To recognize that something is not as it appears to be or that something dishonest is happening:
He’s been working late with her every night this week – I smell a rat!
Cambridge Dictionary
To believe something is wrong:
When I got an e-mail asking for my password, I should have smelled a rat.
AMERICAN DICTIONARY
In British English
to detect something suspicious
In American English
to suspect a trick, plot, etc.
Getting Life:
An Innocent Man’s 25-Year Journey from Prison to Peace | Biography and Memoir
On August 13, 1986, just one day after his thirty-second birthday, Michael Morton went to work at his usual time.
By the end of the day, his wife Christine had been savagely bludgeoned to death in the couple’s bed-and the Williamson County Sherriff’s office in Texas wasted no time in pinning her murder on Michael, despite an absolute lack of physical evidence.
Michael was swiftly sentenced to life in prison for a crime he had not committed. Drawing on twenty-five years of recollections, court transcripts, and more than one thousand pages of personal journals he wrote in prison, Michael recounts the hidden police reports about an unidentified van parked near his house that were never pursued; the treasure trove of evidence, including a bandana with the killer’s DNA on it, that was never introduced in court; the call from a neighboring county reporting the attempted use of his wife’s credit card that was given to local police; and, ultimately, how Michael battled his way through the darkness to become a free man once again.
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in British English
to detect something suspicious
in American English
to suspect a trick, plot, etc.
27 feb. 2013
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SXSW (2013) – An Unreal Dream Trailer #1 – Documentary HD
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No case in modern America illuminates this condition more completely than the story of Michael Morton. in 1986 his young wife was brutally murdered in front of their only child, and he was accused and convicted of the crime, spending a quarter century in Texas prisons. His unreal dream was and is a powerful journey through despair and abandonment to a greater freedom than most of us know, but all can appreciate.
Cast:
Director:
Al Reinert: http://j.mp/WkEUhx
Producer:
Kent Schaffer
Marcy Garriott
Al Reinert: http://j.mp/140D6Yv
Chris Mattsson
Jesse Lyda
Jason Wehling
John Aldrich
John Dean
Jim Embree
Nellie Gonzalez
J. Stephen Martin
Beverly Reeves
Clark Lyda
John Dean
Nellie Gonzalez
John Aldrich
Nellie Gonzalez
Writer:
Al Reinert: http://j.mp/WkEUxM
John Dean
Nellie Gonzalez
John Dean
Nellie Gonzalez
Nellie Gonzalez
Editor:
Jason Wehling
John Aldrich
John Aldrich
Cinematographer:
Levie Isaacks: http://j.mp/140D4Qc
Composer:
Chuck Pinnell
Rich Brotherton.
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For more information visit: www.firstrunfeatures.com/unrealdreamdvd
In 1986 Michael Morton’s wife Christine is brutally murdered in front of their only child, and Michael is convicted of the crime. Locked away in Texas prisons for a quarter century, estranged from his son, he has years to ponder questions of justice and innocence, truth and fate. Though he is virtually invisible to society, the Innocence Project and Michael’s pro bono attorney spend years fighting for the right to test DNA evidence found at the murder scene. Their discoveries ultimately reveal that the price of a wrongful conviction goes well beyond one man’s loss of freedom.
Director Al Reinert is a two-time Academy Award nominee, as a documentary filmmaker (For All Mankind, which won the documentary Jury and Audience Awards when it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 1989) and as a screenwriter (Apollo 13).
AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER, DOCUMENTARY SPOTLIGHT- SXSW 2013
“A powerful story of pain, injustice, redemption, and reconciliation.” – Huffington Post
“Recounts an outrageous miscarriage of justice without a trace of manufactured melodrama or visual hyperbole. The film’s rivetingly straightforward style of storytelling is a perfect match for its subject. An inspiring tale of spiritual uplift, sympathetically detailing how religious faith gave Morton the strength to endure, and the mercy to forgive.” – Variety
“An unflinching look at how Morton was wrongfully convicted of murder and had his only son disown him.”- Associated Press
“Makes very real an innocent man’s nightmare through a cruel and broken justice system that stole his freedom, his relationship with his son and, nearly, his spirit.”- Houston Chronicle
“A gripping saga. What is most frightening is how much effort and time it took a squad of highly motivated, expert lawyers to claw Morton out of prison, even after the truth became widely apparent. If a respected, responsible citizen like Morton can be thrown in prison for decades based on such a feeble case, the film asks, who among the rest of us can consider ourselves safe?”- PopMatters
“An extraordinary film…ultimately a story of transcendence.”- Austin American Statesman
“Morton’s character fills this all-too-familiar story of injustice and absolution with a uniquely generous, moving spirit.”- Austin Chronicle
4 dec. 2013
For more information visit: www.firstrunfeatures.com/unrealdreamdvd
In 1986 Michael Morton’s wife Christine is brutally murdered in front of their only child, and Michael is convicted of the crime. Locked away in Texas prisons for a quarter century, estranged from his son, he has years to ponder questions of justice and innocence, truth and fate. Though he is virtually invisible to society, the Innocence Project and Michael’s pro bono attorney spend years fighting for the right to test DNA evidence found at the murder scene. Their discoveries ultimately reveal that the price of a wrongful conviction goes well beyond one man’s loss of freedom.
Director Al Reinert is a two-time Academy Award nominee, as a documentary filmmaker (For All Mankind, which won the documentary Jury and Audience Awards when it premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 1989) and as a screenwriter (Apollo 13).
AUDIENCE AWARD WINNER, DOCUMENTARY SPOTLIGHT- SXSW 2013
“A powerful story of pain, injustice, redemption, and reconciliation.” – Huffington Post
“Recounts an outrageous miscarriage of justice without a trace of manufactured melodrama or visual hyperbole. The film’s rivetingly straightforward style of storytelling is a perfect match for its subject. An inspiring tale of spiritual uplift, sympathetically detailing how religious faith gave Morton the strength to endure, and the mercy to forgive.” – Variety
“An unflinching look at how Morton was wrongfully convicted of murder and had his only son disown him.”- Associated Press
“Makes very real an innocent man’s nightmare through a cruel and broken justice system that stole his freedom, his relationship with his son and, nearly, his spirit.”- Houston Chronicle
“A gripping saga. What is most frightening is how much effort and time it took a squad of highly motivated, expert lawyers to claw Morton out of prison, even after the truth became widely apparent. If a respected, responsible citizen like Morton can be thrown in prison for decades based on such a feeble case, the film asks, who among the rest of us can consider ourselves safe?”- PopMatters
“An extraordinary film…ultimately a story of transcendence.”- Austin American Statesman
“Morton’s character fills this all-too-familiar story of injustice and absolution with a uniquely generous, moving spirit.”- Austin Chronicle
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