Overview:
A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.| Status: | Released (1996-07-24) |
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| Awards: | 7 wins & 12 nominations |
| BoxOffice: | $108,766,007 |
| Screen: | John Grisham, Akiva Goldsman |
| Productions: | Regency Enterprises, Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 10297: Matthew McConaughey - Jake Brigance
- 18277: Sandra Bullock - Ellen Roark
- 2231: Samuel L. Jackson - Carl Lee Hailey
- 1979: Kevin Spacey - Rufus Buckley
- 15852: Ashley Judd - Carla Brigance
- 55636: Donald Sutherland - Lucien Wilbanks
- 17485: Oliver Platt - Harry Rex Vonner
Crews
- 5572: Joel Schumacher - Director - Directing
- 2241: William Steinkamp - Editor - Editing
- 18349: Michael G. Nathanson - Producer - Production
- 11060: John Grisham - Producer - Production
- 17629: Peter Menzies Jr. - Director of Photography - Camera
- 5575: Akiva Goldsman - Screenplay - Writing
- 11620: Larry Fulton - Production Design - Art
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Reviews
Filipe Manuel Neto
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**It's a good movie, but I've seen better courtroom dramas.** I saw this film not long ago and was very impressed with its quality. I didn't know, however, that it was based on a novel by John Grisham (I've never read it, and I have doubts if it was translated into Portuguese), an ....
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The opening scenes of this movie are the sort that stay with you for ever: the brutal assault and murder of a young girl by two rednecks in Mississippi. Before their trial, they are gunned down in the courthouse by the girl's bereft father "Carl Lee Hailey" (Samuel L. Jackson) and it ....
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