Philadelphia is the engrossing story of a man being wrongfully terminated from his law firm after a diagnosis of H.I.V. begins to worsen his health. The only attorney that will represent him is small-time and homophobic, producing great conversations between the two characters. The movie stars Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, and Antonio Banderas.
A Sicilian family deals with the arrival of a group of immigrants on their island. 40. Shun Li and the Poet (2011) Error: please try again. A study of the friendship between a Chinese woman and a fisherman who came to Italy from Yugoslavia many years ago, who live in a small city-island in the Veneto lagoon. 41. Titanic (1997)
Maurine Dallas Watkins’ original play, Chicago, or Play Ball, produced as a silent film by Cecil B. DeMille in 1927 (and later, the 1942 Ginger Rogers vehicle Roxie Hart), is based on two actual murder trials she covered as a reporter for the Chicago Tribune. TRIVIA: Won six Oscars.
Written and directed by Robert Benton, Kramer vs Kramer follows advertising executive Ted Kramer (played by Dustin Hoffman) after he finds out that his wife (played by Meryl Streep) is abandoning him and his young son.
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Benjamin Bratt"Blood In, Blood Out" turns 26 this week. The classic film starring Benjamin Bratt (Paco), Damian Chapa (Miklo) and San Antonio native Jesse Borrego (Cruz) was released in theaters April 30, 1993.
Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on step-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo. Based on the true life experiences of poet Jimmy Santiago Baca, the film focuses on step-brothers Paco and Cruz, and their bi-racial cousin Miklo.
The story is great in itself, but this movie fails to deliver in many ways. like many other people, I thought it was gonna be a sequel to Blood In Blood Out, sadly it wasn't.
They almost escape from the police, but while flicking them off, Paco crashes into another car at the El Pino tree, and the other Vatos Locos gang members escape before getting arrested, but Miklo and Paco are apprehended by the police and are arrested.
While eating a tamal, Miklo, with a look of reverence on his face, gazes over traffic and rooftops. His eyes are fixated on El Pino rising in the distance. He salutes the tree with the Vatos Locos gang sign.
Blood for Blood'Sangre Por Sangre (Blood for Blood)' is featured on the 'Blood for Blood' album.
Rodolfo CadenaAmerican Me is a 1992 American crime drama film produced and directed by Edward James Olmos, his first film as a director, and written by Floyd Mutrux and Desmond Nakano. Olmos also stars as the film's protagonist, Montoya Santana, loosely based on mob boss Rodolfo Cadena.
to make someone give or tell you something, when it is extremely difficult because of the character or mood of the person or organization you are dealing with: Persuading Chris to buy a round of drinks is like getting blood from a stone. Complicated and difficult to do. advanced. ambitious.
The heist goes poorly and Miklo is intercepted by Paco, who tries to appeal to Miklo to surrender his weapon, so that he can help him out of the situation. Miklo instead starts to flee, and Paco then shoots him in the leg. The leg has to be amputated, and Miklo is sent back to prison.
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Deemed one of the greatest courtroom dramas of all time and based on the novel with the same title, Anatomy of a Murder follows Michigan lawyer Paul Biegler (played by James Stewart), who has his work cut out for him after agreeing to defend Lt. Manion (played by Ben Gazzarra), who murdered a local bar owner after learning he’s been accused of rape.
Set in 1839, Amistad tells the story of a slave ship sailing from Cuba to the United States. In the film, directed by Steven Spielberg, Cinque (played by Djimon Hounsou) leads the slaves in an uprising, which results in them being held as prisoners in Connecticut.
Trivia: Julia Roberts’ salary for her role as Erin Brockovich made her the first actress in Hollywood to earn more than $20 million. 9.
Philadelphia (1993) Directed by Jonathan Demme, Philadelphia tells the story of lawyer Andrew Beckett, who struggles to hide his homosexuality, as well as his HIV status, for fear that they will have a negative impact on his career at a prestigious Philadelphia law firm.
Trivia: Witness for the Prosecution was the last film that Power completed before he died of a heart attack in November of 1958. 6. Legally Blonde (2001) Based on the novel by Amanda Brown, Legally Blonde is a courtroom comedy that stars Reese Witherspoon as Elle Woods, a sorority girl from California.
2. 12 Angry Men (1957) This classic courtroom drama was directed by Sidney Lumet and details the deliberations of 12 men, all of whom are part of the jury deciding the fate of a poor young man who’s been accused of murder. If found guilty, he will face the death penalty.
More is known for standing up to King Henry VIII (played by Robert Shaw) and refusing to pressure the Pope into allowing the king to have his marriage annulled so he could remarry. More, who was a devout Catholic, stood by his convictions to not allow the king to divorce, despite intense pressure to do otherwise.
Betty Anne Waters (Swank) is a high school dropout who spent nearly two decades working as a single mother while putting herself through law school, tirelessly trying to beat the system and overturn her brother's (Rockwell) unjust murder conviction. — Fox Searchlight Pictures
Betty Waters says "The movie is so true to life. Not every scene happened, but every emotion happened."
