A Film by Sheldon Wilson

An inspiring story of friendship that explores the truly unbelievable lives of two former New York detectives who were falsely imprisoned for committing murder on behalf of the mafia, even though law enforcement knew who the real gunman was.

Seven years ago director Sheldon Wilson set out to tell a story involving crooked cops, a mafia Godfather, murder, a public poisoning, Elvis Presley, prison gang leaders and a cocaine-addicted newspaper editor who printed it all. As it turns out, this was just the beginning of the story.

ONCE UPON A CRIME: The Borrelli - Davis Conspiracy, follows the extraordinary story of two innocent men whose lives are torn apart solely because of their race. Mike Borrelli, an Italian-American NYPD detective and his partner Bob Davis, one of the first African-American detectives in New York, are convicted for committing first-degree murder for one of New York’s most notorious crime bosses. But Mike Borrelli and Bob Davis are innocent. Law enforcement agents know it too, but they are hell bent to connect the murder to the mafia; incredibly, they give the known gunman immunity and place him into witness protection in exchange for his false testimony against the two officers. This film reveals the shocking details of this unimaginable injustice as the filmmakers embark on a tireless search for the known gunman, still in hiding.

THE STORY

It all started seven years ago when I discovered a story too improbable to be true but too incredible to forget. In the beginning I started to dig into the story just to satisfy my own curiosity. It wasn’t long before I realized I was asking questions that many people didn’t want to answer.

I knew I was onto something when the head of the Colorado Bureau of Investigation suggested that, “If I was smart, I’d stay out of Colorado all together.” I had struck a nerve. There was something in Denver, Colorado that their top law enforcement official didn’t want me to find. That just made me more determined to find it. I put my camera in the car and headed for Denver.

Little did I know that I would spend the next five years traveling across the United States in search of a murder suspect who had been placed into witness protection. Terry Lee D’Prero admitted to being one of the two gunmen who had killed Hal Levine, but instead of going to prison, Colorado law enforcement gave him immunity and a new life in witness protection in exchange for his self-serving testimony against Mike Borrelli and Bob Davis.

The deeper I dug the more obsessed I became with finding Terry D’Prero, even though I knew the chance of ever tracking

him down was slim to none. I had an obligation to tell this story as completely as possible, and for better or for worse, Terry D’Prero was a key part of it. It certainly didn’t help that the head of the Colorado Bureau of Investigation was well aware of my desire to find Terry and was doing everything within his control to prevent it.

Luckily, by the time I realized the seriousness of the situation I had put myself in, it was too late to turn back. Seven years and some eight thousand miles later, I am very grateful to those who stuck with me and saw this film through to the end.

It would be an understatement to say that making this documentary has been a life changing experience, one that was often infuriating, fascinating, shocking and sometimes absurdly funny. However, through it all the two men at the center of this story, Mike Borrelli and Bob Davis, have shown me the true meaning of friendship and through their actions, they have demonstrated the strong moral compass necessary to fight for justice through the worst of adversities.

I can only hope this film will help to reverse the wrongs done to these men; two men who so rightly deserve to have their names cleared.

DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT

WORLD PREMIERE AUSTIN FILM FESTIvAL

Kim Peterson

Mike Borrelli

Marge Gindro

Captain Michael Borrelli

Chuck Brega

Bob Davis

Terry Lee D’Prero

Anna venditti

Judge Robert Fullerton

Liz Borrelli

Frank Moya

Larry Addeo

Robin Levine

Melody Davis

Cindy Parmenter

Stanley Perlmutter

Rhoda Goldstein

Alan Dill

Sam Raskin

Ron Kavanagh

DOCUMENTARY SUBJECTS

OCTOBER 25, 2014STATE THEATRE

MEET THE FILMMAKERSSheldon WilSonWriter - Director

Sheldon Wilson began his career direct-ing commercials while teaching directing in the USC graduate film program. Since then he has run his own visual effects post-production company as well as written and directed numerous made for television movies.

Once Upon a Crime: The Borrelli - Da-vis Conspiracy is Sheldon’s first feature documentary.

STeVe london ProDucer - comPoser

The film, ONCE UPON A CRIME, marks Steve London’s first foray into the role as a producer. He also composed the score for the film.

Having graduated from the world-renowned ‘Scoring for Motion Pictures and Television’ program at the University of Southern California, Steve London studied composition and conducting with such composers as Elmer Bernstein, Jerry Goldsmith and Christopher Young.

