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Dream/Killer

  • 20152015
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  • 1h 46m
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Dream/Killer (2015)
In 2005, 19-year-old Ryan Ferguson was convicted and sentenced to 40 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, causing his father, Bill, to embark on a 10-year campaign to prove Ryan's innocence.
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In 2005, 20-year-old Ryan Ferguson was convicted and sentenced to 40 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, causing his father, Bill, to embark on a 10-year campaign to prove Ryan's ... Read allIn 2005, 20-year-old Ryan Ferguson was convicted and sentenced to 40 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, causing his father, Bill, to embark on a 10-year campaign to prove Ryan's innocence.In 2005, 20-year-old Ryan Ferguson was convicted and sentenced to 40 years in prison for a crime he did not commit, causing his father, Bill, to embark on a 10-year campaign to prove Ryan's innocence.
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2.1K
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  • Director
    • Andrew Jenks
  • Stars
    • Kevin Crane(archive footage)
    • Chuck Erickson
    • Bill Ferguson
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  • Director
    • Andrew Jenks
  • Stars
    • Kevin Crane(archive footage)
    • Chuck Erickson
    • Bill Ferguson
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    • 20User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    Kevin Crane
    Kevin Crane
    • Self - State Prosecutoras Self - State Prosecutor
    • (archive footage)
    Chuck Erickson
    Chuck Erickson
    • Selfas Self
    • (as Charles Erickson)
    Bill Ferguson
    Bill Ferguson
    • Self - Ryan's Fatheras Self - Ryan's Father
    Leslie Ferguson
    Leslie Ferguson
    • Self - Ryan's Motheras Self - Ryan's Mother
    Ryan Ferguson
    Ryan Ferguson
    • Selfas Self
    Ryan Ferguson
    • Selfas Self
    Kent Heitholt
    Kent Heitholt
    • Self - Victimas Self - Victim
    • (archive footage)
    Dallas Mallory
    Dallas Mallory
    • Self - Witnessas Self - Witness
    • (archive footage)
    Cynthia Martin
    Cynthia Martin
    • Self - Judgeas Self - Judge
    Erin Moriarty
    Erin Moriarty
    • Self - 48 Hours, CBSas Self - 48 Hours, CBS
    Shawna Ornt
    Shawna Ornt
    • Self - Tribune Janitoras Self - Tribune Janitor
    • (archive footage)
    Charlie Rogers
    Charlie Rogers
    • Self - Ryan's Defense Attorneyas Self - Ryan's Defense Attorney
    • (archive footage)
    Ellen Roper
    Ellen Roper
    • Self - Judgeas Self - Judge
    Jerry Trump
    Jerry Trump
    • Self - Tribune Janitoras Self - Tribune Janitor
    • (archive footage)
    Kathleen Zellner
    Kathleen Zellner
    • Self - Ryan's Attorneyas Self - Ryan's Attorney
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      Ryan Ferguson was a contestant on the 33rd season of CBS competition show The Amazing Race in 2022

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    6/10
    Really liked how this documentary was put together.
    Not sure weather it's me, or the times (most likely,the times), but documentaries seem so much different now than from what I remember. With Media being so much more apart of our lives than ever before, it makes it even easier to weave a doc that acts like a movie plot narrative.

    Case in point, Dream/Killer is focused on Bill Ferguson, whose son, Ryan was convicted of murder. Knowing his son well and after seeing what happen during his trial, Bill is certain that his son got a bum rap and spends the next ten years obsessing over the case so much that he is able to find the holes Ryan's trail fell into in order to get a retrial.

    It was laid out like an intense drama. They set up the events of the story first, then we really got to know Bill as a character, and they make us understand his determination, which makes the suspense of the movie even better, cause I could have just looked up on Google what happen before the film was over, but the documentary builds an investment in wanting to see how they unfold the hold thing

    It's a lot like this movie Conviction with Hillary Swank and Sam Rockwell where a single mother becomes a lawyer to get smart enough to get her brother out of a lifetime sentence.

    Conviction was based on a true story, but I guess that story happen before Trails were video taped, one hundred news channels existed to cover one story, and everyone had a camera on their phone to post something online.

    Dream/Killer had all those elements, and what ever they did not have to tell the narrative with is when they used animation, like when Ryan tell us what it was like to spend 10 years in prison, animation is fairly popular in contemporary docs,

    And of course, they used an age old documentary trick... Interviews from those who witness the events unravel first hand.

    As a contemporary style documentary, it was done very basic and average, but that's good cause it let nothing distract it from the amazing story of a father's determination and love of his son.

    Great crime drama!
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      • May 4, 2015 (United States)
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      1 hour 46 minutes
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