067: Fact and Fiction: Keanu Reeves Tour

Hello, Tourists! Today, we're going to talk about two movies where Keanu Reeves plays characters in stories that were based off of real life true crime events, and then we dive into a couple movies involving fictional true crime stories. First, we have "River's Edge," which was a movie based off the tragic murder of high school student, Marcy Conrad, at the hands of her teenage boyfriend in 1981 and how her friends and peers dealt with her death. Next, we talk about the film, "I Love You To Death," which was based off of the attempted murder of Tony Toto by his wife Francis Toto in 1983. The fictional true crime films we talk about starring Keanu Reeves are "The Whole Truth" and "The Watcher."

Tony and Francis Toto

References

• Find A Grave - Marcy Renee Conrad

• The Washington Post - California Suburb Sorts Out Fear and Confusion in Teen Slaying

• SFWeekly - Yesterday’s Crimes: What Really Happened at the River’s Edge

• The New York Times - YOUTHS' SILENT ON MURDER VICTIM LEAVES A CALIFORNIA TOWN BAFFLED

• SFGate - Parole Denied to Killer Of Milpitas Teenager

• Vice - An Oral History of 'River's Edge,' 1987's Most Polarizing Teen Film

• Food Friends and Fun Forum - Based on a True Story thread

• Deseret News - `I DON’T LOVE IT AT ALL,’ SAYS HITMAN PORTRAYED IN FILM

• The New York Times - Allentown Journal: True Love, True Life, and Truly Bizarre

• Los Angeles Times - For the Totos, a Hollywood Ending : Film: Frances spent four years in prison for trying to kill her straying husband Tony. Funny stuff? ‘I Love You to Death’ director Lawrence Kasdan thinks so--and the happy couple agree.

• Time - Family Man

• Newspapers.com - The Morning Call from Allentown, Pennsylvania

• Newpapers.com - The San Bernardino County Sun from San Bernardino, California

• Newspapers.com - The Morning Call from Allentown, Pennsylvania

• The Guardian - Keanu: I was tricked into making film

• Variety - Inside Move: ‘Watcher’ dogs Reeves