Mr. London regularly records with European orchestras as a composer for the Munich-based SONOTON music library and has written music for many feature films including, THAT BEAUTIFUL SOMEWHERE starring Roy Dupuis and Jane MacGregor; SEDUCED BY A THIEF starring Sean Young and Ron Perlman, and SHALLOW GROUND (Universal). He recently completed the score and several songs co-written with hip-hop artist iSH for the feature comedy, CUBICLE WARRIORS starring Laura vandervoort and Alan Thicke. He has also completed the score for an Original Hallmark Movie, BANNER 4th OF JULY starring American Idol star Brooke White and Academy Award win-ning actress, Mercedes Ruehl.

Mr. London has received many accolades for his work and lives and works in both Los Angeles and Toronto.

Joe JenCKeS ProDucer

In 2010, Joe Jenckes produced the Academy-Award-nominated Margin Call starring Kevin Spacey, Jeremy Irons, Demi Moore and Stanley Tucci. Margin Call premiered at the Sun-dance and Berlin Film Festivals and was distributed by Lionsgate Films and Roadside Attractions grossing over $36 Mil. worldwide.

Joe then worked as EvP/Head of Production at Benaroya Pictures and continues to produce, develop and exec feature films. He recently exec produced Kill Your Darlings starring Daniel Radcliffe, Ben Foster, Michael C Hall, Dane Dehaan and Kyra Sedgewick and Parts Per Billion starring Josh Hartnett, Rosario Dawson, Frank Langella and Gena Rowlands.

He has recently re-launched Bow Street Films, the company he started with his business partner David Dickson.

dAVid diCKSon ProDucer

David Dickson began his career in the mid 1980’s as a film editor before returning to his native Glasgow to direct theatre for a year. In 1990 he started producing and directing documentaries in London for ten years for the BBC and Channel 4 in the UK and Discovery in the US, with projects such as the award-winning trilogy What Happen Next ‘ Living Through Child-hood Cancer and Mother Teresa ‘ Love In Action.

In 2005 David launched a new partner-ship developing and producing feature films in over twenty countries around the world producing and collaborating on fea-ture projects in the US, Hungary, Canada, Italy and the UK. He is a guest lecturer in film and drama at Goldsmiths College, London University.

Five years ago he established BOW STREET FILMS with his business partner, Joe Jenckes, in LA where they made Mar-gin Call and produced Flutter in the UK.

In 2011 David directed the feature docu-mentary Talk Of Home and early in 2012 he moved to LA as a Producer for the cult movies The Rambler and Parts Pet Billion, he consulted on Kill Your Darlings and many other feature films and new media projects.

CASSiAn elWeSexecutive ProDucer

Elwes began his producing career with 1983’s “Oxford Blues” starring Rob Lowe and Ally Sheedy and quickly went on to make another 29 films.

In 1995, Elwes joined William Morris. His first effort was “The English Patient” which won best picture that year. He followed up with such indie hits as “Slingblade” and “The Apostle,” both of which were nomi-nated for multiple Oscars. “Monster’s Ball” was his follow up, which won the Oscar for Halle Berry.

The Hollywood Reporter has said that Elwes was “involved in a virtual who’s who of every great independent film of the last ten years” with films such as “Half Nel-son”, and “Frozen River” (both garnering Oscar nominations for Ryan Gosling and Melissa Leo respectively).

Since leaving William Morris Independent, Elwes has been involved in arranging financing and distribution for 23 films including the period drama The Butler, which was directed by Lee Daniels and featured an ensemble cast, including Forest Whitaker, Oprah Winfrey, John Cusack, and Terrence Howard, among others. Additionally, he produced “Dallas Buyers Club” starring Matthew Mc-Conaughey, who won an Oscar for his portrayal of Ron Woodroof.

MiChAel BenARoYAexecutive ProDucer

Michael was born and raised in Seattle Washington, but left Seattle in 2006 to enter the motion picture industry. He re-ceived his Bachelor’s in economics from Pomona College. A lifelong economics student, Michael has created a new model for the financing of Hollywood entertainment and is using this new model through Benaroya Pictures to finance a number of feature films and documentaries.

Michael’s first film was the ensemble romantic comedy New York, I Love You, on which he served as co-financier executive producer. He next produced the dramedy The Romantics, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2010. He then produced the Wall Street thriller Margin Call and the crime thriller Catch .44. Michael has worked with directors such as Mira Nair, Fatih Akin, Brett Ratner, Shankar Kapoor, and Lawrence Kasdan as well as actors including Shia LaBoeuf, Hayden Christiansen, Scarlett Johannsen, Kevin Spacey, Bruce Willis and Natalie Port-man. Michael’s leadership and experi-ence gives Benaroya Pictures the ability to package, finance, and produce major motion pictures with Hollywood’s brightest talents.

