Whitewash: The Clarence Brandley Story (2002) (TV)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Tony Bill

Writers (WGA):

Nick Davies (book)
Abby Mann (teleplay)

Release Date:

21 April 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Falsely Convicted | Prison | Based On Book | Based On True Story | Character Name In Title

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Courtney B. Vance	...	Clarence Brandley
Eamonn Walker	...	Jew Don Boney
Gil Bellows	...	Mike De Guerin
Chuck Shamata	...	Don Brown
Heath Lamberts	...	Judge Perry Pickett
Joseph Ziegler	...	James Keeshan
Ron White	...	Jim McCloskey
Richard Eden	...	Peter Speers
Phillip Jarrett	...	Rev. Jerry Jones
Derek McGrath	...	Icky Peace
Beau Starr	...	Ranger Styles
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jennifer Irwin	...	Evidence Secretary
Doug Lennox	...	Percy Foreman
Ian Ryan	...	Joe Winters
Mark Taylor	...	Ozell Brandley

MPAA:

Rated R for violent images, nudity and language.

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:MA (TV rating) | Argentina:13 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Paramount Network Television Productions

DeJa Vu to the Extreme: Wasn't this story done before?

I've seen this exact story and plot before done with different actors, and I can't remember... Somebody please help! Could it have been with Eric Roberts as one of the janitors? I couldn't find it. I know it was more than two years ago... There was more of an emphasis on the culpability of the janitors, and a mystery was to who it was... Nothing jumped out of Eric's filmography... Other wise this was a fairly limp depiction of a powerful story. sympathetic but not compelling. Have I seen this exact same movie before and it was much more gripping the first time? Am I losing my mind? Scary...