- Murder in Greenwich (film)
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Murder in Greenwich 
DVD coverDirected by Tom McLoughlin Produced by Mark Fuhrman
Jacobus Rose
Judith Verno
Rachel VernoWritten by Dave Erickson
Mark Fuhrman (book)Narrated by Maggie Grace Starring Christopher Meloni
Robert ForsterMusic by Don Davis Cinematography Mark Wareham Editing by Charles Bornstein Country United States Language English Release date November 15, 2002 Running time 88 minutes Murder in Greenwich is a 2002 American television film directed by Tom McLoughlin. The teleplay by Dave Erickson is based on the 1998 book of the same title by Mark Fuhrman.
The Columbia TriStar Domestic Television production debuted on the USA Network on November 15, 2002 and was released on DVD on May 6, 2003.
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Plot
The film is narrated by Martha Moxley, whose brutal murder sometime between 10:00pm on October 30 and the early morning hours of October 31, 1975 remains unsolved in 1997. Mark Fuhrman, a former Los Angeles Police Department detective who gained notoriety during O.J. Simpson's murder trial, is intrigued by the case and travels to Greenwich, Connecticut to conduct an investigation of his own. Local authorities resent an outsider, especially one with a reputation as tarnished as Fuhrman's, invading their turf and do everything they can to block his access to official reports. The film alternates between flashbacks of the events leading up to the murder and scenes in the present day chronicling Fuhrman's frustration and interaction with Steve Carroll, the original investigator of the crime, who grudgingly agrees to assist him. Their combined efforts ultimately bring Kennedy relative and former Moxley neighbor Michael Skakel to justice.
Cast
- Christopher Meloni ..... Mark Fuhrman
- Robert Forster ..... Steve Carroll
- Maggie Grace ..... Martha Moxley
- Jon Foster ..... Michael Skakel
- Liddy Holloway ..... Dorothy Moxley
Critical reception
Michael Speier of Variety said, "Investigative techniques give way to genre cliches in USA's exaggerated Murder in Greenwich. Falling into the telepic trap of sensationalism without savvy, [it] delves into the shallow end of the Martha Moxley-Michael Skakel case, which has plenty more politics, intrigue and confounding history than this execution suggests . . . As Fuhrman, Meloni is macho almost to the point of bogus; whether he's playing the disgraced cop as he really is or how he thinks America sees him is hard to discern." [1]
Robert Pardi of TV Guide awarded the film two out of four stars and observed, "Despite the assured teamwork of Meloni and Forster, Tom McLoughlin's film . . . fails to build upon its inherently suspenseful elements or extract much juice from the gossipy Kennedy allure. But viewers with little prior knowledge of the case may find themselves caught up in this dismaying tale of justice delayed." [2]
References
External links
Films directed by Tom McLoughlin 1980s 1990s Sometimes They Come Back (1991) · Something to Live for: The Alison Gertz Story (1992) · Anya's Bell (1999)2000s The Unsaid (2001) · Murder in Greenwich (2002) · D.C. Sniper: 23 Days of Fear (2003) · She's Too Young (2004) · Odd Girl Out (2005) · Cyber Seduction: His Secret Life (2005) · Not Like Everyone Else (2006) · The Staircase Murders (2007) · Fab Five: The Texas Cheerleader Scandal (2008)Categories:- English-language films
- 2002 television films
- American television films
- Television films
- Drama television films
- Docudramas
- Films based on actual events
- Films based on non-fiction books
- Films set in Connecticut
- USA Network shows
- Films directed by Tom McLoughlin
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