“Miranda’s Victim” is in select theaters and available through Video-On-Demand beginning October 6th.

In a Video Clip, Michelle summarizes the case … In a Podtalk with Patrick McDonald of, director Michelle Danner talks about creating the alchemy of ‘Miranda’s Victim’ … Since then, she has had five more films as producer/director under her belt, and is currently in production for her seventh film, “Helios.” Michelle Danner is a producer, director, acting coach and actor, whose director debut film was “How to Get a Date in Queens” in 2006. Danner’s sure touch with storytelling makes this a worthwhile lesson in accidental infamy and the mechanics of the legal system. This hidden history is fascinating and was ongoing for years.

Ardently representing the two sides in the trial is Ryan Phillippe as John Flynn (for Miranda) and Luke Wilson as Lawrence Turoff (representing the uphill battle of Trish Weir). Breslin gives a chillingly subtle performance as the title character, never backing down from what she knows to be true. The fact was Ernesto Miranda was the least likely person to represent the famous warning, yet history chose him. This story can only be put into the category of truth is stranger than fiction. However the victim’s story was not over … and the wheels of justice kept turning. Justice for that particular crime is difficult now and especially in that era, and the confession coerced out of Miranda leads to a Supreme Court decision to protect the perpetrator and law enforcement through the Miranda Warning. Director Michelle Danner is the filmmaker behind “Miranda’s Victim.”Įrnesto Miranda (Sebastian Quinn) is accused of rape by Trish Weir (Abigail Breslin) in the early 1960s. CHICAGO – If you’ve watched any cop procedurals on TV or otherwise, you’ve seen the recitation of the “Miranda Warning” (you have the right to remain silent, etc.), but what you may not have known is the incredible true story behind that recitation.

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