# West Memphis Three: The Movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 10, 2003, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/west-memphis-three-the-movie/180986 "2003-06-10T23:26:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2003, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/west-memphis-three-the-movie/180986/1 "2003-06-10T23:26:59Z")
There is going to be a [movie](http://us.imdb.com/Title?0362306) based on the [West Memphis Three](http://www.crimelibrary.com/notorious_murders/famous/memphis/index_1.html?sect=7) . While I think this is great news from the aspect that it may raise awareness among people who don’t watch [documentary](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0000584ZC/qid=1055287149/sr=8-4/ref=sr_8_4/002-6678532-5077614?v=glance&s=video&n=507846) [films](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00005MKOT/qid%3D1055287602/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/002-6678532-5077614) or read [non](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0743417593/qid=1055287221/sr=8-1/ref=sr_8_1/002-6678532-5077614?v=glance&s=books&n=507846)[fiction](http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/078601363X/ref=pd_sim_books_1/002-6678532-5077614?v=glance&s=books) , I do hope that the producers (same as the Paradise Lost documentaries) don’t sacrifice too much by way of dramatic license (each of the characters has an incredible and relevant backstory and how they’ll work that into a non-mini-series format is beyond me) and legal department hawks (they stand to be sued by everybody associated with the crimes and investigations). Nevertheless, I’ll definitely see it opening weekend. Thoughts? ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/west-memphis-three-the-movie/180986/2 "2003-06-11T00:45:32Z")
Well, if the Paradise Lost producers themselves are behind it then I have high hopes for it. Based on their documentary work, I’d imagine (or hope) that the producers would treat the story with respect and not “Hollywood-ize” it to death. Although turning their story into a movie DOES seem nearly impossible given the possiblity of lawsuits. It’s certainly an intriguing idea and would defintely raise awareness and bring the whole affair back into the public spotlight, as **Sampiro** said. I hope it does get off the ground and into production because I’d love to see it in theaters. Here’s another great West Memphis 3 site:[WM3](http://www.wm3.org/) ---
**Author:** ![mouthbreather](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a698b9/32.png) [@mouthbreather](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mouthbreather)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2003, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/west-memphis-three-the-movie/180986/3 "2003-06-11T03:07:50Z")
As much of a preachy turd as Henry Rollins can be lately, I think I read he is donating all his profits from his current tour to a WM3 fund – I think that’s pretty cool. The first two HBO documentaries were really well done. I also have high hopes for this movie.