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    Capturing the Friedmans

    Poster of the movie Capturing the Friedmans
    2003     Documentary    
    USA
    1h 47min
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    Guide for parents: not recommended for young children, sexuality.
    G
    Guide for parents: not recommended for young children, sexuality.
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    Guide for parents: not recommended for young children, sexuality.
    14A
    Guide for parents: not recommended for young children, sexuality.
    ·
    Guide for parents: not recommended for young children, sexuality.
    ·
    Guide for parents: not recommended for young children, sexuality.
    14A
    Guide for parents: not recommended for young children, sexuality.
    14A
    Guide for parents: not recommended for young children, sexuality.

    CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS is a non-fiction feature film that explores the elusive nature of truth through the prism of one of the strangest criminal cases in American history. The Friedmans seem at first to be a typical family. Arnold Friedman is an award-winning schoolteacher, his wife Elaine, a homemaker. Together, they raise their three boys in the affluent Long Island town of Great Neck. One Thanksgiving, the family is gathered at home preparing for a quiet holiday dinner. In an instant, a police battering ram splinters the front door and officers rush into the house searching every corner, seizing boxes of the family's possessions. Arnold and his 18-year old son Jesse are both arrested, and subsequently indicted for hundreds of shocking crimes. The film follows their story - from the public's perspective and, most remarkably, through unique footage of the family in crisis, shot contemporaneously by family members inside the Friedman house.

    Directed byAndrew Jarecki
    CompanyMagnolia PicturesMagnolia PicturesMagnolia Pictures

    Awards

    Featuring

    Arnold Friedman
    Elaine Friedman
    David Friedman
    Seth Friedman
    Jesse Friedman
    John McDermott
    Frances Galasso
    Anthony Sgeugloi
    Chuck Scarborough
    Joseph Onorato
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