Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory (2011)

Directors:

Joe Berlinger
Bruce Sinofsky

Release Date:

13 October 2012 (Brazil)

Genre:

Documentary

Plot:

A further investigation into the arrest of three teenagers convicted of killing three young boys in Arkansas who spent nearly 20 years in prison before being released after new DNA evidence indicated they may be innocent. |

Plot Keywords:

Miscarriage Of Justice | West Memphis Three

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 3 wins & 4 nominations

Cast

Gary Gitchell	...	Himself
Jessie Misskelley	...	Himself (as Jessie Miskelly)
Damien Wayne Echols	...	Himself
Jason Baldwin	...	Himself
Todd Moore	...	Himself (archive footage)
Diane Moore	...	Herself (archive footage)
Pam Hobbs	...	Herself (archive footage)
Terry Hobbs	...	Himself (archive footage)
Melissa Byers	...	Herself (archive footage)
John Mark Byers	...	Himself
John Philipsborn	...	Himself
Don Horgan	...	Himself - Attorney
John N. Fogleman	...	Himself (archive footage)
Mike Allen	...	Himself (archive footage)
Domini Teer	...	Herself (archive footage)
Larry Roberts	...	Himself - Neighbor (archive footage)
Jon Dwyer	...	Himself - Neighbor (archive footage)
Jerry Driver	...	Himself
Diana Davis	...	Herself - KAIT (archive footage)
Tony Brooks	...	Himself - KAIT (archive footage)
Jessie Misskelley Sr.	...	Himself
David Steinhart	...	Himself - KAIT (archive footage)
Gail Grinnell	...	Herself
Paul Ford	...	Himself - Attorney
Bryn Ridge	...	Himself (archive sound)
Dan Stidham	...	Himself
Eddie Vedder	...	Himself
Kathy Bakken	...	Herself
Grove Pashley	...	Himself
Burk Sauls	...	Himself
Rod Starns	...	Himself - Channel 5
Dennis Riordan	...	Himself - Attorney
Werner Spitz	...	Himself
Richard Souviron	...	Himself - Odontologist
Tom Fedor	...	Himself - DNA Expert
John Douglas	...	Himself - Former FBI Agent
Joe Berlinger	...	Himself
Bruce Sinofsky	...	Himself
Lorri Davis	...	Herself
David Burnett	...	Himself
Dale W. Griffis	...	Himself
Val P. Price	...	Himself (archive footage)
Frank Peretti	...	Himself (archive footage)
Lloyd Warford	...	Himself - Attorney
Gina Reynolds	...	Herself - Law Clerk
Capi Peck	...	Herself
Natalie Maines	...	Herself
Megyn Kelly	...	Herself
Jamie Clark Ballard	...	Herself
Michael Hobbs	...	Himself
Tina Hobbs	...	Herself
Will Carter	...	Himself - Channel 8 (archive footage)
David Raupp	...	Himself - Assistant DA
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Johnny Depp	...	Himself (archive footage)
Scott Ellington	...	Himself - Prosecutor
Darrell Greene	...	Himself - Channel 13 Reporter
David Laser	...	Himself - Judge
Mike Ledford	...	Himself

Directed by
Joe Berlinger
Bruce Sinofsky

Produced by
Nancy Abraham	....	series producer
Sidney Beaumont	....	executive producer
Joe Berlinger	....	producer
Michael Bonfiglio	....	co-producer
Robert Friedman	....	executive producer
Jennifer Helm	....	associate producer
Elisabeth Holm	....	associate producer
Jon Kamen	....	executive producer
Sheila Nevins	....	executive producer
Frank Scherma	....	executive producer
Jonathan Silberberg	....	producer
Bruce Sinofsky	....	producer
Steven Tollen	....	executive producer
Margaret Webber	....	associate producer
Justin Wilkes	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Wendy Blackstone

Cinematography by
Robert Richman

Film Editing by
Alyse Ardell Spiegel

Production Management
Audrey Costadina	....	production supervisor
Bob Stein	....	head of production

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Jonathan Silberberg	....	second unit director

Sound Department
Brad Bergbom	....	additional location sound mixer
Andy Black	....	additional sound
Nathan Black	....	sound mixer
Chris Davis	....	sound effects editor
Michael Hunkele	....	additional sound
Claudia Katayanagi	....	additional sound
Perry Levy	....	dialogue editor
Bill Lineberry	....	additional sound
David S. McJunkin	....	additional sound
Eric Milano	....	sound re-recording mixer: pre-dubs
Caleb Mose	....	additional sound
Eddie O'Connor	....	sound recordist
Tom Paul	....	sound re-recording mixer
Jonathan Silberberg	....	additional sound
Steven Tollen	....	sound executive producer
Kevin Peters	....	assistant sound editor (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Joe Berlinger	....	additional camera
Michael Bonfiglio	....	additional camera
John Chater	....	additional camera
Stephen Dickter	....	additional camera
Jim Dollarhide	....	additional camera
Jonathan Furmanski	....	additional camera
Don Lenzer	....	additional camera
Rachel Morrison	....	additional camera operator
Robert Richman	....	still photographer (as Bob Richman)
Étienne Sauret	....	additional camera
Nancy Schreiber	....	additional cinematography
Jonathan Silberberg	....	second camera

