• 2013
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 30m
An Unreal Dream: The Michael Morton Story

Summary 'Our procedure has been always haunted by the ghost of the innocent man convicted. It is an unreal dream.' - Justice Learned Hand, 1923. The prospect of unjust imprisonment is a plight both easily imagined and terrifying, and we all wonder how we might fare in such a grim circumstance. No case in modern America illuminates this condition more completely than the story of Michael Morton. In 1986, his young wife was brutally murdered in front of their only child, and he was accused and convicted of the crime, spending a quarter century in Texas prisons. His unreal dream was and is a powerful journey through despair and abandonment to a greater freedom than most of us know, but all can appreciate. View more details

  • 2013
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 30m

An Unreal Dream: The Michael Morton Story

Directed : Al Reinert John Dean Nellie Gonzalez

Written : Al Reinert

Stars : Nellie Gonzalez Michael Morton John Raley

All cast & crew

7.6

Details

Genres : Crime History Biography Documentary

Release date : Mar 10, 2013

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : Official Facebook Official site

Language : English

Production companies : Glass House Productions Blue Bandana Productions La Sonrisa Productions Inc.

Summary 'Our procedure has been always haunted by the ghost of the innocent man convicted. It is an unreal dream.' - Justice Learned Hand, 1923. The prospect of unjust imprisonment is a plight both easily imagined and terrifying, and we all wonder how we might fare in such a grim circumstance. No case in modern America illuminates this condition more completely than the story of Michael Morton. In 1986, his young wife was brutally murdered in front of their only child, and he was accused and convicted of the crime, spending a quarter century in Texas prisons. His unreal dream was and is a powerful journey through despair and abandonment to a greater freedom than most of us know, but all can appreciate. View more details

Details

Genres : Crime History Biography Documentary

Release date : Mar 10, 2013

Countries of origin : United States

Official sites : Official Facebook Official site

Language : English

Production companies : Glass House Productions Blue Bandana Productions La Sonrisa Productions Inc.

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