Product Description

Based on a book by Mark Fuhrman MURDER IN GREENWICH is a brilliant and compelling chronicle of the events surrounding the former LAPD officer's investigation into the unsolved murder of 15-year-old Martha Moxley. In the late 1990s Mark Fuhrman (Christopher Meloni - TV's "Oz" "Law and Order: Special Victims Unit") became obsessed with the unsolved murder of a young girl in Greenwich Connecticut. The case originally front-page news across the country when Kennedy nephews Tommy and Michael Skakel became prime suspects had been all but forgotten. But with the determination of a pitbull and the assistance of Detective Steve Carroll (Robert Forster - Mulholland Drive Jackie Brown) Mark Fuhrman helped bring a murderer to justice and lift the veil of secrecy that kept this brutal crime a mystery for over twenty-five years.System Requirements:Running Time: 88 Min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: R UPC: 043396009172 Manufacturer No: 00917

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #32297 in DVD
• Brand: Sony
• Released on: 2003-05-06
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, NTSC
• Original language: English, French
• Subtitled in: English, French, Spanish
• Dubbed in: French
• Number of discs: 1
• Dimensions: .25 pounds
• Running time: 88 minutes

Amazon.com
The made-for-TV Murder in Greenwich is a true crime story with a twist: the sleuth in pursuit of the truth here is former LAPD detective Mark Fuhrman, who gained infamy during the O.J. Simpson trial. Greenwich opens in 1997 with Fuhrman (Christopher Meloni of Oz), having relocated to Idaho and become a successful author, obsessed by the murder of Martha Moxley, a young woman from a wealthy Connecticut family who was brutally killed by an unknown assailant 22 years earlier. Fuhrman heads east, where his presence causes friction with the local law. But with the help of a retired cop (Robert Forster) who worked on the case, Fuhrman cuts through a maze of mismanaged investigations and cover-ups to place new suspicion on Moxley's wastrel neighbors, the Skakel brothers, who have familial ties to the Kennedys. Excellent performances by Meloni and Forster and direction make this a worthwhile case for true-crime buffs. --Paul Gaita

Customer Reviews

Crime Drama
I love crime drama. I love true stories. This DVD is about a real crime that took place years ago and was never solved...

Perhaps this was God's plan for Mark Furman...to solve the murder of this young girl years after her death. I'll bet that Mark Furman would have never looked into this murder, had the OJ Trial NOT turned out the way it did...sorry OJ had to go free, but OJ will be punished for his crime..in God's time.

Gripping
I looked in every book and cranny I could find about the Moxley murder through the years. I have always been intrigued by the case and wondered why it took so long for someone to finally put this into television/movie form. If the Moxley murder interests you, I highly recommend this movie. It compliments the book nicely and gives a unique, creative perspective to looking through the glass darkly. I am convinced they finally got the right man, even though I don't necessarily agree with the way it all went down. Just think... if those rich folks had only told the TRUTH in the beginning and accepted the punishment, Michael would have been charged as a juvenile and most likely been out by now! He would have hopefully gotten some help and possibly even turned into a productive member of society. Instead, his own family contributed to his personal hell by bouncing him around reform schools and such, only adding to his misery, as well as to that of the Moxleys. The state attorney's office and those corrupt officials who sat and did NOTHING on this case for twenty something years should truly be ashamed of themselves. It's despicable and disgraceful! God Bless the Moxley family who had to wait so long to see justice for Martha. I'm glad the story continues to be told, that we shall never forget what happened to this beautiful, young lady in the town of Greenwich on Hacker's night in 1975.

This movie is ok
I have read a lot of books on this case and remember when this murder took place. I was 2 years younger than Martha and have always been intrigued.
The movie was ok. I thought the charactors were well portrayed although it almost made you feel sorry for Michael. I wanted to know more about him.
There was a lot of key elements not mentioned in the movie too. It might have been better if it was longer.