MARie-loU GinGRAS eDitor - AssociAte ProDucer

Before embarking on a career as a film editor, Marie-Lou studied graphic design for six years in Montreal then went on to work as a web and graphic designer. A life long passion for film-making eventually lead Marie-Lou to the film program at the Emily Carr Institute in vancouver where structuring and de-veloping story through editing became an obsession. Since then Marie-Lou has gone on to editing numerous movies for television, cable and independent release.

For the past three years she has devoted much of her spare time to the editing of the documentary Once Upon A Crime: The Borrelli – Davis Conspiracy, an undertaking that involved sifting through hundreds of hours of interviews as she worked with the director to bring this complex story to the screen.

Marie-Lou’s combined passion for the arts continues to have a strong impact on her work as an editor.

John TARVeR DOP - AssociAte ProDucer

John Tarver, csc is a director of photo-graphy with extensive credits in features, documentaries, television, commercials and special venue films. His work has appeared on major networks such as HBO, Showtime, SyFy, Lifetime and Fox. He has shot projects all over the world including Peru, Canada, the US, Turkey, Austria, Egypt, and Luxembourg.

In addition to his work as cinematogra-pher, Tarver has served as an instructor at the USC School of Cinematic Arts in Los Angeles, and at Ryerson University in Canada. He also co-produced the award-winning horror film Shallow Ground with Sheldon Wilson. His most recent projects include the Tv movie Clara’s Secret for Lifetime, BBC America’s Copper, produced by Barry Levinson, and a special-venue 3D film for the Mario vargas Llosa Museum in Peru.

Written & Directed bySheldon W Wilson

Produced bySteve LondonSheldon W Wilson

Produced byJoe JenckesDavid Dickson

Executive ProducerCassian Elwes

Executive ProducerMichael Benaroya

Edited byMarie-Lou Gingras

Director of PhotographyJohn TarverSheldon W Wilson

Original Score bySteve London

Associate ProducerMarie-Lou GingrasJohn Tarver

Interviews (in order of appearance)

Mike BorrelliLiz BorrelliStanley PerlmutterLarry AddeoRobin LevineMarge GindroRhoda GoldsteinAnna vendittiAlan DillCindy ParmenterChuck BregaJudge Robert FullertonKim PetersonBob Davis

Melody DavisFrank MoyaSam RaskinRon KavanaghCaptain Michael BorrelliTerry Lee D’prero

Reenactments

Edward AttardAndrew BerryJames BishopJay BroadJames CollinsRichard ComeauWill EnnisDoug HowellMaria KnightKurt KuenneJames McdougallRick SuvalleFrank UgochukwuBrian Walters

ADDITIONAL CREW

1st Assistant Camera (Los Angeles) Kim PalmerEd Wu

Production Coordinator (New York) Jenine Mayring

Researcher (New York) Jessica Widom

POST-PRODUCTION

Motion Graphics Marie-Lou Gingras

Music Clearances Matthew B Safran

Audio Post Production ANARCHY POST

Re-Recording MixerTom Boykin

Sound Supervisor Dan Snow Sound Editorial Kyle Lane Additional Music by Alex Belcher Matt Janszen Damir Price

Additional ArrangementsDamir Price

Drums & Percussion M.B. Gordy

Bass Bart Samolis

Guitar Kitty Bancroft

Additional Guitar Ryan Eligh

Harmonica Stanley Behrens

vocals Tori Letzner

Recording Engineer Michael Carey

Score Producer Jeff Dalziel Steve London

Score Co-ordinator Alex Belcher

Score Mixed by Casey Stone

Legal Services Donaldson & Callif, LLP

Insurance Services Momentous Insurance Brokerage, Inc.Kristine Le

Chubb Group of Insurance Companies

STOCK FOOTAGE

Budget FilmsHistoric Films LibraryPond 5WPA Film Library

ARCHIvAL FOOTAGE COURTESY OF

NBC News ArchivesCBSParamount PicturesDenver Police AcademyLas vegas Convention & visitors Authority, News BureauHistory Colorado (Colorado Historical Society)

Radio Interview Courtesy ofKHOW Denver hosted by Peter Boyles

Photographs Courtesy of

Associated PressThe Denver PostDenver Police DepartmentLife with Elvis by David StanleyParamount Pictures

