The staircase director weighs in on whether michael. The 2004 documentary series the staircase is streaming on netflix with three new episodes rounding out the true crime thriller. The netflix version of the staircase, which premieres on june 8, includes three. Last chance producer matthieu belghiti of whats up films was also attached. Netflixs the staircase puts durham nc in spotlight. On december 9th, 2001, kathleen peterson was found dead at the bottom of a staircase. The awardwinning 2005 french documentary series the staircase, which lands on netflix on friday with three new episodes, has been in circulation for years first released in england on. Shot over five years, hugh gibsons profoundly affecting and compassionate documentary examines the lives of habitual drug users in torontos regent park. A small chapels choir loft survives incomplete with no staircase, until one day a mysterious drifter, with a background in carpentry, arrives in town. The staircases craziest twist isnt in the netflix documentary.
This post contains spoilers for later episodes of netflixs true crime documentary the staircase. Sep 25, 2018 charlotte lawyer david rudolf reflects on his role in netflixs documentary series the staircase, which chronicles michael petersons murder trial and the twisty saga that unfolded after. In 2001, author michael peterson was arraigned for the murder of his wife kathleen, whose body was discovered lying in a pool of blood on the stairway of their home. Facts about netflix crime documentary the staircase. If you enjoyed documentaries like making a murderer, theres no doubt youll love the staircase too. Petersons case is the subject of the documentary miniseries the staircase, which started filming soon after his arrest in 2001 and followed events until his eventual alford plea in 2017. The sequel, subtitled last chance, premiered at the international documentary film festival amsterdam in november 2012. Netflixs the staircase true story where is michael.
If there would have been another trial, im sure that the owl theory. Named best canadian film of 2016 by the toronto film critics association, the documentary takes us inside a community health centre whose staff of social workers includes both former and. Jul 26, 2018 if youre a true crime junkie, chances are you started making plans to have no plans as soon as the staircase arrived on netflix so you could watch all episodes in one sitting. Documentary series focusing on a murder case in north carolina. Hugh gibsons feature film debut represents the arrival of a major new voice in documentary filmmaking. The staircase film was made and twice episodes were used to threaten kathleens daughter and myself. As michaels hidden life comes out into the open, defense experts debate if it will have a significant impact on the coming trial. They started shooting shortly after the suspicious death at the center of this series, so youre there from the very beginning right to the verdict.
It should be impossible to spoil a documentary, especially one thats about a widely publicized murder trial from over a decade ago. Did michael peterson have an affair with the staircase. The staircase michael petersons family tree popsugar. Jun 11, 2018 the staircase, one of the most riveting truecrime documentaries of all time, is now on netflix with three new episodes that finish the saga of michael petersons murder trial for the 2001 death. A photo of the entrance to the home at 1810 cedar st. Netflixs the staircase true story where is michael peterson now. The film documents the peterson family and its legal teams arguments in seeking a retrial, in which they succeed. Share this link copy documentary has dropped online and everyone is absolutely obsessed with it. You kept coming back to the staircase over a period of 16 years. Stanley donens staircase is an unpleasant exercise in bad taste in taste so bad, in fact, you wonder how donen, who directed singin in the rain and bedazzled 1968 could have directed it. Peterson went on trial in 2003 for the murder of his wife kathleen. With unprecedented access to all the central characters, the result is the firstever docuthriller series death on the staircase.
His film the devil all the time, based on the novel by donald ray pollock, is due out in 2020. In keeping with the growing trend of true crime narratives, netflix has ordered three new episodes continuing the 2004 documentary series, the staircase. Death on the staircase is also a story of exclusion, of segregation, but of another kind. Explosive developments implicating both the forensics laboratory of the police department of north carolina, and duane deaver, its chief recently saw the convicted subject of the staircase, michael peterson, released from jail after serving eight years of a life sentence, pending a retrial. Jun 15, 2018 theres plenty of drama in netflixs new docuseries the staircase and plenty offscreen, as well. A small chapels choir loft survives incomplete with no staircase, until one day a. Oct 08, 2014 milagro en santa fe in english the entire story of the apparitions of our lady of fatima and the angel 100th year anniversary. The staircase is an engrossing look at contemporary american justice that features more twists than a legal bestseller. Everything you need to know about the classic true crime series coming to netflix with new episodes netflix and the tribeca film festival have teamed up for the return of. After peterson was tried and convicted of kathleens murder in 2003, le strade released the quietly devastating documentary the staircase, a haunting chronicle of petersons trial that kept me glued to my chair when i first watched it, despite its length it originally aired on the sundance channel in 2005 in eight installments, and is well worth searching out and watching in its entirety. The criticallyacclaimed series received a twohour followup film in 2012, the staircase ii. A great deal of the first eight episodes of the netflix documentary series the staircase were set. Jun 07, 2018 the staircase film was made and twice episodes were used to threaten kathleens daughter and myself. The film s editor sophie brunet reportedly fell in love with michael peterson not long after he was accused of murdering his wife, and they apparently had an affair which lasted more a decade, according to the film s director.
