West of Memphis (2012)
Released | 2012-11-22 | Documentary | 150m | 7.361/10
Ronan Killeen (Director of Photography) | Maryse Alberti (Director of Photography) | Billy McMillin (Writer) | Fran Walsh (Producer) | Amy J. Berg (Producer) | Lorri Davis (Producer) | Damien Echols (Producer) | Peter Jackson (Producer) | Damien Wayne Echols (Producer) | Nick Cave (Original Music Composer) | Tina Elmo (Line Producer) | Dan Kaplow (Line Producer) | Ken Kamins (Executive Producer) | Warren Ellis (Original Music Composer) | Katelyn Howes (Associate Producer) | Matt Dravitzki (Co-Producer) | Jonathan McHugh (Music Supervisor) | Alejandra Riguero (Associate Producer) |
The documentary tells the hitherto unknown story behind an extraordinary and desperate fight to bring the truth to light. Told and made by those who lived it, the filmmakers' unprecedented access to the inner workings of the defense allows the film to show the investigation, research, and appeals process in a way that has never been seen before; revealing shocking and disturbing new information about a case that still haunts the American South.
Jason Baldwin (Self) | Julie Ann Doan (Herself) | Damien Wayne Echols (Himself) | Pam Hobbs (Self – Stevie Branch's Mother) | Jessie Misskelley (Himself) | Lorri Davis (Self – Damien's Wife) | Eddie Vedder (Self – WM3 Supporter) | Peter Jackson (Self – WM3 Supporter) | Damien Echols (Self) | Jessie Misskelley Jr. (Self) | Steve Jones (Self – Former Juvenile Officer, Crittenden County) | John Fogleman (Self – Former Deputy Prosecutor) | Jerry Driver (Self – Former Juvenile Corrections Officer) | Sharon French (Self – Juror #9 - Echols/Baldwin Trial) | Mara Leveritt (Self – Author - "Devil's Knot") | Martin Hill (Self – Case Researcher) | Dan Stidham (Self – Defense Attorney for Jessie Misskelley) | Jessie Misskelley Sr. (Self – Jessie's Father) | Steve Drizin (Self – Law Professor, Northwestern Univ. School of Law) | Laura Nirider (Self – Staff Attorney, Center on Wrongful Convictions of Youth) | David Burnett (Self – Trial Judge) | Jennifer Bearden (Self – Childhood Friend of Damien & Jason) | Stephanie Dollar (Self – Defense Witness - Misskelley Trial) | Dennis Carter (Self – Defense Witness - Misskelley Trial) | Dennis Riordan (Self – Damien Echols' Attorney) | Henry Rollins (Self – WM3 Supporter) | Michael Carson (Self – Former Juvenile Inmate) | Joyce Cureton (Self – Director of Juvenile Detention, Retired) | John Douglas (Self – FBI Profiler, Retired) | John Mark Byers (Self – Adoptive Father of Christopher Byers) | Vicki Hutcheson (Self – Prosecution Witness) | Vincent J.M. Di Maio (Self – Forensic Pathologist) | Joseph Garner (Self – Neighborhood Friend of the Byers Family) | Carlos Seals (Self – Neighborhood Friend of the Byers Family) | Jamie Ballard (Self – Neighbor of Stevie Branch) | John Richards (Self – Turtle Breeder) | Rachael Geiser (Self – Private Investigator) | Amanda Hobbs (Self – Stevie Branch's Sister) | Robert Heath Meeks (Self – Therapist) | Erin Moriarty (Self – Journalist) | Don Horgan (Self – Damien Echols' Attorney) | Barry Scheck (Self – The Innocence Project) | Johnny Depp (Self – WM3 Supporter) | Patti Smith (Self – WM3 Supporter) | Natalie Maines (Self – WM3 Supporter) | Mildred French (Self – Neighbor of Terry Hobbs) | Judy Sadler (Self – Stevie Branch's Aunt) | Marie Hicks (Self – Stevie Branch's Grandmother) | Cindy Hobbs (Self – Terry Hobbs' Sister) | David Jacoby (Self – Friend of Terry Hobbs) | Sheila Muse (Self – Stevie Branch's Aunt) | Stephen Braga (Self – Damien Echols' Attorney) | Blake Sisk (Self – Witness #1 - Interview with Rachael Geiser) | Cody Gott (Self – Witness #2 - Interview with Rachael Geiser) | Capi Peck (Self – Arkansas Take Action) | Patrick Benca (Self – Damien Echols' Attorney) | Scott Ellington (Self – District Prosecuting Attorney, 2nd JD Arkansas) | Holly Ballard (Self – Friend of Jason Baldwin) | Gail Grinnell (Self – Jason Baldwin's Mother) | Gary Gitchell (Self – West Memphis Police Department (archive footage)) | Terry Hobbs (Self – Stevie Branch's Stepfather (archive footage)) | Richard Souviron (Self – Forensic Odontologist (archive footage)) |
