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16/01/2003 Drama, Thriller 2h 7m
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Trials are too important to be decided by juries.

Overview

After a workplace shooting in New Orleans, a trial against the gun manufacturer pits lawyer Wendell Rohr against shady jury consultant Rankin Fitch, who uses illegal means to stack the jury with people sympathetic to the defense. But when juror Nicholas Easter and his girlfriend Marlee reveal their ability to sway the jury into delivering any verdict they want, a high-stakes cat-and-mouse game begins.

  1. Gary Fleder

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. John Cusack

    Nick Easter

  2. Gene Hackman

    Rankin Fitch

  3. Dustin Hoffman

    Wendell Rohr

  4. Rachel Weisz

    Marlee

  5. Bruce Davison

    Durwood Cable

  6. Bruce McGill

    Judge Harkin

  7. Jeremy Piven

    Lawrence Green

  8. Leland Orser

    Lamb

  9. Nick Searcy

    Doyle

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2022-09-06
This offers quite an interesting look at just how seriously big business takes the selection of a jury, when large amounts of money are at stake. Gene Hackman is "Fitch", a man who makes a very good living acting on behalf of these organisations. His job is to probe into the private lives of prospective jurors, of their loves, peccadillos, politics - looking for weaknesses or reasons not to select them. This case involves one of the most contentious in the US pantheon of criminal law - the right to bear arms, and it falls to "Rohr" (Dustin Hoffman) to bring an action against a weapons manufact...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$60,000,000.00

Revenue
$80,154,140.00

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