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'stillwater' is allegedly inspired by the story of amanda knox who was wrongfully convicted of her roommate, meredith kercher's murder and was acquitted later (emanuele cremaschi/getty images) amanda knox is in the news for speaking out against the new matt demon starter film, 'stillwater'. Those who followed knox’s case will certainly see similarities: The short answer is yes, however it pays to note that the premise of stillwater was merely inspired by.

Stillwater Follows A Father (Matt Damon) Who Works To Free His Daughter (Abigail Breslin) From A Foreign Jail, After She’s Wrongly Convicted For.

Stillwater is available in theaters and cinemas! However, mccarthy has insisted that the movie bears little to no resemblance to amanda’s story beyond the basic premise. Amanda knox was found guilty of murdering her roommate, meredith kercher, while she was studying in italy in 2007.

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The story focuses on the happenings on this lacking woman’s life and the way her disappearance impacts her mates even years after she’s gone. Newest summer release stillwater, which stars hollywood heavyweights such as matt damon and abigail breslin, is already garnering controversy due to its similarities to the amanda knox case. In matt damon ’s new movie stillwater, the onetime jason bourne trades slick spy gadgets for a dramatic storyline involving a young woman in europe who is imprisoned abroad for a murder she says.

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During an interview with the today show, damon said stillwater was not based on one true story, but had been “based kind of loosely” on the knox story, and evolved beyond it. She spent four years of her sentence in prison before being acquitted by the italian supreme court. Crowe’s sister, who like her film counterpart did not speak to her mother in years after a falling out.

Stillwater Is “Loosely Based” On Amanda Knox’s Story.

Stillwater tells the story of bill baker (damon), an unemployed oil rig worker from oklahoma who sets out alongside a french woman called virginie (camille cottin) to prove his convicted daughter's, allison (abigail breslin), innocence, who had spent four years in prison for the murder of her roommate. This piece is part of our ongoing coverage of the 20th. If you’ve heard anything about stillwater, a new movie that opened this weekend, it’s probably that it’s loosely based on the events in the amanda knox.