Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Joe Berlinger
Terry Hobbs
Melissa Byers
John Mark Byers
Diane Moore
Shelby Misskelley
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
In 1993, the bodies of three eight-year-old boys, all brutally murdered, were found in a shallow creek in West Memphis, Arkansas. A surprise confession implicated two teenagers known for their interest in the occult and their penchant for black clothes and heavy metal music. With remarkable access to the suspects, their families and the victims' families, filmmakers Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky have created an intimate study of these emotionally-charged trials as well as of that dark corner of contemporary American life in which "difference" carries its own sentence.
Cast
Terry Hobbs
Melissa Byers
John Mark Byers
Diane Moore
Shelby Misskelley
Lee Rush
Gail Grinnell
Pam Echols
Domini Teer
Gary Gitchell
Daniel T Stidham
Gregory L Crow
Val P Price
Jessie Lloyd Misskelley
Joe Hutchison
Judge David Burnett
Pam Hobbs
Paul N Ford
Damien Echols
Dr. James Rasicot
Jessie Misskelley
John N Fogleman
Todd Moore
Shelby Misskelley
Charles Jason Baldwin
Domini Teer
Brent David
Scott Davidson
Crew
Charles Jason Baldwin
Tobe Becker
Joe Berlinger
Joe Berlinger
Judge David Burnett
John Mark Byers
Melissa Byers
Douglas Cooper
Douglas Cooper
Gregory L Crow
Brent David
Scott Davidson
Damien Echols
Pam Echols
Loren Eiferman
John N Fogleman
Paul N Ford
Gary Gitchell
Gail Grinnell
Pam Hobbs
Terry Hobbs
Joe Hutchison
Michael Karas
Nancy Lesser
M Watanabe Milmore
Jessie Lloyd Misskelley
Jessie Misskelley
Shelby Misskelley
Diane Moore
Todd Moore
Jonathan Moss
Sheila Nevins
Dr. James Rasicot
Bob Richman
Bob Richman
Lee Rush
Bruce Sinofsky
Bruce Sinofsky
Daniel T Stidham
Domini Teer
John Thoma
John Thoma
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Expanded Release in United States September 27, 1996
Expanded Release in United States October 4, 1996
Expanded Release in United States October 11, 1996
Expanded Release in United States October 18, 1996
Expanded Release in United States October 25, 1996
Released in United States October 31, 1996
Expanded Release in United States November 1, 1996
Expanded Release in United States November 8, 1996
Expanded Release in United States November 15, 1996
Expanded Release in United States November 22, 1996
Re-released in United States July 28, 2000
Released in United States on Video May 27, 1997
Released in United States 1996
Released in United States January 1996
Released in United States April 1996
Released in United States September 1996
Released in United States October 1996
Released in United States 2012
Shown at New Directors/New Films in New York City March 22 - April 7, 1996.
Shown at Los Angeles Independent Film Festival April 18-22, 1996.
Shown at Boston Film Festival September 6-19, 1996.
Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival October 4-20, 1996.
Second nonfiction feature for documentarians Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky who debuted with "Brother's Keeper" (USA/1992).
Broadcast in USA over HBO "America Undercover" June 10, 1996.
Released in United States Fall September 20, 1996
Expanded Release in United States September 27, 1996
Expanded Release in United States October 4, 1996
Expanded Release in United States October 11, 1996
Expanded Release in United States October 18, 1996
Expanded Release in United States October 25, 1996
Released in United States October 31, 1996 (Nuart; Los Angeles)
Expanded Release in United States November 1, 1996
Expanded Release in United States November 8, 1996
Expanded Release in United States November 15, 1996
Expanded Release in United States November 22, 1996
Re-released in United States July 28, 2000 (Nuart; Los Angeles)
Released in United States on Video May 27, 1997
Released in United States 1996 (Shown at New Directors/New Films in New York City March 22 - April 7, 1996.)
Released in United States January 1996 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (in competition) in Park City, Utah January 18-28, 1996.)
Released in United States April 1996 (Shown at Los Angeles Independent Film Festival April 18-22, 1996.)
Released in United States September 1996 (Shown at Boston Film Festival September 6-19, 1996.)
Released in United States October 1996 (Shown at Vancouver International Film Festival October 4-20, 1996.)
Released in United States 2012 (Special - Guggenheim Retrospective)
Released in United States Fall September 20, 1996
