Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills

"Witchcraft or witch hunt?"

1996 2h 30m EN

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7.6

BANGER

★7.6TMDB · 213

DocumentaryCrime

Synopsis

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A horrific triple child murder leads to an indictment and trial of three nonconformist boys based on questionable evidence.

“Witchcraft or witch hunt?”

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Cast

Damien Echols
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Jason Baldwin
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Jessie Misskelley Jr.
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Joe Berlinger
Self (voice)
Bruce Sinofsky
Self (voice)

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Joe Berlinger
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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Clocks in at 150 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.

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ERA

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30 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Paradise Lost Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Joe Berlinger, shot by Robert Richman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Joe Berlinger shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Damien Echols and Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley Jr. carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Witchcraft or witch hunt?".

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The take

Joe Berlinger directs. Robert Richman behind the camera. Joe Berlinger cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Clocks in at 150 minutes — on the longer side of feature-length cinema.
230 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Paradise Lost Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Joe Berlinger, shot by Robert Richman. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Editor Joe Berlinger shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Damien Echols and Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley Jr. carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Witchcraft or witch hunt?".
9IMDB entry: tt0117293 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 8 themes, including "right and justice", "child murder", "arkansas", "miscarriage of justice".