I am trying to only review the movies as I see them (first or again), but saw this listing and couldn't help it. This is another great subject documentary that got lucky with some points (interviews in this case), but needed a better filmmaker. Still, see it. It is very intriguing.
what an amazing documentary. david stenn is a very determine young mman who besides being a great screen writer is also a determine man to come out and find the real girl 27 and relate with now-a-days lawyers and see what would had happen if the case was tired today. it is amazing how such a large movie corporation like MGM was able to coverup a rape of a dancer in 193 and was able to buy out everyone involved including the girl's family. it is uplifting and sad documentary but very realitizist. aq must see especially if you love true life documentaries.
While there was real tragedy in how the cover-up of Patricia Douglas' rape ruined so many lives, there's another tragedy here: that Patricia Douglas and her family had their tragedy exploited by an opportunistic director. This was all about David Stenn and how he made the movie, how he found the information. The very first scene is him recounting how Jackie Onassis told him if anyone could tell this story it was him. The ego on this man is ridiculous, and what should have been a riveting, powerful documentary was cheapened and ultimately ruined by Stenn's compulsion to ingratiate himself into almost every scene of this film. Big disappointment.
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