''Winter of Frozen Dreams'' is a 2009

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American

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film directed by Eric Mandelbaum, and starring

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, and

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. The film follows the story of Barbara Hoffman, a

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student and

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convicted of murder in the first televised murder trial ever.

Cast

as Barbara Hoffman *

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as Harry Berge *

as Jerry Davies *

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as Ken Curtis *

as detective Lulling *

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as Jerry's mother *William Swan as judge

Controversy over sex scene

A controversy during filming involving Birch's father and his forced presence during Birch's taping of a sex scene for the movie made tabloid headlines.

Reception

Released on DVD on March 31, 2009, ''Winter of Frozen Dreams'' got reviewed by

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who stated that "

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suffers from that most severe of cinematic situations. It wastes opportunities and does its real life saga no favors". John Marrone of

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wrote "While it sure is watchable and no less worse than the prime time crap you find on the three TV major stations during the week, it leaves you very confused".

References

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