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The Menendez Brothers

In 1996, the Menendez brothers faced trial for killing their parents, a case that captivated America. Years later, they share their side through interviews with those involved, offering a fresh take on the events.

Director

Alejandro Hartmann

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Campfire Studios

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Self - Convicted of Murdering Parents

Self - Convicted of Murdering Parents

Self - Murder Victim

Self - Murder Victim

Self - Journalist and Author, The Menendez Brothers

Older Erik

Self - Producer, ABC News

Self - Prosecutor

Pamela Bozanich

Self - Journalist, Los Angeles Times

Alan Abrahamson

Self - Sister of Kitty

Joan Vandermolen

Self - Juror

Self - Juror and Author, Hung Jury

Self - Defense Expert

Self - Defense Expert

Self - Cousin of Lyle and Erik

Diane Vandermolen

Self - Defense Expert

Self -Veteran LA Public Defender

Stanley Goldman

Self - Appellate Attorney to Lyle & Erik

Self - Juror, Second Trial

Andrew Wolfburg

Self - Attorney for Erik Menendez

Leslie Abramson

Self - Journalist

Self - Actress & Comedian

Sandra Bernhard

Self - Host, NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw

Self - Sister of Jose Menendez

Self - Jose's Brother-in-Law

Self - Menendez Fan

Self - Juror

Older Lyle Menendez

Self

Self - Entertainment News Anchor

Self - Los Angles District Attorney

Self - Big News 'Court Reporter'

Self - Clients of Jose Menendez

Self - Host, Good Morning America

Self - Chief, Beverly Hills Police Department

Self - Host, Larry King Live

Self - Defense Attorney for Lyle Menendez

Self - Host, Today

Self - Host, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno

Self - Host, The Late Show with David Letterman

David Letterman

Self - Technology Reporter, The New York Times

Self - Host, Saturday Night Live

Self - Grandmother of Lyle and Erik

Self - Client of Jose Menendez

Self - Host, Hard Copy

Self

Deborah Norville

Self - Author, Former Confidante of Lyle's

Self - Psychologist

Self - Client of Jose Menendez

Self - CBS Evening News with Dan Rather

Self - Client of Jose Menendez

Self - Actor, Saturday Night Live

Self - Juror

Self - Hertz Spokesman

Self - Host, CBS This Morning

Self - Oziel's Fmr. Girlfriend

Self - Journalist

Barbara Walters

Self - Judge

Stanley Weisberg

Dr. Jerome Oziel

Self - Host, Oprah

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It was a murder trial as a reality show - The Menendez Brothers

It was a murder trial as a reality show

You have every ingredient
you could possibly want in a trial. - The Menendez Brothers

You have every ingredient you could possibly want in a trial...

You've got murder.
And then you've got one other ingredient. - The Menendez Brothers

You've got murder. And then you've got one other i...

Attorney Leslie Abramson
is representing Erik Menendez. - The Menendez Brothers

Attorney Leslie Abramson is representing Erik Menendez.

"Why aren't you nervous today?"
It's because I know this case so well. - The Menendez Brothers

"Why aren't you nervous today?" It's bec...

I've lived this case. I've lived
their lives for three and a half years. - The Menendez Brothers

I've lived this case. I've lived their lives for t...

We wondered what drives
this tiny, brash, brainy woman - The Menendez Brothers

We wondered what drives this tiny, brash, brainy woman

This 4-foot-11
Little Orphan Annie lookalike - The Menendez Brothers

This 4-foot-11 Little Orphan Annie lookalike

Her trademark audacity has helped her
save a dozen people from death row. - The Menendez Brothers

Her trademark audacity has helped her save a dozen people fr...

She's one of the foremost
criminal defense lawyers in the nation. - The Menendez Brothers

She's one of the foremost criminal defense lawyers in t...

Leslie Abramson was
a magnificent attorney. - The Menendez Brothers

Leslie Abramson was a magnificent attorney.

And you were aware of that
from the moment she started. - The Menendez Brothers

And you were aware of that from the moment she started.

If I told you what
I really thought of Leslie Abramson, - The Menendez Brothers

If I told you what I really thought of Leslie Abramson,

Jill Lansing,
a former public defender, - The Menendez Brothers

Jill Lansing, a former public defender,

"It must be really terrible,
given the lifestyle you've had, - The Menendez Brothers

"It must be really terrible, given the lifestyle you�...

