Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
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Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills is a 1996 American documentary film directed, produced and edited by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky about the trials of the West Memphis Three, three teenage youths accused of the May 1993 murders and sexual mutilation of three prepubescent boys as a part of an alleged satanic ritual in West Memphis, Arkansas.
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Directed by | Joe Berlinger
Bruce Sinofsky |
Produced by | Joe Berlinger Bruce Sinofsky |
Starring | Jessie Misskelley Jr. Damien Echols Jason Baldwin |
Cinematography | Robert Richman |
Edited by | Joe Berlinger Bruce Sinofsky |
Music by | Metallica |
Distributed by | Home Box Office (HBO) |
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Running time | 150 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The film uses the music of Metallica instead of an original soundtrack, the first time that the band authorized their music to be used in a film; the accused teenagers were fans of the band, something which played a part in their trials.[1] It was well received by critics, and won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Informational Programming. It was followed by two sequels, also made by Berlinger and Sinofsky, which followed the evolution of the case through the years: Paradise Lost 2: Revelations in 2000, and Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory in 2011.