Tabloid (film)

Tabloid
Directed byErrol Morris
Produced by
  • Julie Bilson Ahlberg
  • Mark Lipson
CinematographyRobert Chappell
Edited byGrant Surmi
Music byJohn Kusiak
Production
companies
  • Air Loom Enterprises
  • Moxie Pictures
Release dates
Running time
87 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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

For the film, Morris interviewed McKinney, former Daily Express journalist Peter Tory (1939-2012), and Daily Mirror photographer Kent Gavin, among others.[2][3] The film makes reference to various aspects of Mormon culture, such as temple garments.[4]

  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. Archived from the original on 2010-12-27. Retrieved 2011-02-07.
  4. ^ Michael Phillips (2011-07-14). "'70s scandal brought to spotlight in 'Tabloid'". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on October 7, 2011. Retrieved 2013-06-03.