I didn't feel like
I was in the presence of pure evil. - The Menendez Brothers

I didn't feel like I was in the presence of pure evil.

They were like poisonous potted plants, - The Menendez Brothers

They were like poisonous potted plants,

They were just these dumb jock… killers. - The Menendez Brothers

They were just these dumb jock… killers.

The judge had been the judge
on the Rodney King case. - The Menendez Brothers

The judge had been the judge on the Rodney King case.

That turned out not the way the judge,
I'm sure, would like to have had it. - The Menendez Brothers

That turned out not the way the judge, I'm sure, would ...

Tensions exploded overnight
on the streets of Los Angeles - The Menendez Brothers

Tensions exploded overnight on the streets of Los Angeles

I look at it like this.
You beat a dog, you go to jail. - The Menendez Brothers

I look at it like this. You beat a dog, you go to jail.

After the Rodney King case, - The Menendez Brothers

After the Rodney King case,

And the authorities were
determined to show everyone - The Menendez Brothers

And the authorities were determined to show everyone

The prosecution and defense
are ready to do battle - The Menendez Brothers

The prosecution and defense are ready to do battle

This is a case
of People v. Lyle Menendez - The Menendez Brothers

This is a case of People v. Lyle Menendez

What is going to happen today is that
you'll be hearing the opening statements. - The Menendez Brothers

What is going to happen today is that you'll be hearing...

The day
that we did opening statements, - The Menendez Brothers

The day that we did opening statements,

And I just thought,
"What the hell have I gotten myself into?" - The Menendez Brothers

And I just thought, "What the hell have I gotten myself...

We'll now proceed
with opening statements, - The Menendez Brothers

We'll now proceed with opening statements,

What I'm going to outline here
is an overview - The Menendez Brothers

What I'm going to outline here is an overview

On September the 8th of 1989, - The Menendez Brothers

On September the 8th of 1989,

The policy, cumulatively,
was for $650,000. - The Menendez Brothers

The policy, cumulatively, was for $650,000.

We will prove to you
that Lyle Menendez planned this murder - The Menendez Brothers

We will prove to you that Lyle Menendez planned this murder

This murder was unlawful, - The Menendez Brothers

This murder was unlawful,

And that but for a few mistakes they made,
this was almost the perfect murder. - The Menendez Brothers

And that but for a few mistakes they made, this was almost t...

The only reason
I'm doing this after 33 years - The Menendez Brothers

The only reason I'm doing this after 33 years

The only thing that you are
going to have to focus on in this trial - The Menendez Brothers

The only thing that you are going to have to focus on in thi...

And what we will prove to you - The Menendez Brothers

And what we will prove to you

They were afraid of Jose Menendez,
and they were afraid of Kitty Menendez. - The Menendez Brothers

They were afraid of Jose Menendez, and they were afraid of K...

This trial will take you
behind the facade of the rich houses, - The Menendez Brothers

This trial will take you behind the facade of the rich house...

Jose Menendez, he was aggressive,
he was talented, - The Menendez Brothers

Jose Menendez, he was aggressive, he was talented,

Lyle's violent experiences with his father - The Menendez Brothers

Lyle's violent experiences with his father

If you didn't swim well enough,
you were held underwater. - The Menendez Brothers

If you didn't swim well enough, you were held underwate...

When Jose took off his belt,
someone was going to get beaten. - The Menendez Brothers

When Jose took off his belt, someone was going to get beaten...

You didn't know who,
and you didn't know why. - The Menendez Brothers

You didn't know who, and you didn't know why.

In 1986, - The Menendez Brothers

She was leaving suicide notes
for her sons. - The Menendez Brothers

She was leaving suicide notes for her sons.

A crazy woman got even crazier. - The Menendez Brothers

A crazy woman got even crazier.

And they knew that these were parents - The Menendez Brothers

And they knew that these were parents

Erik Menendez will tell you
the entire painful and difficult - The Menendez Brothers

Erik Menendez will tell you the entire painful and difficult

The origin of this killing
was a lifetime of abuse - The Menendez Brothers

The origin of this killing was a lifetime of abuse

Unlike the alleged crime
that the prosecution here presents, - The Menendez Brothers

Unlike the alleged crime that the prosecution here presents,

He killed his parents because
he could no longer endure their abuse - The Menendez Brothers

He killed his parents because he could no longer endure thei...

