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Murder in Greenwich

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  • 1h 29m
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Murder in Greenwich (2002)
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The story of Martha Moxley, 15 year old girl murdered in Greenwich in the 1970's, her murder going unsolved for 25 years.The story of Martha Moxley, 15 year old girl murdered in Greenwich in the 1970's, her murder going unsolved for 25 years.The story of Martha Moxley, 15 year old girl murdered in Greenwich in the 1970's, her murder going unsolved for 25 years.
IMDb RATING
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1.3K
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  • Director
    • Tom McLoughlin
  • Writers
    • Mark Fuhrman(book "Murder in Greenwich")
    • Dave Erickson(teleplay)
  • Stars
    • Christopher Meloni
    • Robert Forster
    • Maggie Grace
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  • Director
    • Tom McLoughlin
  • Writers
    • Mark Fuhrman(book "Murder in Greenwich")
    • Dave Erickson(teleplay)
  • Stars
    • Christopher Meloni
    • Robert Forster
    • Maggie Grace
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    • 23User reviews
    • 3Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 3 nominations

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    Christopher Meloni
    Christopher Meloni
    • Mark Fuhrman
    Robert Forster
    Robert Forster
    • Steve Carroll
    Maggie Grace
    Maggie Grace
    • Martha Moxley
    Toby Moore
    • Tommy Skakel
    Jon Foster
    Jon Foster
    • Michael Skakel
    Andrew Robertt
    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
    Carolyn Bock
    • Caroline Fuhrman
    Sally Martin
    Sally Martin
    • Charity Foster
    Renée Ellwood
    • Lucy Duke
    • (as Renee Ellwood)
    Tim Adam
    • Morris Banks
    Bruce Hopkins
    Bruce Hopkins
    • Lancaster
    Peter Rowley
    • Rushton Skakel
    Beth Allen
    Beth Allen
    • Julia Skakel
    Joanna Morrison
    Joanna Morrison
    • Young Hildy Southerlyn
    • Director
      • Tom McLoughlin
    • Writers
      • Mark Fuhrman(book "Murder in Greenwich")
      • Dave Erickson(teleplay)
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      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.
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      Palm trees and other subtropical vegetation in Connecticut.
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      [last lines]

      Martha Moxley: This isn't really a happily ever after story. If it was, I'd wake up right now. I'd wake up and I would be 42 years old. Can you imagine? It would be the year 2002. I'd be married, have my own children. Imagine that...

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    4/10
    A strained, choppy true tale of a cold murder case re-examined
    Murder in Greenwich (2002)

    A movie that tries too hard and isn't all that well made, but got some attention because of it's very high profile story, based on true events in Greenwich, Connecticut. Not recommended, especially given all the other movies in this genre that are much better. Kennedy family obsessors might enjoy it for how it depicts various known people.

    The most famous character of all is the ex-police officer who blows into town to solve a two decade old unsolved crime: Mark Fuhrman. I'm guessing anyone under forty won't know this guy--he was a cop who was in the middle of the O.J. Simpson trial and later was convicted a perjury. This is years later and Fuhrman is a relentless, and tactless, private investigator who is basically hated by everyone, even, at times, himself (he seems weirdly unhappy as played by Christopher Meloni).

    So, that's the whole package. Because it's actually a straight forward cold case kind of situation, the movie tries to mix it up a bit with flashbacks and with a corny voice-over by the victim, who faces the camera. The cinematography is competent--and in fact the basic "look" of the movie is one of its moderate strengths--but the editing is awkward at times. Certainly the story itself gets unwieldy fast, with a lot of characters and a seeming presumption that the view might know who many of these people are beforehand.

    Not me. But I hung in there and saw the shenanigans of these very rich people as they squirrel their thoughts and testimonies and the detective bulldozes his way into the old and creaky facts. Eventually someone is nailed--though there is debate (to this day) about whether the right person went to jail. It's not all that enjoyable watching this movie, there is not a single sympathetic character (including the victim, who is just blonde and bland), and it's a spasmodic experience for the viewer.
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    • Release date
      • November 15, 2002 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • USA Network
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Dominick Dunne Presents: Murder in Greenwich
    • Filming locations
      • Auckland, New Zealand
    • Production companies
      • Columbia TriStar Domestic Television
      • Bernard Sofronski Productions
      • Carlton America
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      1 hour 29 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo

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