Murder in Greenwich (2002) (TV)

Director:

Tom McLoughlin

Writers (WGA):

Mark Fuhrman (book)
Dave Erickson (teleplay)

Release Date:

15 November 2002 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Mystery | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

Money built walls around the truth. One man knocked them down.

Plot:

The story of Martha Moxley, 15 year old girl murdered in Greenwich in the 1970's, her murder going unsolved for 25 years.

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Investigation | Mischief Night | 1970s | Murder Victim

Awards:

3 nominations

Cast

Christopher Meloni	...	Mark Fuhrman
Robert Forster	...	Steve Carroll
Maggie Grace	...	Martha Moxley
Toby Moore	...	Tommy Skakel
Jon Foster	...	Michael Skakel
Andrew Robertt	...	Stephen Weeks (as Andrew Mitchell)
Liddy Holloway	...	Dorothy Moxley
Theresa Healey	...	Hildy Southerlyn
Michael Saccente	...	Dr. Baden
James Beaumont	...	Robert Mathers
Carolyn Bock	...	Caroline Fuhrman
Sally Martin	...	Charity Foster
Renée Ellwood	...	Lucy Duke (as Renee Ellwood)
Tim Adam	...	Morris Banks
Bruce Hopkins	...	Lancaster
Peter Rowley	...	Rushton Skakel
Beth Allen	...	Julia Skakel
Joanna Morrison	...	Young Hildy Southerlyn
David Ashton	...	Chief Thao Ferris (as David Aston)
Stephen Papps	...	The Maryland Man
Ray Trickett	...	Det. John Samuels (as Ray Trickitt)
Sam Wallace	...	Paul Joyce
Norman Fairley	...	Alex Grafton
Rose McIver	...	Sheila McGuire
Leo Brettkelly-Chalmers	...	Robert Mathers (20's)
John Sumner	...	Jackson O'Connor
Latham Gaines	...	Probabtion Officer
Natalie Duggan	...	Mrs. Staggs
Michelle Blanchard	...	Secretary
Nick Miller	...	Teenager
Mark Wright	...	Detective #1
Fiona Edgar	...	Reporter #1
William Wallace	...	TV Reporter
Charles Pierard	...	Epilogue Reporter

Directed by
Tom McLoughlin

Writing credits (WGA)
Mark Fuhrman		(book "Murder in Greenwich")
Dave Erickson		(teleplay) (as David Erickson)

Produced by
Mark Fuhrman	....	producer
Stephanie Hagen	....	associate producer
Jacobus Rose	....	producer
Bernard Sofronski	....	executive producer
Judith Verno	....	producer
Rachel Verno	....	producer

Original Music by
Don Davis

Cinematography by
Mark Wareham		(director of photography) (as Mark B. Wareham)

Film Editing by
Charles Bornstein

Production Design by
Michael Ralph

Art Direction by
Nick Bassett

Set Decoration by
Jackie Gilmore

Costume Design by
Lesley Burkes-Harding

Makeup Department
Dominie Till	....	hair supervisor
Dominie Till	....	makeup supervisor
Deb Watson	....	key hair stylist
Deb Watson	....	key makeup artist

Production Management
Liz DiFiore	....	unit production manager
Ronnie Hape	....	unit manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Simon Ambridge	....	first assistant director
Katie Tate	....	second assistant director
Lisa Marinkovich	....	second second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Robert Bavin	....	stand-by props (uncredited)
Milton Candish	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Kate Highfield	....	art department manager (uncredited)
Michael Krehl	....	props (uncredited)
Megan Vertelle	....	set dresser (uncredited)

Sound Department
Mike Brooks	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Michael Brooks)
Tim Chilton	....	foley artist
Mark Friedgen	....	supervising sound editor
Robert L. Harman	....	sound re-recording mixer (as Bob Harman)
Dean Okrand	....	sound re-recording mixer
Mike Westgate	....	production sound mixer
Bob Costanza	....	sound effects editor (uncredited)
Tommy Goodwin	....	foley mixer (uncredited)
Bob Goold	....	dialogue editor (uncredited)
Kathryn Madsen	....	adr supervisor (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Jason Durey	....	special effects coordinator
Brendon Durey	....	special effects coordinator (uncredited)

Stunts
Peter Bell	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Terry Fraser	....	key grip
Dale McCready	....	camera operator
Grant McKinnon	....	gaffer
John Enright	....	generator operator (uncredited)
Scott Harman	....	lighting technician (uncredited)
Gaysorn Thavat	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Mark Wareham	....	still photographer (uncredited)

Casting Department
Terri De'ath	....	casting (as Terri De'Ath)

Editorial Department
David Lebowitz	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Moira Marquis	....	music editorial

Transportation Department
Ronnie Hape	....	transport manager
Chris Wildermoth	....	picture vehicle wrangler
Chico Morehu	....	driver (uncredited)
Mihi Morehu	....	unit driver (uncredited)

