Tabloid (2010)

A documentary on a former Miss Wyoming who is charged with abducting and imprisoning a young Mormon Missionary.

Director:

Errol Morris

Stars:

Joyce McKinney, Peter Tory, Troy Williams

2 wins & 3 nominations.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Joyce McKinney	...	Herself
Peter Tory	...	Himself
Troy Williams	...	Himself
Jackson Shaw	...	Himself
Kent Gavin	...	Himself
Dr. Hong	...	Himself (as Jin Han Hong)

Storyline

A documentary on a former Miss Wyoming who is charged with abducting and imprisoning a young Mormon Missionary.

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Genres:

Documentary

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexual content and nudity

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

11 November 2011 (UK)

Also Known As:

Storyville: Tabloid: Sex in Chains

Box Office

Opening Weekend:

$91,201 (USA) (15 July 2011)

Gross:

$680,468 (USA) (23 September 2011)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Air Loom Enterprises, Moxie Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Filmmaker Errol Morris was sued by Joyce McKinney, the central figure of the documentary for allegedly tricking her into appearing in the film.

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Connections

References Saturday Night Fever (1977)

User Reviews

A real tabloid story

Some people are serial fantastists, or serial self-publicists: it can be hard to tell the difference. Errol Morris' entertaining film 'Tabloid: Sex in Change' will seem familiar to anyone whose seen the (altogether more serious) film 'True Lies': in both cases, someone collaborates with a contemporary film-maker to tell "their story", even though the film-maker is able to simultaneously compile a large body of evidence to suggest that this story is utter tosh. The protagonists of both films could be considered con-artists, but if so, neither of them are exactly very good: in taking part in these films, they manage not to control the narrative, but to destroy themselves (although, if self-publicity is the aim, they do succeed, albeit in a peculiar fashion). Joyce McKinney's story (both the real one, and the one that she tells) is straightforwardly bizarre; while the linked tale of the behaviour of tabloid newspapers is predictably depressing, although one can't help but wonder whether or not Morris would have done better to let sleeping dogs lie (something McKinney didn't do when she had her dead pet cloned) rather than give the whole affair another publicising blast of the oxygen. It's hard to draw many conclusions from such a weird tale about the state of our society, or even about the interior workings of McKinney's mind; yet it's also impossible not to be entertained, albeit in a prurient way, by the extraordinary details of her tale.