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The Client - A small boy who saw the suicide of a mafia lawyer hires an attorney to help protect him when the DA tries to use him to take down the mob family.#N#Length: 119 minutes# N#Director: Joel Schumacher#N#Stars: Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, Brad Renfro#N#Watch Movie: The Client
Inherit the Wind - Based on the real-life Scope Trial, two esteemed lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.#N#Length: 128 minutes#N#Director : Stanley Kramer#N#Stars: Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly#N#Watch Movie: Inherit the Wind
...And Justice for All - An attorney is forced to defend a guilty judge, while still helping other innocent clients, and trying to find punishment for the guilty and provide justice for the innocent.#N#Length: 119 minutes#N#Director: Norman Jewison#N#Stars: Al Pacino, Jack Warden, John Forsythe#N#Watch Movie: ...And Justice for All
Murder in the First - A young attorney defends an Alcatraz prisoner who has been accused of killing another inmate, despite his client having just spent over three years in solitary confinement.#N#Length: 122 minutes#N# Director: Marc Rocco#N#Stars: Christian Slater, Kevin Bacon, Gary Oldman#N#Watch Movie: Murder in the First
Length: 108 minutes. Director: Steven Soderbergh.
Breaker Morant - Three Australian lieutenants are court martialed for killings prisoners as a way of diverting attention from war crimes committed by their superiors.#N#Length: 107 minutes#N#Direct or: Bruce Beresford#N#Stars: Edward Woodward, Jack Thompson, John Waters#N#Watch Movie: Breaker Morant
A Civil Action is a thrilling tale about an aggressive and gutsy lawyer taking on a case that will put his entire career and potentially his firm at risk. He’s convinced he can win and the movie tells a great underdog story about a man fighting against the world he lives within and trying to prove himself capable of doing the impossible.
Michael Clayton. Michael Clayton is an action-packed adventure of a film. The movie is about a law firm bringing in one of their best attorneys after the previous lawyer had a mental breakdown.
The story centers around a star attorney’s return home to attempt to salvage his father’s reputation after he is accused of murder. The plot is made more fascinating by his father being one of the town’s judges, who has sentenced countless people over his years.
The movie received an eighty-two percent score on the “Tomatometer” from Rotten Tomatoes. It was also nominated for four Academy Awards (best picture, best actor in a supporting role, best sound, best film editing.) 8. The Lincoln Lawyer.
The Pelican Brief in an enthralling tale following a law student who writes a paper theorizing about the perpetrators of a heinous crime: the murder of two sitting Supreme Court judges. After her professor sends the “Pelican Brief” along, he is murdered and the president convinces the FBI to hold off the investigation. The movie is thrilling and will leave an audience guessing until the very end.
The Verdict. The Verdict tells the story of a lawyer attempting to rebuild and save his damaged career. He decides not to do the given thing and settle out of court for a medical malpractice case, instead of taking it to court. The tale is a tale of redemption as well as the potential risks of ego.
The movie is about a loudmouthed law school graduate who hasn’t passed the bar attempting to free his cousin and his cousin’s friend who has been wrongfully accused of murder.
The film captures the childhood closeness between Ms. Waters and her brother, played by Sam Rockwell. Two of nine children and just one year apart, they were co-conspirators, cutting school to steal candy and cupcakes, then breaking into neighbors’ houses to play house.
Waters had only a job as a waitress, her high school equivalency, two kids and a stack of bills when she set out to rescue her brother Kenneth Waters, who served 18 years in prison for a murder he did not commit. Now she has a college degree, a law degree and the stunning achievement of having succeeded, after nearly two decades, ...
In a television interview at the Los Angeles premiere, Mr. Goldwyn said: “I’ve been working on this for nine years, which is a little less than half the time Betty Anne Waters spent fighting to get her brother out of prison.
Waters was convicted in 1983 and incarcerated after a failed appeal in 1985. He had attempted suicide and spent a month in isolation. Ms. Waters needed him to promise that he would not try to hurt himself again.
There was never any lack of love.”. Ms. Waters began by taking night courses at the Community College of Rhode Island, eventually attending the Roger Williams University School of Law, all while rearing two children. (She recalls toting books to all their football games.) Her marriage ended.
Image. In “Conviction,” Hilary Swank plays Betty Anne Waters, and Sam Rockwell plays her brother Kenneth Waters. Credit... Ron Batzdorff/Fox Searchlight Pictures. Like Erin Brockovich before her, Ms. Waters is about to realize the power of the cinema to elevate someone from a name in an old news clipping to a newly minted celebrity.
Come Friday, though, when the movie “Conviction” opens in select cities, considerably more people will get to know Betty Anne Waters. The movie, starring Hilary Swank as Ms. Waters, tells her story; how she doggedly searched for DNA evidence that had supposedly been destroyed; how she enlisted Mr.