Stakes are high in an explosive trial when the widow of a gun massacre victim sues the ... more
gun's manufacturer. With millions of dollars in the balance, an unscrupulous jury consultant, (Gene Hackman), will spare no expense to ensure the chosen jury remains sympathetic to his client. Tension mounts and tables are turned as it comes to light that the jury is being manipulated by one of its own, (John Cusack). This is a case where those involved will do just about anything to win.
The stakes are extremely high in an explosive trial when the widow of a gun massacre ... more
victim represented by attorney Wendell Rohr (Dustin Hoffman) sues the gun's powerful manufacturer. Now with millions of dollars in the balance 12 jurors must decide if the gun maker was negligent. However unscrupulous jury consultant Rankin Fitch (Gene Hackman) believes the verdict is too important to be left in the hands of a jury and will spare no expense to ensure the chosen jury remain sympathetic to his client. Tension mounts and tables are turned as it comes to light that the jury is being manipulated by one of its own Nicholas Easter (John Cusack) with the aid of a beautiful woman (Rachel Weisz) on the outside to swing the verdict in the direction of the highest bidder...
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Every Jury has a leader, and the verdict belongs to him. In Biloxi, Mississippi, a ... more
landmark trial with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake begins routinely, then swerves mysteriously off course. The jury is behaving strangely, and a least one juror is convinced he's being watched.
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A major film tie-in to the movie based on John Grisham's bestseller. Every jury has a ... more
leader and the verdict belongs to him. In Biloxi Mississippi a landmark trial with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake begins routinely then swerves mysteriously off course. The jury is behaving strangely and at least one juror is convinced he's being watched. Soon they have to be sequestered. Then a tip from an anonymous young woman suggests she is able to predict the juror's increasingly odd behaviour. Is the jury somehow being manipulated or even controlled? And more importantly why?
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Every Jury has a leader and the verdict belongs to him. In Biloxi Mississippi a ... more
landmark trial with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake begins routinely then swerves mysteriously off course. The jury is behaving strangely and a least one juror is convinced he's being watched. Soon they have to be sequestered. Then a tip from an anonymous young woman suggests she is able to predict the juror's increasingly odd behaviour. Is the jury somehow being manipulated or even controlled? If so by whom? And more importantly why?
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In Biloxi, Mississippi, a landmark trial with hundreds of millions of dollars at stake ... more
begins routinely, then swerves mysteriously off course. The jury is behaving strangely. Soon, they have to be sequestered. Then, a tip from an anonymous young woman suggests she is able to predict the juror's increasingly odd behaviour.
Contemporary / American English (Available June 2008) Pynex, a tobacco company, could lose ... more
hundreds of millions of dollars in a big court case. The jury is being watched. One of the jurors is working with a mysterious woman outside the court. Both sides will do anything to win.
Production Year: 2004 - Drama - Director: Nick Cassavetes - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over, 12 years and over - Starring: Rachel McAdams, Ryan Gosling, Gena Rowlands
Production Year: 1995 - Drama - Director: Ang Lee - Original Language: English - Classification: Universal - Starring: Emma Thompson, Alan Rickman, Kate Winslet, Hugh Grant, Greg Wise, Hugh Laurie, Robert Hardy
Advantages: entertaining film, well acted Disadvantages: it's been done before
would seen that is not strictly true.
RunawayJury is adapted from a book by John Grisham, the book tells the story of a woman that attempts to sue a tobacco company. The film has been altered, changing the tobacco company with a gun company. I assume that the screenwriters felt that guns would hold peoples interest more than cigarettes, and in my opinion they were right. This lead to a much more interesting opening scene with a lot more tension that if taken directly from the book. The film opens with someone shooting a number of people in an office where they used to work, before forwarding two years to the court case, where a wife of one of the employees sue the gun company stating that they make it too easy for people and in particular this gunman to obtain guns.
Wendell Rohr is the kind, decent southern lawyer that stands for all ...
Advantages: Some good acting Disadvantages: Disappointing film adaptation - might be better if you watch before you read the book.
I think I actually saw the film before I read the book, but I remembered so little about it that it could not have affected my view of the book much at all. Anyway, the film, The RunawayJury, based on the equally titled book by John Grisham, came on television recently. I must be getting too keen as I actually decided to watch it just so that I could write this review! I have to admit reading the book has influenced my opinion on this film and therefore somewhat had an impact on my review. Perhaps I liked the film better before I knew how good the novel was.
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There are some differences between the book and the film. The book is about cigarette manufacturers being sued for their part in the death of a smoker, whereas the film is about gun manufacturers, being sued for their part the death of a victim of a shooting. I can ...
Advantages: Good acting and direction Disadvantages: Hoffman and Hackman don't spend enough time onscreen together
I’m sure after my succession of books reviews everyone is well aware that I’m a fan of John Grisham novels. When it was announced that the RunawayJury was due to be released as a film I decided to make the effort and see it. It’s one of the few books by him that I haven’t read, although it is buried deep within my to-read pile. So with very little to do on a Sunday night I chose to finally watch it.
Like so many of Grisham’s books it starts with a major event to set the story. It’s early Monday morning in the offices of a high profile broker’s office and the staff are arriving for work. When an ex employee, sacked just one week before turns up and starts to kill his old co-workers. He starts to fire shots off around the office and after killing 12 people and injuring countless others he turns ...
