Help with a movie title - murder mystery
03-13-03, 10:06 AM
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Help with a movie title - murder mystery
Ok, I ask this question every few months hoping that it will someday jog someone's memory... 
It was a movie in the 80's... a bunch of kids were pulled over in a van, and the cops killed one of them. The story is told from three different perspectives... first, the kid's ... second, the cop's... then at the end of the "trial" (trying to remember if it was a trial setting), a taxi driver shows up and tells the third version... which turns out to be the most accurate.
anyone? anyone?
It was a movie in the 80's... a bunch of kids were pulled over in a van, and the cops killed one of them. The story is told from three different perspectives... first, the kid's ... second, the cop's... then at the end of the "trial" (trying to remember if it was a trial setting), a taxi driver shows up and tells the third version... which turns out to be the most accurate.
anyone? anyone?
03-14-03, 08:37 PM
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I want to say it was something like "the so and so story" (like his name or something)... man, it has bugged me for EONS ..... or "The story of so and so"...
03-15-03, 08:30 AM
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You know...I've seen this flick. It might have been a made-for-tv special and seems like it could have been based on a true story. In any event, now it is driving me crazy too. Damn you. :-)
04-02-05, 10:16 AM
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Bump again, only because it's been over a year and it STILL bugs me!
I know, I know, at some point I need to just let go...
*edited: holy moses, it's been *two* years! I really need to get a life...*
I know, I know, at some point I need to just let go...
*edited: holy moses, it's been *two* years! I really need to get a life...*
01-27-07, 09:12 AM
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How about 1981's The Killing of Randy Webster?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082615/
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpag...50C0A967948260
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082615/
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpag...50C0A967948260
01-27-07, 09:43 AM
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Originally Posted by BradJ
Ok, it's been *two* years since my last bump, and it's STILL bugging me! Anyone? 
Hopefully, someone comes along with the answer. It looks like the one above sounds like what your describing.
02-06-07, 10:06 PM
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HOLY CRAP! THAT WAS IT! THE KILLING OF RANDY WEBSTER!
Tragically, it's not nearly as good as I remember it being... quite cheesy, actually, but I can't believe I finally found the movie. (well, thanks to some help from Dvdtalk users!)
02-08-07, 03:21 AM
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Fast Times at Rashomon High?
(sorry, I couldn't resist)
Rob
(sorry, I couldn't resist)
Rob
02-12-09, 09:33 PM
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Re: Help with a movie title - murder mystery
I eventually found the movie, but looking back over old threads, I just wanted to post my every-two-year bump, especially to Fincher Fan... it's like looking forward in time, only backwards....
