----------------------------Original message---------------------------- My name is John Tariot. I am a television producer with Full Circle Productions in the Boston area. We are working on a television program, and are seeking comments from 2 on-line sources to which this message is being cross-posted: SCREEN-L and CJMOVIES. The working title of the program is "Presumed Inncocent?" The show focuses, first, a statement everyone in the U.S. can repeat by heart: that we are all "presumed innocent 'till proven guily beyond a reasonable doubt," and the fact that this "right" does not exist in the Constitution, The Bill of Rights, The Declaration of Independence, or any other written law. Yet, not only do we know it, it really does exist. It exists in the body of Common Law- the unwritten body of laws passed down through the ages, with roots in England, and further back into Judeo-Christian and Greco-Roman history. We are also exploring this right in the history of other cultures as well, i.e. American Indian, Asian, Muslim, and others. We will go on to look at the rights of the accused, our rights, where they are, why they exist, and the dynamics of this unwritten body of common law which, while it doesn't seem to really exist, still binds us together- and is pervasive throughout so many cultures back to the beginnings of civilization. One of the reasons we know this right so well is that it has been uttered by hundreds of unjustly accused (and even justly accused) movie villains/heroes. We are beginning to compile a list of movies in which "presumed innocent" plays a role. This is where we could use some help. Among the films we are looking at: Law and Order The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance The Verdict Adam's Rib Beyond a Reasonable Doubt Absence of Malice Twelve Angry Men The Caine Mutiny Key Largo Mutiny on the Bounty To Kill a Mockingbird Witness for the Prosecution Billy Budd Mr. SMith Goes to Washington The Maltese Falcon Bonnie & Clyde The Ox-Bow Incedent All About Eve The Apartment Deliverance Midnight Cowboy Spellbound The Manchurain Candidate The Thin Man Additions to, or comments on this list would be greatly appreciated. -John Tariot, Producer -Full Circle Productions