Documentary

The Truth vs. Alex Jones

- Inside the Sandy Hook trials.

Filmed over four years with unprecedented access, this documentary chronicles the riveting courtroom drama of two defamation lawsuits brought by Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims' families against Alex Jones and his website, InfoWars.

Release Date : 2024-03-11

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Amos PicturesHBO Documentary Films

Production Country : United KingdomUnited States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Self

Original Name : Alex E. Jones

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self – Radio Host, Austin TX

Original Name : Russell Dowden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self – InfoWars Video Editor (2004-2017)

Original Name : Rob Jacobson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self – InfoWars Camera Operator (2013-2017)

Original Name : Josh Owens

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self – InfoWars Broadcast Engineer (2013-2014)

Original Name : Christopher Jordan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self – Daniel's Father

Original Name : Mark Barden

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self – Emilie's Mother

Original Name : Alissa Parker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self – Emilie's Father

Original Name : Robbie Parker

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self – Jesse's Father

Original Name : Neil Heslin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self – Lead Investigator, CT State Police

Original Name : Daniel Jewiss

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self – Jesse's Mother

Original Name : Scarlett Lewis

Gender : Female

Character Name : Self – Dylan's Mother

Original Name : Nicole Hockley

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self – Noah's Father

Original Name : Lenny Pozner

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self – Noah's Mother

Original Name : Veronique de la Rosa

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self (archive footage)

Original Name : Anderson Cooper

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self – Former School Security Administrator

Original Name : Wolfgang Halbig

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self – Former InfoWars Reporter

Original Name : Dan Bidondi

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self – First Selectman, Newtown CT

Original Name : Pat Llodra

Gender : Female

Character Name : Self – Counsel for the Town of Newtown

Original Name : Monte Frank

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self – Co-Author "Nobody Died at Sandy Hook"

Original Name : Kelley Watt

Gender : Female

Character Name : Self (archive footage)

Original Name : Donald Trump

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self (archive footage)

Original Name : Megyn Kelly

Gender : Female

Character Name : Self – Attorney for Neil & Scarlett

Original Name : Mark Bankston

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self – Attorney for Sandy Hook Parents

Original Name : Chris Mattei

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self – Ben's Mother

Original Name : Francine Wheeler

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self – Attorney for Neil & Scarlett

Original Name : Wes Ball

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self – Attorney for Alex Jones

Original Name : Andino Reynal

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self

Original Name : Owen Shroyer

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self – Attorney for Neil & Scarlett

Original Name : Kyle Farrar

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self – Defense Attorney for Alex Jones

Original Name : Norm Pattis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Self – Emilie's Sister

Original Name : Samantha Parker

Gender : Male

Reviews

Brent Marchant

@Brent_Marchant

2024-04-02

It’s one thing to question authority and official explanations of highly public events; it’s something else entirely to portray them in a wholly falsified light, especially when done so in a ridiculing manner that causes tremendous personal pain. Such is what happened when conspiracy theorist broadcaster Alex Jones fanatically contended that the December 2012 mass shooting at Connecticut’s Sandy Hook Elementary School was a staged false flag event aimed at prompting the seizure of the private citizens’ firearms, essentially gutting the guarantees of the Second Amendment. Jones vociferously claimed that the event didn’t happen as reported in the mainstream media, that it was all pulled off with actors and that no one was killed. He openly mocked the public grieving of devastated parents through a relentless campaign of blatant disinformation, effectively enabling him to convince nearly a quarter of the nation’s population into believing his story. Finally, after many anguishing years (including unbridled derision, public ridicule and death threats from disbelieving fanatics and hecklers), those who lost loved ones fought back, filing defamation suits in Jones’s home state of Texas and in Connecticut, site of the tragedy. Documentarian Dan Reed’s latest feature chronicles the events of this troubling story with no-holds-barred candor, capturing the searing pain of the Sandy Hook families, Jones’s cartoonish out-of-control bluster and extensive courtroom footage of the two trials. Shot over four years, the filmmaker effectively captures the crazed ravings of a two-faced, delirious conman whose self-serving self-promotion efforts made P.T. Barnum look like a rank amateur by comparison. But what’s perhaps most unsettling here is the film’s uncompromising depiction of someone who honestly believed he could publicly say whatever he wanted through today’s powerful, far-reaching communications technology – regardless of its truthfulness – and get away with it, a truly potent cautionary tale for our times. “The Truth vs. Alex Jones” poignantly reminds us of the precious nature of freedom of speech and the need to protect it, especially where matters of responsibility are concerned. Indeed, the First Amendment may allow us to express ourselves, but it doesn’t give us license to lie.