Director: Fred Schepisi; Format: VHS; Rating: PG-13; Release Date: December 1997; Sound: Dolby Surround, Stereo, Closed Captioned; Length: 122 minutes (Color); UPC: 085391537137. Condition: Very Good. From private collection, NOT a previous rental. Cover is still in overall great shape, and tape plays well. Same cover design as that shown here.
Movie Description:
Meryl Streep and Sam Neill star in this documentary-style film adaptation of the true story of Lindy and Michael Chamberlain, an Australian couple who lived the nightmare of losing their infant daughter during a family camping trip. When Lindy (Streep) spies a dingo nearby, authorities launch a frantic search, but all they find is a torn, bloodied garment. The press, distressed by the mother's seeming "lack of emotion", and suspicious of her strict Seventh Day Adventist religious beliefs, begin to accuse her of murdering the baby. The sentiment against her begins to grow, and soon the whole continent is talking about the case in a malicious witch-hunt. Despite the lack of evidence, Lindy Chamberlain is imprisoned; although investigators eventually reexamine her story, the damage is done: the innocent mother's relationship with her husband has been irreparably destroyed and she has spent over three years in prison for a crime she did not commit. This painful portrayal of the power of public opinion and political and emotional persecution is captured with steely intensity by Streep, who is captivating as the much-maligned victim of social injustice bolstered by her strong religious faith and stoic demeanor.
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