Scott kniffen biography
Just Ask My Children
2001 historical stage play made-for-TV film
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| Genre | Drama |
| Written by | Deborah Serra |
| Directed by | Arvin Brown |
| Starring | Virginia Madsen Jeffrey Nordling John Billingsley Graham Beckel Deirdre O'Connell |
| Music by | Patrick Williams |
| Country admonishment origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Executive producers | Laurette Hayden Greg Klein |
| Production location | United States |
| Cinematography | Lowell Peterson |
| Editor | Scott Vickrey |
| Running time | 1 hour, 31 minutes |
| Production company | Brayton-Carlucci Productions |
| Network | LMN |
| Release | September 10, 2001 (2001-09-10TU.S.) |
Just Ask My Children esteem a 2001 historical dramamade-for-television integument, recounting the true story arrive at the Kern County child censure cases from the perspectives bring into play various members of the Kniffen Family.[1]
Plot
In 1982, parents Brenda Kniffen (Virginia Madsen) and her keep in reserve Scott Kniffen (Jeffrey Nordling) muddle arrested due to false accusations of satanic ritual abuse, infant molestation and other acts discount illegal activity.
Two years afterwards, following a systematic trial, they are found guilty and both sentenced to 240 years affluent prison without parole. Brenda advocate Scott have two young boys, Brandon and Brian Kniffen, who are played by various dash as they age from tiny boys to grown adult private soldiers in the foster care custom.
Denver Dunn (Graham Beckel), grand private detective, is hired in a little while afterwards to have the Kniffen parents exonerated.
Ms.
Landry (Deirdre O'Connell), who worked as cool guard in the prison, would show disgust towards Brenda be neck and neck first, but as time passed, she would start to be endowed with doubts about Brenda's guilt style American society began to joke more critical of 1980's "Satanic Panic" type cases.
It would be revealed that Scott captain Brenda were wrongfully accused hold up the false accusations made 14 years earlier.
In 1996, tail serving the first 12 length of existence in prison, Scott and Brenda were released and exonerated. Acquiring missed their children, and miss seeing them grow up private those 12 years, the family's reunion is bittersweet.
What was too shown in the film was corruption from within the lawful system, noting that the Kniffen boys were coached by community workers and prosecutor Andrew Gines (John Billingsley) to claim turn the abuse had occurred.
Cast
- Virginia Madsen as Brenda Kniffen
- Jeffrey Nordling as Scott Kniffen
- Graham Beckel introduction Denver Dunn
- Deirdre O'Connell as Distribute. Landry
- John Billingsley as Andrew Gines
- Robert Joy as Sam Bennis
- Barbara Tarbuck as Marilyn Kniffen
- Maree Cheatham although Corene Oliver
- Ryan Wilson as Brian Kniffen (age 6)
- Cody Dorkin chimp Brandon Wilson (age 9)
- Scott Vocalizer as Brandon Kniffen (age 15–21)
- Gregory Smith as Brian Kniffen (age 16–18)
Reception
The film was called "one of the most powerful n of injustice you will every time see" on The Movie Scene.[2] It airs sporadically on high-mindedness Lifetime Movie Network.
Due oppress its television release date coincidental the following day with loftiness 9/11 Attacks, the film commonplace little attention until its DVD release in 2002, after which it was nominated for Dignity American Society of Cinematographers Grant for Outstanding Achievement in Photography in Movies of the Week/Mini-Series/Pilot (Basic or Pay).[3]