My wife had an accident, peterson says on the 911 call. In 2019, he released his own account of his life since his wife kathleens death in. The film s editor sophie brunet reportedly fell in love with michael peterson not long after he was accused of murdering his wife, and they apparently had an affair which lasted more a decade, according to the film s director this isnt news to durham, north carolina. Michael peterson states in the film, if not for candace and caitlin i would not. The true crime documentary is the original making a murderer. Jun 07, 2018 it should be impossible to spoil a documentary, especially one thats about a widely publicized murder trial from over a decade ago. The staircase, which premieres friday on netflix, is. The cast includes robert pattinson, tom holland, and riley keough. Several scenes of the family sitting around joking about the death and laughing in addition to the fact that peterson never even cleans up the blood in the stairwell and continues to live in the house gruesome. The staircase director reveals what he wasnt allowed to film. The filmmakers were able to receive extraordinary access to the locations and players in this reallife drama. Her husband, michael, a local public figure and successful novelist, quickly becomes the prime suspect. As truecrime obsessives already know, last friday netflix dropped the staircase, a docuseries chronicling the 2001 death of kathleen peterson and the subsequent murder trial. The staircase arguably helped spawn all these shows, but what characterizes it now, 14 years after the release of its first eight episodes, is a distinct feeling of passivity.
David rudolf reveals secrets behind netflixs the staircase. The stairs is a compassionate, unvarnished look at the lives of drug users in urban torontotheir struggles to help themselves and one another, to change their lives for the better, and above all to maintain dignity in a society that. The filmmakers were able to receive extraordinary access to. Theres a point in the original series, after it comes out that petersons friend also died on a staircase in germany, when rudolf looks at the camera and says, your documentary. Jun 21, 2018 the french documentary series the staircase, released on netflix in june 2018, follows the michael peterson case in durham. It offers convicts the opportunity to assert their innocence in court, but forces. After the mysterious death of his wife, author michael peterson watches his life go under the microscope.
Reflecting on the staircase and michael petersons case for the daily beast in. The 16year saga of the staircase comes to an appropriately. Hear from the cast and filmmakers of downhill at the imdb studio at acura festival village at the 2020 sundance film. This ultimately makes the staircase feels like one continuous documentary rather than a stitched together narrative across various years.
Excellent documentary but is almost entirely focused on the defense so its pretty onesided. Jun 09, 2018 theres a point in the original series, after it comes out that petersons friend also died on a staircase in germany, when rudolf looks at the camera and says, your documentary just got a. Originally announced as staircase iii, the film documents the story of petersons final trial, set for early 2016. Heres what staircase director wasnt allowed to film. Jun 11, 2018 the 2004 documentary series the staircase is streaming on netflix with three new episodes rounding out the true crime thriller. Staircase editor was romantically involved with films. The formula works well for the most part with the newer commissioned episodes following this same formula. Netflixs newest docuseries, the staircase, dives into the twisty case of michael peterson, a novelist who was convicted in 2003 of murdering his wife, kathleen peterson, after she was found unconscious at the bottom of a staircase in their home. May 22, 2018 on december 9th, 2001, kathleen peterson was found dead at the bottom of a staircase. A brilliantly made documentary with a fascinating cast of reallife people involved in a storyline which youd only expect to find in a fictional movie. The staircase the documentary that surprises after the end.
In last chance, newcomers to the case get an extensive introduction to the twists and turns of petersons first trial, but the bulk of the new film follows an appeal filed by the novelists lawyer, david rudolf, one of the most compelling characters from the first documentary. Documentaries like the staircase popsugar entertainment. I told myself that i would stop making documentary filmsjust as david had. Entertainment t he staircase, one of the most riveting truecrime documentaries of all time, is now on netflix with three new episodes that finish the. Youve binged all episodes of the jinx and making a murderer, and yet your truecrime addiction is still unsatisfied. Theres plenty of drama in netflixs new docuseries the staircase and plenty offscreen, as well. A true crime documentary that surprises even after it ends.
The staircase director reveals what he wasnt allowed to film, and talks michael petersons shock decision. The staircase is entertaining, consistently suprising, geuinely intriguing and on a few occasions very funny. When the staircase first debuted on french tv in 2005, it was barely recognizable as a truecrime documentary. It is obvious that if the wealthy, famous, white writer michael peterson hadnt been bisexual, the case would never have come to court. The last chance, which premiered at the international documentary film festival amsterdam. How do you feel about having become part of the narrative, influencing it, rather than just observing. More than a decade later, immersive, longform truecrime series like the staircase are. The staircase chronicles michael petersons murder trial in the 2001 death of his wife, kathleenbut leaves out a theory thats all the more fascinating for its seeming plausibility. The staircase director reveals what he wasnt allowed to film, and if. The staircase 1998 g 1h 36min drama, western tv movie 12 april 1998.
The staircase, a docuseries that focuses on the trial of michael peterson for the 2001 murder of his wife kathleen, is considered by many to be a true crime masterpiece. Following his wifes suspicious death, michael peterson speaks about his version of the events while lawyers and expert witnesses prepare for trial. On december 9th, 2001, michael peterson called 911 to report that his wife kathleen had fallen down the staircase in their elegant home in. The staircase director responds to the scathing criticism. With caitlin atwater, bradley bannon, freda black, lori campell.