Today’s movie is a courtroom/crime drama with a scene that
happens on December 3. Watch it tonight and enjoy.
AMANDA KNOX: MURDER ON TRIAL IN ITALY
The postal police arrive at a
house in Perugia, Italy and after talking with Amana Knox and her boyfriend
Raffaele Sollecito, enter the apartment and find the body of Meredith Kercher. Amanda Knox was a student
at the Univeristy of Washington who lived in Seattle and moved to Perugia to
study abroad for a year. Soon after arriving she moves into an apartment with
Meredith Kercher and two Italian girls. She also soon begins a sexual
relationship with Raffaele Sollecito. After the murder, when Amanda calls her
Mom, she tells her to return to Seattle, but Amanda does not. The police
question both Amanda and Raffaele. After her arrival Amanda got a job at a café
working for an African immigrant, Patrick Lumumba. The police keep quizzing her
about what she did before and after the murder. Police forensic specialists
find footprints at the scene consistant with Amanda and both Raffaele and a
witness says that Amanda bought cleaning supplies the day after the murder,
which is suspicious to the police as evidence seems to indicate someone tried
to clean up after the crime. The police question Raffaele about apparent
inconsistencies in his statements and he says that contrary to what he said
earlier Amanda was not with him when the murder was committed. The police
question Amanda about a text message she sent to her boss, Patrick Lumumba and give her the third
degrre. They ask her to imagine what happened and she says Patrick killed
Meredith. Patrick, Raffaele and Amanda are arrested. Patrick is released when
police learn he has an unshakable alibi.
Amanda’s parents arrive in Italy to help her. After police find a
fingerprint of Rudy Guede in Merdith’s
room, he’s arrested and charged with her murder. Ruby blames Amanda and
Raffaele for the killing. The case becomes and international media frenzy and
the court says there is enough evidence for Amanda and Raffaele to be tried for
the killing. Amanda is grilled during questioning and there is conflicting
testimony about the forensic evidence. On December 3, 2009. [1:21:14 to
1:23:09] Amanda makes her final plea to the tribunal in her murder trial. She
and Raffaele are convicted.
A fascinating courtroom
drama/police procedural. The film does not take a side on the question of
Amanda Knox’s guilt or innocence. I think she’s innocent.
In A Death in Italy: The Definitive Account of the Amanda
Knox Case by John Follain (St. Martin’s Press, New York, 2011) at page 359
it gives the date of Amanda’s last address to the court.
Producers - Roberto Manni and Randy Sutter
Director - Robert Dornhelm
Screenplay - Wendy Battles
Runtime – 1 hour 31 minutes
Released – February 21, 2011
Staring –
Hayden Panettiere as Amanda Knox
Marcia Gay Harden as Edda Mellas
Vincent Riotta as Giuliano Mignini
Amanda Stevens as Meredith Kercher
Djibril Kébé as Rudy Guede
Timothy Martin as Patrick Lumumba
Paolo Romio as Raffaele Sollecito
Copyright by Ivan Walters in 2014.
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