Editorial Department
Anthony Anderson	....	assistant editor
Crystal DeBoulet	....	on-line assistant
Jon Fordham	....	on-line editor
Emily Forman	....	assistant editor
Christopher Green	....	lead assistant editor
William Lehman	....	lead assistant editor
William Lehman	....	post-production supervisor
Marcos Meconi	....	assistant editor
David Mehlman	....	additional editor
Chris Messina	....	assistant editor (as Christopher Messina)
Caroline Offit	....	assistant editor
Jenah Pelley	....	assistant editor
Noëlle Penraat	....	negative matcher
Morgan Riles	....	assistant editor
Eric Schoenbrunn	....	assistant editor
Leana Siochi	....	on-line assistant

Other crew
Joan S. Aceste	....	general counsel
Antoine Beane	....	production assistant
Sarah Berlinger	....	intern
Anthony Bocco	....	production assistant
Andrew Buckland	....	image scanning
Daniel Campbell	....	production assistant
Lesly Deschler Canossi	....	image scanning
Luisa Conlon	....	intern
D'Lesli M. Davis	....	attorney
Dan D. Davison	....	attorney
Bryant Fisher	....	assistant engineer
Bryant Fisher	....	engineer
Melissa Georges	....	legal services
Bridget Hickey	....	insurance
Olivia Jampol	....	assistant: Joe Berlinger
Olivia Jampol	....	production coordinator
Meredith Kaulfers	....	post production coordinator
Jeff Kieler	....	equipment manager
Ben Little	....	production assistant
William R. Main	....	chief engineer
Kristin Mann	....	production assistant
Liz Friesell Mason	....	managing director: post production
Justin Nickels	....	production assistant
Ali Pflaum	....	assistant: Joe Berlinger
Paolina Poe-Azcarraga	....	assistant to director
Nicholas Puch	....	intern
Sarina Roma	....	research assistant
Hailey Rovner	....	intern
Christopher Scherer	....	research assistant
Bruce Sinofsky	....	film archivist
Scott Taylor	....	insurance
Zachary Turner	....	production assistant
Julian Woll	....	intern
Brandon Zagha	....	production assistant
Alexandra Zaleski	....	intern

Thanks
Steve Branch	....	in memory of
Christopher Byers	....	in memory of
Lorri Davis	....	thanks: Arkansas Take Action
Bryan Frazier	....	thanks: Arkansas Take Action
John Hardin	....	thanks: Arkansas Take Action
Mike Ledford	....	thanks
Mara Leveritt	....	thanks: Arkansas Take Action
Michael Moore	....	in memory of
Capi Peck	....	thanks: Arkansas Take Action
Brent Peterson	....	thanks: Arkansas Take Action
Mike Poe	....	thanks: Arkansas Take Action

Production Companies

• Radical Media

Distributors

• HBO Documentary Films (2011) (USA) (theatrical)
• Home Box Office (HBO) (2011) (USA) (TV)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

121 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:Not Rated | Australia:R

Company:

Radical Media

Trivia:

Todd and Dana Moore, the parents of 8 year-old victim Michael, wrote a letter to the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences asking that the film be removed from consideration. In the letter they said that the film glorifies Damien Wayne Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley. Director Joe Berlinger had in fact acknowledged during an interview with salon.com that he determined Echols was innocent after speaking with him for five minutes prior to the trial. Despite the Moore's request the film was, in fact nominated for Best Documentary, Features for the 84th Annual Academy Awards however it lost to Undefeated (2011).

Quotes:

Damien Wayne Echols:If I focused on the things I can't change, the things that have hurt me, what people have done to me, then they would have already broken me. They would have killed me inside and out. I can get up in the morning and I don't feel sorry for myself, I don't hate my life...

Movie Connections:

Follows Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996)

Great job!

The tale of the West Memphis 3 came to an end this past year, and Joe Berlinger's and Bruce Sinofsky's advocacy doc trilogy comes to an end, as well, and quite satisfyingly. Watching this third installment is quite painful, even with the mostly happy ending, because it cuts back and forth between the past and the present, showing us just how long these men spent in jail - literally over half their lives. It's particularly touching to see Damien Echols, the only one of the three who was sentenced to death (a sentence which was never off the table until he was freed), grow from an awkward, certainly skeevy-looking teenager to an intelligent, well-spoken adult. One has to wonder what he would have been like if none of this had ever happened. This doc has a lot to cover (you could probably get the gist of the whole series just by watching this one), and in a way it feels a tad unwieldy and perhaps unfocused. But it still does a great job. I sincerely hope the WM3 can now find some peace.