{"product_id":"longford-press-viewing-promo","title":"Longford Press Viewing Promo","description":"Longford Press Viewing PROMO DVD VIDEO MOVIE Frank Pakenham 7th Earl drama HBO \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp class=\"proAttr productType\"\u003e\u003clabel\u003eType: \u003c\/label\u003e Movie \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"proAttr productType\"\u003e\u003clabel\u003ePlatform: \u003c\/label\u003e DVD \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"proAttr productType\"\u003e\u003clabel\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/label\u003e HBO Films (Home Box Office, Inc.) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"proAttr productType\"\u003e\u003clabel\u003eReleased: \u003c\/label\u003e 2007 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"proAttr productType\"\u003e\u003clabel\u003eMedia: \u003c\/label\u003e DVD \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cshortdescription\u003e\u003c\/shortdescription\u003eLONGFORD PRESS VIEWING PROMO\u003cbr\u003eA new movie from HBO Films\u003cbr\u003ePremieres Saturday, Feb. 17, 2007 — 8PM\/7C\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLongford is a feature-length television drama about the controversial campaign by Frank Pakenham, 7th Earl of Longford, to argue for the rehabilitation and release of convicted murderer Myra Hindley. The film focuses on the moral and social conflicts that followed his involvement, examining questions of mercy, justice, public outrage and the responsibilities of individuals and institutions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis \/ Narrative focus\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe drama centers on Lord Longford’s encounters with Myra Hindley in prison and his subsequent public campaign to argue that she had been rehabilitated and should be considered for parole. The story traces Longford’s growing conviction that the criminal justice system should allow for redemption, his private correspondence and prison visits, and the fierce backlash from the public, victims’ families, politicians and the press. Key narrative strands include:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLongford’s personal motivations and moral beliefs about forgiveness and rehabilitation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe evolving relationship—largely through letters and visits—between Longford and Hindley, and the question of whether she had genuinely changed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe social and political fallout: how voters, media and victims’ relatives reacted to Longford’s campaign.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe ethical tensions between compassion for a prisoner and responsibility to victims and society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe film is set in the decades after the notorious Moors murders of the 1960s, crimes that shocked the United Kingdom and shaped public attitudes to violent offenders and parole. Lord Longford was a well-known public figure and campaigner for penal reform; his defense of Hindley was seen by many as courageous principled work and by many others as naive or insensitive to victims’ suffering. The drama places these events within the wider history of British penal reform debates, post-war politics and media-driven moral panics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor DVD Player (North American NTSC)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"HBO Films (Home Box Office, Inc.)","offers":[{"title":"Used In Sleeve","offer_id":51078132138262,"sku":"125990","price":32.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0083\/0377\/1710\/files\/2025121519634342scan.jpg?v=1772679025","url":"https:\/\/www.neverdiemedia.com\/products\/longford-press-viewing-promo","provider":"NeverDieMedia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}