By virtue of its title alone, tabloid, errol morris s astonishing new documentary, achieves a degree of serendipitous timeliness. Shes front and center in the oscarwinning documentarians tabloid, which, after his sober docs about the holocaust mr. Mckinney did talk to morris, who used the interview in tabloid. Film maker errol morris, whose latest documentary tabloid tells the lurid tale of 70s press sensation joyce mckinney, explains why he stills turns to the tabloids 5. The latest documentary from legendarily eccentric director errol morris revisits a 1970s gossiprag scandal about a woman joyce mckinney. Errol morris new documentary tabloid arrives at a curiously opportune moment, with the media world fixated on the potentially criminal misdeeds of rupert murdochs tabloid empire and. A former beauty queen follows her object of affection, a mormon missionary, overseas and shakes. Tabloid is a 2010 american documentary film directed by errol morris. In tabloid, academy awardrwinning filmmaker errol morris the fog of war follows the salacious adventures of this beauty queen.
Morris follows the salacious adventures of this beauty queen with an iq of 168 whose singleminded devotion to the man of her dreams leads her across the globe, into jail, and onto the front page. Tabloid on showtime documentary recounting a sensational story of sex, abduction and religion. Rent errol morris movies and tv shows on dvd and bluray. Since his breakthrough feature, 1988s the thin blue line, every one of errol morris features has essentially been about searching for the truth. Errol morris follows the salacious adventures of this beauty queen with an iq of 168, whose devotion to. Morris follows the salacious adventures of this beauty queen with an iq of 168.
A documentary on a former miss wyoming who is charged with abducting and imprisoning a young mormon missionary. Joyce mckinney was a beauty pageant winner in her teens who moved from the midwest to utah and fell in love with kirk anderson, a handsome man who also happened to be a mormon. It tells the story of joyce mckinney, who in 1977 was accused of kidnapping and raping kirk anderson, an american mormon missionary. With joyce mckinney, peter tory, troy williams, jackson shaw. Tabloid tells the story of joyce mckinney, a former beauty queen who became a tabloid sensation after she was accused of kidnapping a man and trying to deprogram him from mormonism using sex. Awardwinning documentary filmmaker errol morris spins a remarkable truelife story of love, sex, obsession, abduction, religion, and scandal.
Mr death and standard operating procedure relishes the bizarre, often laughoutloud, details. Errol morris latest documentary, tabloid, was supposed to be a return to the humane quirk of his early work, like petcemetery laugher gates of heaven, which infamously made auteur werner herzog. Rent tabloid 2010 starring joyce mckinney on dvd and bluray. The british tabloids called it the sex in chains scandal involving a. The incident, known as the mormon sex in chains case, became a major tabloid story in the united kingdom and triggered a circulation battle between two popular tabloid newspapers, the daily. Errol morris and errol morris genre documentary, drama rating r showtime advisories adult content, nudity released 2011. Lawsuit against filmmaker errol morris raises interesting. It tells the story of joyce mckinney, a former miss wyoming, who in the 70s was accused of kidnapping and raping kirk anderson, an american mormon missionary. Sex, lies, and mormons missionaries in errol morriss fascinating. Thirty years before the antics of lindsay, paris and britney, joyce mckinney made her mark as a peerless tabloid queen. The movie, to my thinking, is as much film noir and bmovie, lipson said. We send you off for the weekend with a first look at the new documentary from errol morris, the director of the thin blue line and the fog of war. Errol morris s films include the act of killing, the thin blue line, the fog of war, the look of silence. Directed by documentary legend errol morris the fog of war, the thin blue line.
Cupid drew a sharply aimed arrow when he spied a south carolinaborn beauty queen and future tabloid superstar named joyce mckinney, the subject of errol morris latest study in magnificent obsession. Errol morris interviewed by ron rosenbaum the museum of modern art, fall, 1999. In tabloid, academy awardwinning filmmaker errol morris follows the salacious adventures of this beauty queen with an iq of 168, whose singleminded devotion to the man of her dreams leads her on a labyrinthine crusade for love. What a joy it is to see certain absurdities in life and perspective and truth as filtered through the vision of errol morris.
