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

4 wins & 8 nominations.

Cast

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

Storyline

Tabloid stories centered on the activities of Joyce McKinney, a former beauty queen with a self-reported IQ of 168, over her life are presented. Beyond her beauty pageant days, McKinney first hit the tabloid pages in Britain in what was largely coined "The Case of the Manacled Mormon". As reported by McKinney in interviews, she, a southern Christian originally from North Carolina, got involved with a group of Mormons in her pursuit of true love, without knowing they were Mormons or anything about Mormonism. She fell in love with one of those Mormons, Kirk Anderson, the two who were to be married. After he disappeared without saying anything to her, she, with the help of a private investigator and some male friends and new acquaintances, tracked him down in England where he was being brainwashed by Mormon elders, that brainwashing which included the notion of sex with and marriage to her, a non-Mormon, as taboo. He left with her voluntarily, she who took him away to a secluded cottage ...

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Plot Keywords:

mormon | sex scandal | scandal | rape accusation | model | 

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Genres:

Documentary | Crime

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexual content and nudity

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Korean

Release Date:

11 November 2011 (UK)

Also Known As:

Storyville: Tabloid: Sex in Chains

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$91,201, 17 July 2011, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$680,468, 25 September 2011

Company Credits

Production Co:

Air Loom Enterprises,Moxie Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Errol Morris only met Joyce McKinney three times with the main interview taking place on their second meeting.

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Connections

Features Caged (1950)

User Reviews

Absolutely delightful

I saw this at the Telluride film festival and thought it was truly wonderful and to know this is a true story made it even more fun. I got tickled about 10 minutes into the film and did not stop laughing until the end.....actually after the end, because our group would throw quotes from the movie back and forth between us to instigate a laugh by all. I can't wait to see it again- and buy it so I can catch the nuances of the cartooning.

The orchestration of this 'documentary' is done in such a brilliant manner that it was a hit with everyone I spoke to in line at the festival. Even those who do not like reality TV (like myself), thought this was just worlds of fun.