Betty Anne Waters
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Betty Anne Waters |
| Original title | Conviction |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2010 |
| length | 110 minutes |
| Age rating |
FSK 12 JMK 10 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Tony Goldwyn |
| script | Pamela Gray |
| production |
Andrew Sugarman , Andrew S. Karsch , Tony Goldwyn |
| music | Paul Cantelon |
| camera | Adriano Goldman |
| cut | Jay Cassidy |
| occupation | |
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Betty Anne Waters (Original Title: Conviction ) is an American drama film directed by Tony Goldwyn from 2010 based on real life.
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Betty Anne and her brother Kenny grew up in difficult social circumstances in the small town of Ayer ( Massachusetts ). The two inseparable children were known to the police at an early age, for example because they went into strange houses to steal sweets and because they ran away from home. Betty is now married and has one child, Kenny has a daughter.
When a robbery and murder happens in the neighborhood, the overzealous investigator Nancy Taylor fixates on the convicted Kenny, who has scratches on his face. After nothing could be proven to him at first, he was arrested by the police two years later at his grandfather's funeral and then sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of pardon. Decisive for the conviction are statements from his private environment, which the investigator has compiled.
Only Betty Anne believes in his innocence. After trying to commit suicide in prison, she asks him not to try again and promises that she will do everything possible to free him. Betty Anne catches up with her high school diploma and starts studying law. During her studies, a fellow student tells her that there is a newly developed method in which the DNA is compared. She contacts attorney Barry Scheck from the Innocence Project , which is trying to clear up legal errors. After passing the bar exam, she looks for evidence of her brother's innocence. She persistently got hold of the old evidence even though it should have been destroyed. The genetic test confirms Kenny's innocence. Prosecutor Martha Coakley opposes his release; there is sufficient evidence of complicity. Betty Anne and Barry Scheck can prove that witness statements were false; u. a. Kenny's ex-wife revises her testimony and accuses Nancy Taylor of perjurying her.
Kenny is then acquitted and released after 18 years.
background
Betty Anne Waters , also known as actor Tony Goldwyn's fourth directorial work, is based on a true story. Goldwyn and his author Pamela Gray researched the Waters case. The key dates of the film are authentic: the discovery of the mutilated corpse on the outskirts of Ayer, Massachusetts in 1980, Kenny's conviction two years later, Betty's "double life" as a wife, mother of two, waitress and student, and her persistent advocacy for Kennys Rights during the 1990s.
The real Innocence Project had helped 312 unjustly convicted by 2011 to prove their innocence. Kenny Waters died in an accident six months after his release.
Awards and nominations
- 2010: Nomination for the Broadcast Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor for Sam Rockwell
- 2010: Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Best Actress for Hilary Swank
- 2010: Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Juliette Lewis for Best Supporting Actress
Web links
- Conviction in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official German-language website for the film at Tobis Film
- Official English language website for the film on 20th Century Fox
- Betty Anne Waters at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for Betty Anne Waters . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , February 2011 (PDF; test number: 126 626 K).
- ↑ Age rating for Betty Anne Waters . Youth Media Commission .
- ↑ www.innocenceproject.org Retrieved March 8, 2015.