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15 March 1991 (USA) moreTagline:
For the plaintiff...Jedediah Tucker Ward. For the defense...Margaret Eleanor Ward. Nothing Personal. It's just Father Vs. Daughter in the fight of their lives. morePlot:
Jeb Ward is an attorney who specializes in whistle blower, David vs. Goliath, type cases. He finds a... more | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Not really a courtroom drama... more (16 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Gene Hackman | ... | Jedediah Tucker Ward | |
| Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio | ... | Maggie Ward | |
| Colin Friels | ... | Michael Grazier | |
| Joanna Merlin | ... | Estelle Ward | |
| Laurence Fishburne | ... | Nick Holbrook (as Larry Fishburne) | |
| Donald Moffat | ... | Quinn | |
| Jan Rubes | ... | Pavel | |
| Matt Clark | ... | Judge Symes | |
| Fred Dalton Thompson | ... | Dr. Getchell | |
| Jonathan Silverman | ... | Brian | |
| Joan McMurtrey | ... | Ann | |
| Anne Ramsay | ... | Deborah (as Anne Elizabeth Ramsay) | |
| David Byron | ... | Carl | |
| Tim Hopper | ... | Howie | |
| Robert David Hall | ... | Steven Kellen |
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San Francisco mayor Art Agnos and city supervisor Angela Alioto can be glimpsed as extras in church congregation during Gene Hackman's homage speech to his deceased wife. moreGoofs:
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Jedediah Tucker Ward: By the way, you so much as look at my daughter, they won't be able to identify you with dental records. moreSoundtrack:
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As a fan of Hackman, Mastrantonio, and courtroom drama, I thought this might be another overlooked chestnut that might repay viewing. Well, I enjoyed the film thoroughly - but it was not really courtroom drama. So if that is what you're looking for, go elsewhere. People are in courtrooms, and there's some cross-examination, but that is not the core of the movie. The core is a story about a father-daughter relationship, and the ups and downs that the relationship can take. Criticized for being 'predictable' or 'smarmy', I found it to be a warm and occasionally humorous take on a plot that may have been presented before, but certainly bore presenting again, and I enjoyed the film very much.
Apted's directing is effective, though never innovative. The actors are all good - in fact, it is to their credit that they made simple lines and dialogue so effective. Hackman, of course, as always,is the professional he always is, and in Mastrantonio he has an actress who can take his words and put her own spin on them. Supporting cast is very solid, the music is early James Horner (good, but again nothing brilliant), setting and atmosphere were both average.
Overall, not a movie for a guy and his girl to watch, but a great movie for that girl and her father to watch. It would've been a great all-rounder if the drama had been in the court-room...