![]() The story has already been well-mined by the documentary trilogy Paradise Lost and the celebrity-fueled doc The West Memphis Three, which emerged from the campaign to exonerate the convicted trio, who were finally cleared after 18 years of incarceration. It’s his first feature based on a true story since his 1993 TV movie, Gross Misconduct: The Life of Brian Spencer, and contains perhaps the most straightforward, linear narrative he has directed.īased on the 2002 book of the same name by Mara Leveritt, The Devil’s Knot re-frames the story of the three teenagers who were wrongly convicted of the 1993 murder of three young boys in small town of West Memphis, Arkansas. It marks a major departure for Atom Egoyan. ![]() The canonical Toronto filmmaker has received more press for directing the Canadian Opera Company’s Così fan tutte than for this puzzling foray into dramatic non-fiction. ![]() Director Atom Egoyan (left) and Colin Firth on the set of 'Devil's Knot'įor an Atom Egoyan film starring a pair of Oscar-winning stars, The Devil’s Knot is hitting Canadian theatres this week with remarkably little fanfare. ![]()
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