First look at Colin Firth in 'Devil's Knot' -- EXCLUSIVE PHOTOS

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By Thom Geier on Aug 29, 2013 at 1:26PM   @thomgeier

Oscar winner Colin Firth turns private detective in Canadian director Atom Egoyan’s new fact-based drama Devil’s Knot, which premieres at the Toronto Film Festival on Sept. 8. Firth stars with Reese Witherspoon, Amy Ryan, Dane DeHaan, Stephen Moyer, and Mireille Enos in the film, which is based on the notorious case of three heavy-metal-loving teenagers from West Memphis, Ark., who were convicted of the 1993 murder of three 8-year-old boys despite a lack of evidence. The so-called West Memphis Three became the subject of Paradise Lost, a series of three award-winning documentaries by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky, as well as a Peter Jackson-produced doc called West of Memphis that won them the attention of a host of celebrity and criminal-justice advocates. In 2011, the trio was freed from prison under an Alford plea that allowed them to proclaim their innocence while technically upholding their murder convictions (and exempting the state from civil penalties).

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Colin Firth to Co-Star with Reese Witherspoon in Atom Egoyan’s West Memphis Three Movie, DEVIL’S KNOT (Collider)

by Matt Goldberg

 

Colin Firth

is set to co-star with Reese Witherspoon in Atom Egoyan‘s adaptation of Devil’s Knot. The film is based off Mara Leveritt‘s novel of the same name, which centers on the West Memphis Three. For those who don’t know, the West Memphis Three were three non-conformist teenagers who were arrested and convicted for the murder of three eight-year-old boys despite flimsy evidence and the jury’s ignorance and prejudice. The three remained in prison for almost 20 years on a crime they obviously didn’t commit. Their story was chronicled in the documentary Paradise Lost (and its two subsequent sequels) and the new documentary, West of Memphis.

Per Deadline, “Firth will play Ron Lax, a private investigator who was the first pro bono supporter of the defendants as they headed to trial in 1993. Lax built one of the most prominent private investigative firms in the Southeast, and offered his services for free to the defendants, who at the time were reviled because of the heinous nature of the crime and the sensationalized reports about devil worship and ritualistic sacrifice.”


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