He fired every round in his gun at them. - The Menendez Brothers

He fired every round in his gun at them.

Because his parents were wealthy, - The Menendez Brothers

Because his parents were wealthy,

Initially, - The Menendez Brothers

Kitty was the caring mother
who kept the whole family together. - The Menendez Brothers

Kitty was the caring mother who kept the whole family togeth...

Lyle was at an Ivy League school, - The Menendez Brothers

Lyle was at an Ivy League school,

From the outside, - The Menendez Brothers

From the outside,

There are thousands and
thousands of young people outside, - The Menendez Brothers

There are thousands and thousands of young people outside,

Ladies and gentlemen,
here they are, Menudo. - The Menendez Brothers

Ladies and gentlemen, here they are, Menudo.

From the outside,
this was the perfect all-American family. - The Menendez Brothers

From the outside, this was the perfect all-American family.

And behind the gates of that mansion,
it was a different story. - The Menendez Brothers

And behind the gates of that mansion, it was a different sto...

- Spell your last name.
- O-Z-I-E-L. - The Menendez Brothers

- Spell your last name. - O-Z-I-E-L.

So the case broke open
because of the wackiest, - The Menendez Brothers

So the case broke open because of the wackiest,

And if anyone had written
this for a script in Hollywood, - The Menendez Brothers

And if anyone had written this for a script in Hollywood,

As a result
of doing these burglaries, - The Menendez Brothers

As a result of doing these burglaries,

Erik had gone to see
a therapist named Dr. Jerome Oziel. - The Menendez Brothers

Erik had gone to see a therapist named Dr. Jerome Oziel.

And then after the murders,
he had started to see him again. - The Menendez Brothers

And then after the murders, he had started to see him again.

I and any therapist, - The Menendez Brothers

I and any therapist,

And it is… it's a sacred obligation
to preserve those secrets. - The Menendez Brothers

And it is… it's a sacred obligation to preserve those s...

Mr. Oziel,
would you describe what occurred - The Menendez Brothers

Mr. Oziel, would you describe what occurred

Erik came in, - The Menendez Brothers

At some point in the session,
he asked me to take a walk with him. - The Menendez Brothers

At some point in the session, he asked me to take a walk wit...

Erik told me, things about his father - The Menendez Brothers

Erik told me, things about his father

And right before we entered, - The Menendez Brothers

And right before we entered,

The father had just been
completely dominating - The Menendez Brothers

The father had just been completely dominating

The reason that the mother
was included in the plan was basically - The Menendez Brothers

The reason that the mother was included in the plan was basi...

Number two, they didn't believe
that the mother could have survived - The Menendez Brothers

Number two, they didn't believe that the mother could h...

And three, they thought
the mother was so miserable - The Menendez Brothers

And three, they thought the mother was so miserable

Oziel goes into
this really sick plan. - The Menendez Brothers

Oziel goes into this really sick plan.

And he wants to get
their confessions on tape. - The Menendez Brothers

And he wants to get their confessions on tape.

Could you please describe
his demeanor - The Menendez Brothers

Could you please describe his demeanor

He was extremely upset, - The Menendez Brothers

He was extremely upset,

And did you tell
Lyle and Erik Menendez - The Menendez Brothers

And did you tell Lyle and Erik Menendez

He laughed, and he said
that I should've felt threatened - The Menendez Brothers

He laughed, and he said that I should've felt threatene...

And the first statement
that Lyle had made to Erik was, - The Menendez Brothers

And the first statement that Lyle had made to Erik was,

Oziel then told people, - The Menendez Brothers

Oziel then told people,

Judalon Smyth claims
that she and Oziel were lovers - The Menendez Brothers

Judalon Smyth claims that she and Oziel were lovers

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In 1996, the Menendez brothers faced trial for killing their parents, a case that captivated America. Years later, they share their side through interviews with those involved, offering a fresh take on the events.

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Director: Alejandro Hartmann

Writer: Lucas Bucci, Chris A. Peterson, Tomás Sposato

Production: Campfire Studios

Genre: documentary

Year: 2024

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.0

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 07 Oct 2024

Awards: N/A

Homepage: https://www.netflix.com/title/81506509