‘Amanda Knox: Murder on trial in Italy’ film set to premiere today
February 22nd, 2011 - 12:20 am ICT by Aishwarya BhattRome, Feb 21 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Lifetime would go ahead and premiere the movie about Amanda Knox’s ‘true life’ story in Italy tonight.
Amanda’s lawyers tried unsuccessfully to block the release of the movie. The lawyers claimed that the movie does not have the true facts of the case and the release of the movie could damage the chances of their client having a fair trial during the appeal.
The movie, “Amanda Knox: Murder on Trial in Italy” has stars like Hayden Panettiere who played Amanda Knox and Marcia Gay Harden as Amanda’s mother.
It may be recalled that Amanda has been sentenced to 26 years for murdering the British student Meredith Kercher some four years back.
The executive producer of the movie defends that the production of the movie is not based on the story from any side of the parties involved. Trevor Walton says they used materials from the court room and the events that happened during the trial to come out with the movie.
The director of the movie Robert Dornhelm said that, “I never wanted this movie to find new facts. We are not detectives. . . . Who are we? We are filmmakers. We just wanted to tell a dramatic story.”
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- Hayden Panettiere to play convicted murderer Amanda Knox - Sep 21, 2010
- Amanda Knox's lawyers want to stop the Lifetime film - Feb 10, 2011
- Colin Firth to star in movie on British student's murder - Oct 03, 2010
- Hayden Panettiere to star as Amanda Knox in TV movie 'Lifetime' - Sep 22, 2010
- Meredith Kercher's family is upset at the way the trial is shaping up - Oct 04, 2011
- Knox flies home after acquittal in murder case - Oct 04, 2011
- Murderer Amanda Knox all set to star in prison's Christmas show - Sep 21, 2010
- Parents of American student Amanda Knox indicted for libeling police in Italy - Feb 16, 2011
- I did not kill Kercher: Knox tells court - Oct 03, 2011
- Amanda Knox may be set free soon - Sep 23, 2011
- Amanda Knox to sign 2.5 mn pounds book deal - Feb 18, 2012
- Amanda Knox murder trial verdict to be out soon - Oct 03, 2011
- Italian court says that Amanda Knox didn't plan Meredith's murder - Mar 06, 2010
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