Tabloid among the many aspects of errol morris talent that make him an elite documentary filmmaker is that he finds true stories that arent just interesting, but are full of colorful people. Tabloid by errol morris errol morris, joyce mckinney. Errols direction here is a mishmash of tabloid filler and incoherent ramblings. Sex, lies, and mormons missionaries in errol morriss. In director errol morriss newest film tabloid, which opens today, the. Shes a former miss wyoming beauty queen who gained a great deal of notoriety after being accused of kidnapping a young mormon missionary, restraining him in chains and raping him in england in 1977. One of americas top documentary filmmakers, errol morris, turns his attention to the outrageous and nearly unbelievable story of joyce mckinney. Joyce mckinney, the former us beauty queen who is the subject of documentarian errol morris s latest film, tabloid, is suing the makers of the film, claiming it. In the 1970s, former miss wyoming joyce mckinney becomes obsessed with a mormon acquaintance and flies to england to abduct him after he goes there for missionary work. Death, vietnam the fog of war and abu ghraib standard operating procedure, plays like a vacation at a seedy seaside resort. Joyce mckinney, the subject of morris latest and most riotous inquiry into the subjective nature of truth, is a former miss wyoming whose exploits launched a thousand tabloid headlines in england during the 70s. Tabloid newspaper format, a newspaper with compact page size.
Errol morris is a celebrated director who has documented a wide range of subjects, from warfare in his academy awardwinning film the fog of war to your everyday eccentrics in vernon, florida in his newest film, tabloid, he chases the truth in the tabloid story of joyce mckinney. Ultimately, morris said, tabloid isnt just about mckinneys sordid story or the way the british tabloids ran with it. Tabloid trailer us 2011 errol morris moviemaniacsde. Documentary maestro errol morris director of awardwinning films such as the fog of war academy award for best documentary feature 2003. But until 2003s the fog of war, morris was shunned by the academy awards. In director errol morris s newest film tabloid, which opens today, the renowned documentarian examines the life of a woman whose singleminded quest for. Director errol morris, who had freed an innocent man on death row with his documentary the thin blue line and probed the psyche robert mcnamara in the fog of war, has attempted to get to the bottom of the mckinney scandal in his latest documentary, tabloid. And all these years later, mckinney talked, nonstop, to director errol morris. The producer says morris tabloid isnt a standard documentary or 60 minutes segment.
The film does little to take the story forward and just highlights the lurid tabloid journalism at the time of the first breaking of the 1977, reportage. Joyces labyrinthine crusade for love takes her through a surreal world of kidnapping, manacled mormons, risque photography, magic underwear, and celestial sexuntil her dream is finally. The racy mormon sex scandal behind tabloid film huffpost. Mckinneys story was told by morris in tabloid, a 2010 film aimed at showing how two british tabloids published wildly different accounts of the incidents for. Joyce mckinney sues errol morris over tabloid film the. Tabloid dvd, 2011 american documentary film by errol morris. The documentarian is well known for his particular style of filmmaking, the kind that mixes interviews and information with a distinct cinematic style. Errol morris follows the salacious adventures of this beauty queen with an iq of 168, whose devotion to the man of her dreams leads.
After mckinney sued morris as well as producers and distributors of tabloid, the defendants brought an antislapp motion on grounds that the lawsuit served to stifle free speech. Morris first two films won much acclaim gates of heaven 1978 and vernon, florida 1981. Errol morris brisk 88minute documentary tabloid ifc films can be watched as a meditation on celebrity journalism, erotic obsession, and the. An army scientist at the height of the cold war, frank olsons death opens up questions about the united statess hidden role in the worldfrom the 1950s to the. Lawsuit against filmmaker errol morris raises interesting, bizarre. Tabloid 2011 one of americas top documentary filmmakers, errol morris, turns his attention to the outrageous and nearly unbelievable story of joyce mckinney. Directed by boundarybreaking filmmaker errol morris, wormwood is a sixpart series following eric olsons 64year investigation in search of the truth behind his fathers fatal fall. The latest documentary from legendarily eccentric director errol morris revisits a 1970s gossiprag scandal about a.
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