Other crew
Paul Carran	....	production services
Dominick Dunne	....	presenter
Linda Fenwick	....	production coordinator
Tanya Fraser	....	production coordinator
Moira Grant	....	production coordinator
Brett Higginson	....	location scout
Sandra Hill	....	production auditor
Sally Sherratt	....	location manager
Jackie Sullivan	....	script supervisor
Stephen Weeks	....	technical consultant
Benjamin Benedetti	....	account executive (uncredited)
Rachael Campbell	....	production intern (uncredited)
Jennifer Davidson	....	publicist (uncredited)
Sarah Spurway	....	production secretary (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Columbia TriStar Domestic Television
• Bernard Sofronski Productions (as Sofronski Productions)
• Carlton America
• Sony Pictures Television
• Studios USA Television
• USA Films
• USA Pictures

Distributors

• Sony Pictures Television (2002) (worldwide) (TV)
• USA Network (2002) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Bonton Home Entertainment (BHE) (Czech Republic) (VHS)
• Columbia TriStar Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Eén (2007) (Belgium) (TV)
• LK-TEL (2003) (Argentina) (DVD)
• LK-TEL (2003) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Nelonen (2007) (Finland) (TV)
• RTL Klub Televízió (2008) (Hungary) (TV) (original airing)
• USA Cable Network

Other Companies

• Film Factory New Zealand Limited  production services
• Maura Fay Group  additional casting
• Modern VideoFilm  post-production services (as Modern Video, Inc.)
• Sony Pictures Television  author: Berne Convention

Also Known As:

"Dominick Dunne Presents: Murder in Greenwich" - UK (complete title), USA (complete title)

MPAA:

Rated R for some violent images

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Czech Republic:15 | USA:R | Australia:M | Argentina:16 | UK:15 | Finland:K-15 (TV rating) (self applied)

Filming Locations:

Auckland, New Zealand

Company:

Columbia TriStar Domestic Television

Trivia:

The real identities of several of the protagonists are replaced with pseudonyms in this adaptation. These include: - The Skakel family tutor/supervisor, Ken Littleton (in the film called Morris Banks); - The Moxley's neighbor, briefly suspected of the murder, Ed Hammond (Rob Mathers); - The Skakel family relations whose house several of the Skakel brothers visited that night, the Terrians, including Jimmy Dowdle/Terrian (The Morgans / Larry Morgan); - The family who lived across the street from the Moxleys, the Ix family (the Fosters), in particular Mildred "Cissy" Ix (Constance Foster) and Martha's friend Helen Ix (Charity Foster); - The 11-year old who accompanied Martha and Helen while they listened to music with Michael Skakel in the Lincoln, Geoffrey Byrne (in the film called Paul Joyce, and made a similar age to Martha and Helen/Charity, with whom he "makes out" in the back seat of the Lincoln, contrary to real life events); - Skakel family gardener Franz "Frank" Wittine (Alex Grafton); - Jim McKenzie, a Great Lakes Carbon junior lawyer who "babysits" the Skakel children following the discovery of Martha's body and prior to Rushton Skakel's return (Jackson O'Connor). In addition, the character of Hildy Southerlyn in the film is a fictional device, enabling the introduction of information from several real-life sources. Similarly, Martha's "best friend" Lucy Duke is a fictitious character, probably representing an amalgamation of Christy Kalan, Tory Fuchs and Margie Walker.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: Palm trees and other subtropical vegetation in Connecticut.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Martha Moxley:My name is Martha Moxley. My friends call me "Mox"
[laughs]
Martha Moxley:. In 1974, my family moved to Belle Haven, which is in Greenwich, which is in Connecticut. It was the richest neighborhood in the richest town in the richest country in the world.
[pause]
Martha Moxley:This was our house in Walsh Lane. And across the street, over on Otter Rock Drive, that's where the Skakels lived. They were our neighbors, they were rich and they were Kennedys.
[pause]
Martha Moxley:This was the morning after Mischief Night, we called it Hacker Night, the eve of Halloween, a night of parties and innocent pranks. But the thing that happened last night between my house and the Skakels' ruined this town. Belle Haven was supposed to be a safe place. It was my home. It will always be my home.
[pause]
Martha Moxley:[Sheila screams] Sheila McGuire found me shortly after noon on Halloween, 1975.
[...]

The System Works Differently for the Rich

In 1974, the teenager Martha Moxley (Maggie Grace) moves to the high-class area of Belle Haven, Greenwich, Connecticut. On the Mischief Night, eve of Halloween, she was murdered in the backyard of her house and her murder remained unsolved. Twenty-two years later, the writer Mark Fuhrman (Christopher Meloni), who is a former LA detective that has fallen in disgrace for perjury in O.J. Simpson trial and moved to Idaho, decides to investigate the case with his partner Stephen Weeks (Andrew Mitchell) with the purpose of writing a book. The locals squirm and do not welcome them, but with the support of the retired detective Steve Carroll (Robert Forster) that was in charge of the investigation in the 70's, they discover the criminal and a net of power and money to cover the murder.

"Murder in Greenwich" is a good TV movie, with the true story of a murder of a fifteen years old girl that was committed by a wealthy teenager whose mother was a Kennedy. The powerful and rich family used their influence to cover the murder for more than twenty years. However, a snoopy detective and convicted perjurer in disgrace was able to disclose how the hideous crime was committed. The screenplay shows the investigation of Mark and the last days of Martha in parallel, but there is a lack of the emotion in the dramatization. My vote is seven.

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