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Capturing the Friedmans (2003)

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Release Date: May 30, 2003 (LA/NY)
On DVD: January 27, 2004
Genre: Documentary
Running Time: 107 minutes
MPAA Rating: Not Rated
Director: Andrew Jarecki
Writer: NA
Cast: Arnold Friedman, David Friedman, Elaine Friedman, Jesse Friedman

In the mid 1980's, the Friedmans seemed like the normal upper-middleclass family. The father, Arnold, was an award-winning computer teacher, and his wife Elaine ran a toddler childcare group. They had three sons, David, Jesse and Seth, and lived in a nice home in Great Neck, NY. However, in late 1987, all of that came crumbling down when Arnold and 18-year old Jesse Friedman were charged with sodomizing many of the young boys in Arnold's Read more

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Grade: A Documentaries come in all sizes and flavors, but few tell as sad of a story - or, for that matter, raise as many questions - as that of the Friedmans. There is no surprise that Capturing the Friedmans was nominated for an Oscar. Read the full movie review

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