Personal Photographs Courtesy of

Mike BorrelliMelody DavisDebbie FischerMarge GindroRhoda GoldsteinRobin LevineAnna venditti

News Publications Courtesy of

Big Spring (Texas) HeraldThe Denver PostThe Denver MagazineGreeley (Colo.) Tribune

CREDITS The Independent Press TelegraphNew York Daily NewsThe New York TimesOakland TribuneThe Olney (Texas) Enterprise The Rocky Mountain News

SPECIAL THANKS TO

Oliver Kwon and Filip Rymsza

THE FILMMAKERS WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK

Jeff AghassiWes AllenDan AndersenDean ArmstrongJennifer ArnoldAndrew BerryDonna BishopRobert BudreauJoseph CarmonaTerry CunninghamRobert Davis Jr.Stéphanie DelisleLarry DotyStan EvansJulie & Charles FasanoBrandon FirlaDebbie FischerPaul GaddMarilyn GeerWalter GerashHON. Joseph N. GiamboiHugo GingrasYvan GingrasIan hieronsDoug HowellDuane HowellStephen KeithMark KilianCameron KirkwoodMaria KnightDick KreckKurt Kuenne

Gene LoewyBernie & Wanda LondonBernhard & Bjorg Mayring Erin McMorrowDonna MessingerJulio MorenoGregor & Anja NarholzRobert NarholzDoug NybackTara O’GradyThayer RadicThe RAGLE FamilyKathleen RajspEdward RanieriChad RaskinJake RaymondJason resnickKristina RiisTim RiisJim RoseMarilyn RudermanZlatina SandalskaMarcia SchiffRichard SchiffFord SchwEItzerJonathan ShoreJennie SmithMichael SmithJulie SmithersLisa SolomanJennifer SorensenKatarina SoskicDeana SumanacBen TarverDiane ThériaultWillie TiffanyMarion von BoorTraci WebbJessica WidomJim & Diane WilsonJim & Jen WilsonMartha Walter WilsonKaren Zumsteg

20th Street CaféKaren and Rod Okuno

Blessed Sacrament SchoolSuzanne JonesJackie Samayoa

Camelot InvestigationsSandra Stibbards

Canon City Prison MuseumHeather and vicki Newman

Chequered Flag InternationalTim Bird

The CinemalabDan ClarkRobert David

Colorado Department of CorrectionsCheryl AhumadaTom KolleSandy LogsdonBecky RodenbeckKatherine Sanguinetti

The Cozy InnCurtis Strong and staff

Denver Police Department HistorianChris Hoag

The Denver PostDenver Post Editorial Assistant Anya SemenoffDenver Post Research Library vickie Makings

Denver Public Library / Western History and GenealogySenior Special Collection Librarian J. Wendel Cox Senior Archivist Librarian Abby Hoverstock Correspondance Librarian Jenn DeweyCorrespondance Librarian Noel Kalenian

Intern Stephen Sturm

Hand Props Inc.

History Colorado(Colorado Historical Society)

King-Reed & Associates Inc.Brian D. King

Los Angeles County Sheriffs DepartmentThe Sybil Brand Institute for WomenMARSHA TOWNSEND

Mesa County LibraryIke Rakiecki

Oops! DesignRoss braggMarie-Pierre Castonguay

Remote Control ProductionsJack DolmanSteve KofskyShalini Singh

The SmokeHouse RestaurantIsrael AvilesJavier Solis

University of Nevada Las vegas / Special CollectionsSu Kim Chung

Stavs Steakhouse and Bar

Swisher County Sheriff’s DepartmentSheriff Cody Grubb

Thunder Thighs Costumes Ltd.

The White BuffaloEva vasquez

Music

“PAPA WAS A ROLLIN’ STONE”Written by Norman Whitfield and Barrett StrongStone Diamond Music Corporation (BMI)/ EMI Blackwood (Canada) Co. Ltd. (SOCAN) All rights reserved. Used by permission. Used Courtesy of One Media iP

“WITH PLENTY OF MONEY AND YOU” By Harry Warren and Al Dubin Courtesy of Warner/Chappel Music Canada, Ltd.Used Courtesy of One Media iP

“FUNK NO 49” Written by James K. Fox, Dale Peters, Joseph Fidler WalshUsed courtesy of Universal Music Publishing Group, a division of Universal Music Canada Inc.Used Courtesy of One Media iP

“CASEY JONES”Words by Robert Hunter, Music by Jerry GarciaCopyright © Ice Nine Publishing Company, Inc.Performed by Alex Jordan and Tom Ryan

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