Crime Library Stories in the Movies 2007

Crime Library Stories Coming soon to the Movies

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The Girl Next Door: Based on the 1958 true story. Sylvia Likens was brutally tortured, raped and eventually murdered in the basement of a family member's Indiana home.	Produced by: Andrew van den Houten Distributed by: Moderncin�	Blythe Auffarth Daniel Manche Blanche Baker	The Torturing Death of Sylvia Likens	Coming in 2007

The Flock: A federal agent, must track down a missing girl who he is convinced is connected to a paroled sex offender he is investigating.	Produced by: Philippe Martinez, Jenette Kahn, Adam Richman (II) Distributed by: Freestyle Releasing	Richard Gere Claire Danes Avril Lavigne	Child Sex Offenders Joseph Edward Duncan III Amber Hagerman Jessica Lunsford �	October, 2007

I know Who Killed Me: A bright and promising woman, is abducted and tortured by a serial killer.	Produced by: Frank Mancuso Jr David Grace Johnny Lopez� Distributed by: TriStar Pictures	Lindsay Lohan Julia Ormond Marc Senter	Derrick Todd Lee — The Baton Rouge Serial Killer � Michael Bruce Ross: Staring Death In The Face	July 27, 2007

An American Crime: The true story of a housewife who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.	Produced by: Katie Roumel, Jocelyn Hayes-Simpson, Christine Vachon Distributed by: First Look International	Ellen Page Catherine Keener Hayley McFarland	The Torturing Death of Sylvia Marie Likens	17 August 2007

Official Site for Trade: Cop's daughter trafficked as sex slave in Mexico.	Produced by: Michael Wimer (II) Oswald Von Richthofen Peter Landesman Distributed by: Lionsgate Films	Kevin Kline Anthony Crivello Paulina Gaitan	Sex Slaves: The Psychology Of Mastery Special: Sex Slaves Part I Sex Slaves Part II	August 31, 2007

The Assassination of Jesse James	Produced by: Benjamin Waisbren, Lisa Ellzey Brad Pitt Distributed by: Warner Brothers	Brad Pitt Sam Shepard	Jesse James: Riding Hell-Bent For Leather Into Legend Forensic Explorations Below Ground: Profile James E. Starrs	September 14, 2007

Official Site for The Kingdom: The Khobar Towers bombing.	Produced by: Peter Berg Distributed by: Universal Pictures	Jamie Foxx Jennifer Garner	The Bombing of Khobar Towers Osama Bin Laden: High Priest Of Terror Hambali: Mastermind of Terror	September 28, 2007

Head Case From 1986-2006 Wayne & Andrea Montgomery killed countless people on video. Videotape was edited into a feature length film, in cooperation from the victims' families.	Produced by: Benjamin P. Ablao Tanisha Dungee Anthony Spadaccini Distributed by: B.P.A. Productions Fleet Street Films	Anthony Spadaccini	Gerald & Charlene Gallego Paul Bernardo & Karla Homolka	Coming in September 2007

K11 Journey: (TV-Series): Documentary tries to expose child trafficking and child prostitution in South East Asia.	Directed by: Charles Kiselyak Produced by: Adi Ezroni Betsy Hart Guy Jacobson Daniel Kedem Distributed by: Priority Films	N/A	Sex Slaves: The Psychology Of Mastery Special: Sex Slaves Part I Sex Slaves Part II	Coming in September 2007

88 Minutes:�A man who�is moonlighting as a forensic psychiatrist for the FBI receives a death threat telling him that he has only 88 minutes to live.	Produced by: Millennium Films Emmett/Furla Films Brightlight Pictures Equity Pictures Distributed by: M88 Productions	Al Pacino Alicia Witt Amy Brenneman	Robert K. Ressler: Taking on the Monsters Murder Cop: A Profile of Vernon J. Gebberth	Coming in 2007

Saw IV: Jeff is now left puzzled as he struggles to survive.	Produced by: Mark Burg Distributed by: Lionsgate	Tobin Bell	Texas Chainsaw Massacre	October 26, 2007

Sweeney Todd: Based on the hit Broadway musical which tells the infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd the Demon Barber of Fleet Street.	Produced by: Patrick McCormick Distributed by: DreamWorks SKG Paramount Pictures (theatrical)	Johnny Depp Helena Bonham Carter Alan Rickman Christopher Lee	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street - The Crime library	Limited: December 21, 2007 USA: January 11, 2008

Untraceable:�A technology-savvy serial killer displays his graphic murders on his own website.	Produced by: Andy Cohen Gary Lucchesi Steven Pearl Tom Rosenberg Distributed by: Sony Screen Gems	Diane Lane Colin Hanks Erin Carufel	Internet Predators and Their Prey	Jan 25, 08

