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Devil's Knot is a 2013 American biographical crime drama film directed by Atom Egoyan. The film is based on a true story as told in Mara Leveritt's 2002 book of the same name, concerning three teenagers known as the West Memphis Three, who were convicted of killing three young boys during the Satanic ritual abuse panic. They were subsequently sentenced to death (Echols) and life imprisonment (Baldwin and Misskelley).^[4] Produced by Elizabeth Fowler, Richard Saperstein, Clark Peterson, Christopher Woodrow, and Paul Harris Boardman, the film stars Colin Firth, Reese Witherspoon, Mireille Enos, Dane DeHaan, Kevin Durand, Bruce Greenwood, Stephen Moyer, Elias Koteas, Amy Ryan, and Alessandro Nivola.

The film premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2013,^[5] followed by a wider release later that year.^[6]^[7] The film had a limited release in Canadian theaters on January 24, 2014,^[8] and was released in U.S. theaters and video on demand services on May 9, 2014.^[9]

Plot

In 1993, in the working class, deeply religious community of West Memphis, Arkansas, three eight-year-old boys – Stevie Branch, Christopher Byers, and Michael Moore – go missing from their neighborhood. After an extensive search, their bound and beaten bodies are found the next day. The community and the police department are convinced that the murders are the work of a satanic cult, due to the violent and sexual natures of the crime. A month later, three teenagers – Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin, and Jessie Misskelley Jr. – are arrested after Misskelley confesses to the murders following 12 hours of interrogation. They are taken to trial, where Baldwin and Misskelley are sentenced to life in prison, and Echols to death, all the while proclaiming their innocence.

During the trial, the defense team's investigator, Ron Lax, uncovers evidence suggesting that the police mishandled and suppressed evidence in the case. This evidence includes blood evidence that was lost, a sighting of a never-identified man covered in blood and mud entering a restaurant near the site of the murders on the night the boys were killed, as well as a confession to the murders by a man named Chris Morgan, which may or may not have been coerced. The prosecution's two chief witnesses - a boy who claims in fantastic detail to have seen the murders and been forced to drink the victims' blood, and his mother, who claims to have heard Echolls confess - are found to be compromised. Meanwhile, Pam Hobbs, Stevie's mother, begins to suspect that her husband (and Stevie's stepfather) Terry killed the boy, especially after finding Stevie's prized Swiss Army knife in Terry's toolkit. Lax visits Pam, who expresses doubt about the verdict; Lax replies that, while he does not know who committed the murders, he knows in his heart that his clients are innocent. Soon afterward, Pam leaves her husband.

A series of title cards describe the aftermath of the trial: In August 2011, after nearly 20 years in prison, Echols, Baldwin and Misskelley were given a new trial and released after entering an Alford plea, under which they remain convicted felons;^[10] the boy and his mother who testified against the defendants recanted; Lax discovered a hair sample from the crime scene that resembled Terry Hobbs' DNA;^[11] the wife of John Mark Byers, the father of one of the victims, was found dead under "unsolved" circumstances;^[11] and Pam Hobbs continued to look for the truth about her son's murder.

Cast

True story

Production

Filming

Release

The world premiere was held at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival on September 8, 2013.^[5] Image Entertainment purchased the distribution rights after its premiere.^[16] The film was released in Canadian theaters (both English and French) on January 24, 2014.^[17]^[18]

