angeles to be December 28, 2012, with theatrical release in the rest of the US to follow in January 2013. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「West of Memphis」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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