Stars: Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Brenda Fricker, Oliver Platt, Charles S. Dutton, Ashley Judd, Patrick McGoohan, Donald Sutherland

Director: Joel Schumacher

Summary: When a young girl is assaulted by two men, her father seeks his own kind of justice. Based on the best selling novel by John Grisham.

In a small southern town in the 1960s, a black man awaits trial for murdering the two rednecks who viciously raped his 10-year-old daughter. A young, idealistic white lawyer takes up the father's defense, and the incendiary case becomes a firestorm of racism and controversy, ripping the town apart. Based on John Grisham's bestselling first novel.

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You wouldn't know it by watching the Batmanmovies they collaborated on, but this smart adaptation of John Grisham's novel proves that director Joel Schumacher and screenwriter Akiva Goldsman have some talent when the right project comes along. Schumacher had previously directed Grisham's The Client, and brought equal craft and intelligence to this story about a young Southern attorney (Matthew McConaughey, in his breakthrough role) who defends a black father (Samuel L Jackson) after he kills two men who raped his young daughter. Sandra Bullock plays the passionate law student who serves as McConaughey's legal aide and voice of conscience in the racially charged drama. Added to the star power of the lead roles is a fine supporting cast, including Kevin Spacey, Ashley Judd and Oliver Platt. --Jeff Shannon, Amazon.com

Aspect Ratio:	Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Interactive Menus, Production Notes, Scene Access, Trailer
Subtitles:	Arabic, Czech, English, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Polish, Turkish
Year:	1996
Release Date:	May 11, 1998
Runtime:	143 minutes
Certification:
Catalogue Number:	D 014317
Keywords:	Kill, Time, General, Wide, Screen, Drama, Grisham
Genre:	Drama