Tabloid (film)

Tabloid
Directed by Errol Morris
Release dates
  • September 3, 2010 (2010-09-03) (Telluride Film Festival)
Running time
 87 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Tabloid is a 2010 American documentary film directed by Errol Morris. It tells the story of Joyce McKinney, who in 1977 was accused of kidnapping and raping Kirk Anderson,[1] an American Mormon missionary. 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 Mirror and the Daily Express.

The film is based on interviews of McKinney, journalist Peter Tory (1939-2012), and photographer Kent Gavin conducted by Morris.[2][3] The film makes reference to Mormon culture, such as temple garments.[4]

In November 2011, Joyce McKinney filed a lawsuit with the Los Angeles Superior Court against Errol Morris, claiming that Morris and his producer Mark Lipson told her they were filming for a TV documentary series about the paparazzi. McKinney sued on the grounds that she was defamed, as the film portrays her as "crazy, a sex offender, an S&M prostitute, and/or a rapist."[5] In 2013 the case was found in Morris' favour.

References

  1. ↑ "Why they're calling this snobby Titanic show 'Drownton Abbey'". Irish Independent. 2012-03-31.
  2. ↑ Was It Love? The ‘Manacled Mormon’ and His Kinky Weekend July 14, 2011, New York Times A. O. Scott
  3. ↑ "Tabloid film info from TIFF". Toronto International Film Festival. Retrieved 2011-02-07.
  4. ↑ Michael Phillips (2011-07-14). "'70s scandal brought to spotlight in 'Tabloid'". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2013-06-03.
  5. ↑ Hann, Michael (2011-11-08). "Joyce McKinney sues Errol Morris over Tabloid". The Guardian. London.
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