Could Movie Depicting The Real Knox And The Real Meredith Be A PR And Defense Disaster?

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By Storm Roberts (Innai)

I was wondering if there was some legal impediment to making a film such as this before all the appeals had been completed - from the above I guess not.  I’m glad the two defence teams are speaking out against this idea - it is clearly inappropriate.

Interesting that it might be intending to show Amanda Knox in a less than rosy light - still doesn’t make it a good idea though.

Hi Innai. Yes, again this is something along with the high profile campaign that Amanda Knox and her lawyers never asked for and could seriously do without.

This will presumably be an English-language-only movie, though all the channels here try to market their products abroad where they can be dubbed.

There was a case here in the US a few years ago where a TV movie was aired before the legal process was complete. The defense appealed against its airing, but the judge let it go.

Where is Ted Simon in all of this?

He seems to be trying to tamp down Knox’s parents (who haven’t said much for a while) and the PR campaign, and maybe even the excesses of the FOA conspiracy theorists.

Quite probably on the same wavelength as Della Vedova and Ghirga.

The real untold story here would seem to be Meredith’s, which we have increasingly come to admire or even marvel at as we figure it out, the known past and possible futures.

I think that this might be what Meredith’s mother was hinting at, and if the family could abide that idea or support it, there would seem to be a big audience and no legal ties.

Not familiar with Lifetime, as I’m too poor to take cable. Are they known for producing anything with any teeth, or is it yet more junkfood for the mind? While I’m not at all surprised that someone is anxious to leap, even feet first, into a movie on Knox (before she disappears into obscurity) I have sincere doubts they will bother to do much research.

All of that aside, the thought of anyone acting out an actual savage attack for the sake of providing entertainment is distressing. Would it be hazy, and slow-motion dreamlike (as in Knox’s best truth she can think recollections?) Or do they actually plan to have an actress (presumably less perky than Panettiere) portray our sweet girl?

It took me a long time to be able to watch Meredith’s music video, because it brought home even more who exactly was lost; that she was vital, flesh and blood. We’ve been made to watch endless footage of Knox moving in and out of courtrooms, but no living footage of Meredith. I’m guessing that this movie (if it actually happens) would start out with the relationship between the two women, ala Dempsey, rather than starting with violent acts and following with the arrests and trial. That would simply be too anticlimactic for American tv.

interesting comments here from this story on the film which incidentally is linked to imdb.

other comments all around link pannetiere’s agreement to do this film to the colossal flop of her last one, and no one seems to have a kind word for lifetime…one wonders.

I think we have a two against one scenario here.

The ‘two’ being the Knox/Mellas clan and the defence lawyers of their daughter and RS - and the ‘one’ being the family of the victim; Meredith Kercher.

Firstly we have the Knox/Mellas clan and the defence not wanting this movie, as it could be prejudicial to their clients and convicted killer offspring.

The point here being that the truth is and will always will be, very damaging to them.

This is of course the very reason Curt Knox has leveraged himself to the hilt in employing at the start of this affair a PR company in an attempt to wallpaper over the massive cracks in his daughters personality.

Initially it was stated by the family that the reason of the PR company was to counter the negative press and “false” representation of their daughter in the media.

Why they still employ this company to this very day despite their daughter being convicted by a jury and sentenced and imprisoned some 10 months ago is another subject not for this particular post.

Secondly, we have the Knox/Mellas clan who would welcome the movie with open arms.

If they were to be given editorial input rights it would serve their cause and be a good vehicle for their continual efforts to beautify their daughter and they may even be able to negotiate some rights issues too - and make some filthy lucre.

One can see buttercup days - with Amanda skipping home and all manner of really cute woodland creatures following her behind because she is just well.. so nice.

Thirdly, we have the family of the victim Meredith Kercher - The Kercher family.

A family whose dignified silence from the start of this tragic affair has been admirable to say the least and remarkable at best.

They do not want this movie at any cost or for whatever reason - as to them it would be like having their beloved daughter and sister murdered again.

Film/TV company please have a heart and consider this last point.

Please show some respect to the dead girl and her family.

In the interests of human decency you have to abandon making this movie.

I agree with Black Dog. I don’t care if this movie tells the truth about Amanda Knox and her vicious, envious psychopathy. Meredith’s parents have not been consulted and are further distressed by this announcement, so it should not be made.

At the very least, the film-makers should contact the family and address their concerns.

I have long thought that the key to this murder is Meredith’s bubbly, friendly, easygoing personality, and how it conflicted with Knox’s “Queen Bee” self-esteem issues, and it is a story which should be told, but not in a TV movie, made without consultation with Meredith’s parents.

I have watched many Lifetime movies with the wife and have laughed at their predictability and overt bias-usually towards men. They even have advertised the movies on the channel with the tag line “Women in Trouble”. I have a feeling they know that it will be ridiculous to make this movie in favor of AK’s innocence. Based on the movies I have seen in the past, my guess is that it will be presented in such a way to leave it up to the viewer. They will present the facts to a degree, maybe not changing them, but leaving out important ones and at the same time will make the prosecutor look to be a villain. So, in the end, the viewer, despite the facts presented will still have reasonable doubt that she was involved to the extent she actually was. I think the actress they chose is way too glamorous to play AK. Not sure how tall AK is but the actress is a shortie, like 5’1’‘. Another hint as to how far from reality this movie is likely to go. Interesting that none of the major networks like ABC, CBS or NBC are making a movie. Maybe they realize that unlike the news, a movie circulates for years, and after a while the vast majority of the US viewers will see it for what it is, a thinly veiled PR campaign and a time capsule tribute to the networks bias toward other countries and human decency in general.  Despite the biased news reporting here, people are catching on to the truth slowly but surely.

Where next:

Or to next entry Entertainment Industry Buzz That Curt Knox And Edda Mellas Might Be Connected To Distasteful Movie

Or to previous entry Gullible, Callous, Or Simply Out For The Money? A Good Reporter Should Ask Her