The racy mormon sex scandal behind tabloid film huffpost. The errol morris documentary tabloid chronicles a very strange subject. Who is joyce mckinney, star of errol morris tabloid. Petrone, ann marie 53, of concord, massachusetts, beloved wife of james eastland, died on july 11th at their home in concord after a long battle with cancer.
In 1977, mckinney was involved in the infamous case of the manacled mormon, which was made to order for the british tabloids weve been reading about during the news of the world scandal. Billed as the first movie mystery to actually solve a murder, the film is credited with overturning the conviction of randall dale adams for the murder of dallas police officer robert wood, a crime for which adams was sentenced to death. Then last year, morris was sued by joyce mckinney, the central figure in his documentary, tabloid, for allegedly tricking her into appearing in. Shes a former miss wyoming beauty queen who gained a great deal of notoriety after being accused of kidnapping a young mormon missionary, restraining him in chains and. Since his breakthrough feature, 1988s the thin blue line, every one of errol morris features has essentially been about searching for the truth. Joyce mckinney was a beauty pageant winner in her teens who moved from the midwest to utah and fell in love with kirk anderson, a handsome man who also. Errol morris convinces appeals court to protect tabloid. One of the most acclaimed documentary filmmakers of the late 20th century and beyond, oscarwinning director errol morris sought to uncover the truth, or various truths, behind unusual and controversial subjects in such films as the thin blue line 1988, mr. Tabloid tells the amazing, but true, story of joyce mckinney, a former small town beauty queen with an iq of 168 whose obsessive love for a mormon missionary stationed in england caused a tabloid scandal that took britain by storm in late 1977 and 78. Joyce mckinney, who became a tabloid fixture in the uk in 1977 when accused of kidnapping and raping a mormon missionary. Elsa dorfmans portrait photography theatrical release june 30th. Tabloid by errol morris errol morris, joyce mckinney.
A former miss wyoming, she was alleged to have kidnapped an american mormon missionary in the u. Errol morris tabloid goes to sundance selects indiewire. By virtue of its title alone, tabloid, errol morris s astonishing new documentary, achieves a degree of serendipitous timeliness. Among the many aspects of errol morris talent that make him an elite documentary filmmaker is that he finds true stories that arent just interesting, but are full of colorful people whom he then gets to open up on camera. I usually love errol morris documentaries, but this film is a total miss, in my opinion. Errol morris celebrity profile check out the latest errol morris photo gallery, biography, pics, pictures, interviews, news, forums and blogs at rotten tomatoes.
The film does little to take the story forward and just highlights the lurid tabloid journalism at the time of the first breaking of the 1977, reportage. Morris, as usual unseen, though occasionally heard. Errol morris on rumsfeld, mcnamara, and mapping the truth. Director errol morris, who had freed an innocent man on death row with his documentary the thin blue line and probed the psyche robert mcnamara in the fog of war, has attempted to get to the bottom of the mckinney scandal in his latest documentary, tabloid. Sex, lies, and mormons missionaries in errol morriss. Lawsuit against filmmaker errol morris raises interesting, bizarre. Just in time for the dvd release of errol morris tabloidwhich is probably a total coincidencethe documentarys colorfully paranoid subject joyce mckinney has filed a colorfully paranoid lawsuit against morris and its producers, laying out various charges like misappropriation of likeness, defamation, misrepresentation, fraud, intentional infliction of emotional distress and. Opening july 15 after an acclaimed 2010 festival run, errol morris tabloid chronicles the madcap tale of former miss wyoming joyce mckinney, whose 168 iq didnt stop her from spiraling into a. Errol morris is a celebrated director who has documented a wide range of subjects, from warfare in his academy awardwinning film the fog of war to your everyday eccentrics in vernon, florida in his newest film, tabloid, he chases the truth in the tabloid story of joyce mckinney. Scandal and subjective reality in errol morriss tabloid. Errol morris takes perverse trip down tabloid lane wired. One of americas top documentary filmmakers, errol morris, turns his attention to the outrageous and nearly unbelievable story of joyce. Tabloid is a 2010 american documentary film directed by errol morris.
Errol mark morris born february 5, 1948 is an american film director primarily of documentaries examining and investigating, among other things, authorities and eccentrics. A former beauty queen follows her object of affection, a mormon missionary, overseas and shakes. It tells the story of joyce mckinney, who in 1977 was accused of kidnapping and raping kirk anderson, an american mormon missionary. Watch tabloid movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. All lies, she insists in tabloid, and says she was. Hunting down a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or watch the errol morrisdirected movie via subscription can be a huge pain. Errol morris follows the salacious adventures of this beauty queen with an iq of 168, whose devotion to the man of her dreams leads her on a labyrinthine.
Awardwinning documentary filmmaker errol morris spins a remarkable truelife story of love, sex, obsession, abduction, religion, and scandal. He attended graduate school at princeton university and the university of california. Errol morris latest documentary, tabloid, was supposed to be a return to the humane quirk of his early work, like petcemetery laugher gates of heaven, which infamously made auteur werner herzog. Directed by boundarybreaking filmmaker errol morris, wormwood is a sixpart series following eric olsons 64year investigation in search of the truth behind his fathers fatal fall. His 1988 documentary the thin blue line is cited among the best and most influential documentaries ever made. Joyce mckinney sues errol morris over tabloid film the. That intriguing sounding project is yet another reason not to hate movies, even if morris claims. An army scientist at the height of the cold war, frank olsons death opens up questions about the united statess hidden role in the worldfrom the 1950s to the. Feel your eyes widen and widen as seminal american documentarymaker errol morris the thin blue line leads you teasingly through the weirderthanweird tale. Yearning to watch tabloid in the comfort of your own home. The thin blue line is the fascinating, controversial true story of the arrest and conviction of randall adams for the murder of a dallas policeman in 1976.