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Release Date:
20 July 1994 (USA)
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Tagline:
A District Attorney Out For A Conviction. A New Lawyer Out Of Her League. A Young Boy Who Knew Too Much.
Plot:
A young boy who witnessed the suicide of a mafia lawyer hires an attorney to protect him when the district attorney tries to use him to take down a mob family. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar.
Another 3 wins
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2 nominations
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(19 articles)
Susan Sarandon, Luc Besson: 2009 Stockholm Film Festival
(From Alternative Film Guide. 29 November 2009, 10:41 PM, PST)
Susan Sarandon at Stockholm Film Festival
(From Alternative Film Guide. 29 November 2009, 8:14 PM, PST)
(From Alternative Film Guide. 29 November 2009, 10:41 PM, PST)
Susan Sarandon at Stockholm Film Festival
(From Alternative Film Guide. 29 November 2009, 8:14 PM, PST)
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Heroism very new/very old
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Susan Sarandon | ... | Regina "Reggie" Love |
 | Tommy Lee Jones | ... | 'Reverend' Roy Foltrigg |
 | Mary-Louise Parker | ... | Dianne Sway |
 | Anthony LaPaglia | ... | Barry 'The Blade' Muldano |
 | J.T. Walsh | ... | Jason McThune |
 | Anthony Edwards | ... | Clint Von Hooser |
 | Brad Renfro | ... | Mark Sway |
 | Will Patton | ... | Sergeant Hardy |
 | Bradley Whitford | ... | Thomas Fink |
 | Anthony Heald | ... | Larry Trumann |
 | Kim Coates | ... | Paul Gronke |
 | Kimberly Scott | ... | Doreen |
| David Speck | ... | Ricky Sway |
 | William H. Macy | ... | Dr. Greenway |
 | Ossie Davis | ... | Judge Harry Roosevelt |
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Rated PG-13 for a child in jeopardy and brief language.
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119 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Iceland:16 |
Netherlands:16 |
South Korea:12 (DVD rating) |
Germany:12 |
Argentina:16 |
Australia:M |
Chile:14 |
Finland:K-16 |
Peru:14 |
South Korea:15 |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:15 |
USA:PG-13 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Singapore:PG |
Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) |
Canada:AA (Ontario)
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At the time of the film, the only prior acting experience Brad Renfro had was a school production about D.A.R.E (Drug and Alcohol Resistance Education). Renfro was arrested and convicted several times for drugs possession prior to his death in 2008.
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Continuity: When Mark and Reggie hug while his family is boarding the plane to Phoenix, there are flipped shots where Reggie's bracelet swaps from her "right" wrist in close-ups of Mark showing her "right" hand is on Mark's shoulder (at 1:53:54 and 01:53:57 on the DVD) to her left wrist in her close-up where her left hand is on the back of Mark's head (at 1:53:56 on the DVD). This was done intentionally because Mark's head was actually facing to his left in his close-up but was facing to his right in Reggie's close-up; the flip avoids Mark appearing to turn his head during the hug.
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Referenced in "American Dad!: Home Adrone (#5.3)" (2009)
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Soundtrack:
Heartbreak Hotel
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Mark Sway is a real hero here, although he is not only a mere child, but a disadvantaged child in the middle of adult power structures breathtaking in their deviousness and casual cruelty. The theme of youngsters forced by circumstances into adult roles and responsibilities, particularly in being more level-headed and mature than their parent(s) has become as strikingly common in contemporary literature as it was strikingly uncommon until about a generation ago. But there are ample parallels to real life in pre-Romantic history. It is really our modern assumptions of prolonged childhood and adolescence which are abnormal in the fuller perspective of human experience. Aren't we on the verge of these concepts' retreating from the apogees to which western culture pushed them in the 19th and early 20th centuries?
If so, this film is on the cusp of the trend. Yet it might never have worked but for the director's good fortune in locating Brad Renfro for the lead role. What a find! His earthy, protean spunk and obliviousness to any cute brown-nosing towards his elders, simply because they are elders, make him entirely convincing in the part. He is, I hope, on his way to being a great actor, but perhaps it will continue to be this film which shows his freshness most clearly.
Not that it isn't very taut cinema in other regards. The build up of drama in the opening scenes is superb, with acting, cinematography, and the score all combining to provide a seamless experience. As one critic put it, it starts like a house afire, and the fire never goes out. This is a film one can see again and again, noticing additional fine touches each time.