Other Crime Library Stories in the Movies:

• The Atlanta Child Murders
Was Williams responsible for the deaths of dozens of Atlanta's African-American children or a convenient scapegoat? A new investigation is ordered in 2005.
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• The Black Dahlia
Hollywood's most famous murder case took place in post-war Los Angeles. Elizabeth Short, an engagingly attractive young woman was found brutally murdered and dumped in a vacant lot. She was called the "Black Dahlia" because she always dressed in black. This unsolved case became an obsession and will continue to be legendary when the Black Dahlia movie comes out this fall with an all-star cast.
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• The Black Donnellys
What became known, as "the Donnelly Massacre" was the culmination of a 30-odd years feud between one Irish immigrant family and their Irish immigrant neighbors. It reeks of obsessive pride and prejudice. It is a landmark example of an ancient and bitter religious opposition in one country spreading thousands of miles across an ocean to affect human lives in another.
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• Sex Slaves
It's hard to imagine that these cases occur so often in recent times, but there are quite a number of them. Dr. Katherine Ramsland looks at some of the most interesting and high-profile cases where individuals and couples have become obsessed with taking sex slaves. There are four basic victim types and sometimes their stories lead to the grave and sometimes to freedom. The slave masters are also very diverse psychologically in the way they practice this deadly game of dominance and submission.
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• Albert Fish
This gentle-looking, benevolent grandfather cleverly lured children to their death, then devised recipes to eat them. This cannibal model for Hannibal Lector is a study in criminal psychology and a true enigma. His wife thought him to be a wonderful husband and his children believed him to be a model father. What inner torments caused him to drive many spikes into his pelvis and tell people that he looked forward to his execution?
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• Fracture Movie Review
A Review of the Anthony Hopkins' Movie.
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• John Wayne Gacy Jr.
One of the most notorious serial killers, "respectable" Chicago-area businessman hires young men to work in his contracting company, then rapes and murders scores of them, burying their bodies on his properties. In prison, he became the focus of researching the psychopathic mind.

Also read movie review by Katherine Ramsland: Hitchcock Meets Gacy: Review of "Disturbia."
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• Howard Hughes' Biography Scandal/Clifford Irving
Successful but ethically-flawed author creates a literary furor with his fake autobiography of billionaire tycoon Howard Hughes.
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• The Lives, Trials and Deaths of Anne Boleyn and Katherine Howard
Powerful celebrity marries two women, tires of them and has them killed: intrigue and passion and death filled the daily lives of the British royal family.
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• The Lonely Hearts Killers
The story of a desperately lonely overweight woman who lets herself fall into partnership with a man who murders women for money. The so-called Lonely Hearts Murders, entwined in voodoo magic and kinky sex, becomes one of the most sensational cases of the 1940s.

New "Lonely Hearts" movie with John Travolta, Salma Hayek, Jared Leto and James Gandolfini is a satisfying case study. The film interweaves a detective's perspective to the story of the killer team.
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• The Mountain Meadows Massacre
A large group of settlers pass through Morman-controlled Utah on their way to California and are attacked. Only a few very young children survived. Was it a random Indian attack or were the Mormons responsible?
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• Mr. Brooks
family man leads double like as a serial killer. Read CL movie review by Katherine Ramsland: "Mr. Brooks" film raises question whether compulsion to kill can be inherited
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• Nancy Drew Movie Review
Nancy Drew Movie Will Delight Many Long-Time Fans. Although the character of Nancy Drew was first created in 1930, she's shifted and changed with each new generation. While she remains a role model for young girls, this film, with Emma Roberts as the girl sleuth, aspires to make her relevant for the post-CSI 21st century.
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• Grace O'Malley: The Pirate Queen
The Queen of the Irish Seas was a legendary woman warrior and respected rebel leader who finally made an alliance with Queen Elizabeth I. The writers of Les Miserables have turned her legend into a Broadway musical.
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• The World Trade Center Story
Underplayed by the media, these amazing men and women gave everything they had -- 37 lives, more than any police department has ever lost in a single event. This is a wonderful story of unparalleled bravery and uplifting determination to survive.
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• The Zodiac Killer
The notorious and very bizarre serial killer who called himself The Zodiac remains one of the world's great unsolved cases. In Oct., 1966, a girl was viciously murdered in Riverside, California when she permitted a man to help start the car that he had intentionally disabled when she was in her school library.

This homicide began a ghoulish series of murders that panicked the people of the San Francisco area. For years the Zodiac taunted the police with weird ciphers, phone calls, insulting and cryptic messages.

Even though police investigated over 2,500 potential suspects, the case was never solved. There were a few suspects that stood out, but the forensic technology of the times was not advanced enough to nail any one of them conclusively. Also read CL's review by Katherine Ramsland of the Zodiac Movie
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