The Paperboy (2012)

Directors

Lee Daniels

Cast

Matthew McConaughey, Zac Efron, Nicole Kidman, David Oyelowo, Macy Gray, John Cusack, Scott Glenn, Ned Bellamy, Nealla Gordon, Edrick Browne, Peter Murnik, John P. Fertitta, Gary Clarke, J.D. Evermore, Nicole Barré, Faizon Love, Nikolette Noel, Grant Case, Shawn M. Richardz

The story

In the summer of 1969, Anita, former maid of the Jansen family, recounts the events surrounding Ward Jansen, an idealistic reporter for The Miami Times, who returns to his hometown of Lately, Florida, to investigate the controversial murder conviction of Hillary Van Wetter, a brutish alligator hunter sentenced to death for the 1965 killing of a corrupt local sheriff. Ward and his colleague, Yardley Acheman—an English-accented journalist—aim to expose procedural flaws in the trial, including lost evidence they attribute to systemic injustice. Their efforts intersect with Charlotte Bless, an Alabama woman who, after exchanging letters with…

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