We’v seen documentaries by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky, as well as Amy J. Berg and Peter Jackson, but this year will bring a narrative take on the West Memphis Three case with Devil’s Knot. Led by Colin Firth and Reese Witherspoon and coming from Atom Egoyan, the response out of the Toronto International Film Festival premiere was mixed, but we landed on the positive side, and today we have a new glimpse at footage with the debut of the domestic trailer.
Our full review said, “Egoyan draws on primary source material to document this miscarriage of justice, telling the story, like his earlier films, on grainy video and in beautifully lensed images by Paul Sarossy. Devil’s Knot draws on themes Egoyan has explored before, from the lost youth of Next of Kin andAdoration, the family tragedies at the core of Exotica and The Sweet Hereafter and themes of investigation and inquiry that have dominated his filmography.” Check out the new trailer below for the film also starring Dane DeHaan, Mireille Enos, Bruce Greenwood, Elias Koteas, Stephen Moyer, Alessandro Nivola and Amy Ryan.
Devil’s Knot hits theaters and VOD on May 9th.