Movie: Capturing the Friedmans (2003)
“In the 80′s, in the upper-middleclass district of Great Neck, the awarded Professor Arnold Friedman is arrested for possession of some magazines of child pornography. A further investigation of the police discloses that apparently Arnold and his eighteen years old son Jesse molested his young students during their private computer class. Their Jewish family tears apart with the situation and the sentences of Arnold and Jesse. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil”
- Director: Andrew Jarecki
- Release Date: 28 August 2003 (Israel)
- Run Time: 107 min
- Country: USA
- Genre: Documentary , Biography , Crime
Tagline: Who do you believe?
Trivia: When videotaped in the park, Jesse is seen playing out the “Mr. Gumby Brain Specialist” sketch from episode 32 of "Monty Python’s Flying Circus" (1969).