Reception

See also

References

1. ^¹{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/devils-knot/5060243.article|title=Devil's Knot|last=Kaufman|first=Anthony|work=Screen Daily|date=September 9, 2013|accessdate=September 20, 2017}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=DEVIL'S KNOT (15)|url=http://www.bbfc.co.uk/releases/devils-knot-film|work=Entertainment Film Distributors|publisher=British Board of Film Classification|date=May 14, 2014|accessdate=May 14, 2014}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://boxofficemojo.com/movies/intl/?page=&wk=2014W18&id=_fDEVILSKNOT01|title=Devil's Knot|work=Box Office Mojo|accessdate=November 30, 2014}}
4. ^¹²{{cite web|last=Chitwood|first=Adam|title=Production Begins on DEVIL’S KNOT and VERY GOOD GIRLS|url=http://collider.com/devils-knot-movie-production-announcement/181086/|publisher=Collider|accessdate=August 30, 2012|date=July 16, 2012}}
5. ^¹{{cite news | title =TIFF 2013: All the night moves with Sandra Bullock, Reese Witherspoon and Jesse Eisenberg on the red carpet (but no George Clooney, sorry)|work=National Post| date = 2013-09-08| url =http://arts.nationalpost.com/2013/09/09/tiff-2013-all-the-night-moves-with-jesse-eisenberg-sandra-bullock-and-reese-witherspoon/| accessdate = 2013-09-08| first=Nathalie| last=Atkinson}}
6. ^{{cite news | title =TIFF: WikiLeaks movie The Fifth Estate to open film festival|work=Toronto Star| date = 2013-07-23| url =https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/movies/2013/07/23/tiff_brad_pitts_12_years_a_slave_to_premiere_at_festival.html| accessdate = 2013-07-24| first=Linda| last=Barnard}}
7. ^{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/jul/23/toronto-film-festival-lineup |title=Toronto film festival 2013: the full line-up |accessdate=2013-07-24|work=The Guardian|location=London|date=July 23, 2013}}
8. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=10152176305933584&id=69432254128 |title=Devil's Knot opens in Canada in 4 days |date=2014-01-20 |accessdate=2014-02-04}}
9. ^{{cite web |url=http://insidemovies.ew.com/2014/02/10/devils-knot-reese-witherspoon-west-memphis-three-release-date/|title=West Memphis Three drama 'Devil's Knot' with Reese Witherspoon sets release date -- EXCLUSIVE|date=Feb 10, 2014}}
10. ^{{cite magazine|first=Abby|last=Rogers|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/west-memphis-3-and-the-alford-plea-2012-12|title=A Little-Known Legal Maneuver Let 3 Men Convicted Of Murder Get Out Of Jail While Still Admitting Guilt|magazine=Business Insider|publisher=Axel Springer SE|location=New York City|date=December 22, 2012|accessdate=September 6, 2018}}
11. ^¹{{cite news|first=Mara|last=Leveritt|url=https://www.arktimes.com/arkansas/the-legal-troubles-of-terry-hobbs-and-john-mark-byers/Content?oid=2091927|title=The legal troubles of Terry Hobbs and John Mark Byers|newspaper=Arkansas Times|publisher=Arkansas Times Limited Partnership|location=Little Rock, Arkansas|date=November 25, 1994|accessdate=September 6, 2018}}
12. ^{{cite web|last=Blay|first=Zeba|title=Colin Firth joins Reese Witherspoon in 'Devil's Knot'|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a382620/colin-firth-joins-reese-witherspoon-in-devils-knot.html|publisher=Digital Spy|accessdate=August 30, 2012|date=May 21, 2012}}
13. ^{{cite web|last=Hunter|first=Craig|title=Kevin Durand, Amy Ryan & Dane DeHaan Join ‘Devil’s Knot’|url=http://www.thehollywoodnews.com/2012/06/27/kevin-durand-amy-ryan-dane-dehaan-join-devils-knot/|publisher=The Hollywood News|accessdate=August 30, 2012|date=June 27, 2012}}
14. ^{{cite web|last=Johnson|first=Zach|title=Pic pregnant Reese Witherspoon begins shooting Devils Knot in Atlanta|url=http://www.usmagazine.com/entertainment/news/pic-pregnant-reese-witherspoon-begins-shooting-devils-knot-in-atlanta-2012266|publisher=US Magazine|accessdate=August 30, 2012|date=June 26, 2012}}
15. ^{{cite web|title=Reese Witherspoon filming ‘Devil’s Knot’ in Cartersville, GA this week|url=http://www.onlocationvacations.com/2012/07/01/reese-witherspoon-filming-devils-knot-in-cartersville-ga-this-week/|publisher=On Location Vacations|accessdate=August 30, 2012|date=July 1, 2012}}
16. ^¹{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2013/film/news/image-entertainment-arrests-atom-egoyans-devils-knot-1200702646/|title=Image Entertainment Arrests Atom Egoyan's 'Devil’s Knot'|last=Stewart|first=Andrew|work=Variety|date=October 7, 2013|accessdate=July 20, 2015}}
17. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.cinoche.com/films/noeud-du-diable/index.html |quote=Date de sortie au Québec: 24 janvier 2014 |accessdate=February 2, 2014 |title=Cinoche.com}}
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20. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/devils-knot|title=Devil's Knot|work=Metacritic|accessdate=November 30, 2014}}