Barry Levinson making Murrah Federal Building movie

[Townsend]

By MICHAEL SMITH World Scene Writer

Oscar-winning filmmaker Barry Levinson will direct a film about the 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah federal building in Oklahoma City which killed 168 people, according to a Hollywood entertainment website.
"O.K.C" is reportedly a drama to be written by Clay Wold and based on the experience of his brother, who served as a legal clerk for convicted bomber Timothy McVeigh's defense team, according to deadline.com.

"The clerk's determination to expose the truth led to a bigger conspiracy and nearly destroyed the young man," according to Deadline's report based on a draft of the script. Levinson is best known as the director of "Rain Man," "The Natural" and "Good Morning, Vietnam."


By MICHAEL SMITH World Scene Writer

Think it'll be filmed in OK?

[dbacks fan]

It looks as if it is going to be based on McVeighs trial for the most part and the conspiracy around Elohim and the neo-nazi group.

From IMDB some articles on this

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001469/news#ni8236427

as well as this article from 2001 that seems to be the basis of the script.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2001/may/05/mcveigh.usa

[dbacks fan]

And this article....

Barry Levinson has often taken a sideways look at real life, especially in his political satires such as Wag the Dog and Man of the Year. And he's also dabbled in hefty, emotional drama. But now it appears he's looking to combine the two, setting up indie drama O.K.C., which will follow some of the real-life events that occurred after the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995.

Clay Wold is behind the script, and he has a very personal connection to the tale. His brother was, at the time, a young legal clerk who found himself recruited to the legal team charged with defending bomber Timothy McVeigh, the man ultimately convicted of detonating a truck bomb outside the Alfred P Murrah Building in the city. The attack left 168 people dead and injured 450.

Wold's brother began digging as ordered into the case and soon found himself unravelling a bigger conspiracy that put him at serious risk.

The latest draft of the script is expected to arrive on Levinson's desk next week and, while he's busy shooting sci-fi drama Isopod, he's looking to make O.K.C. his next job.

James White

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