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24 July 1996 (USA) moreTagline:
A lawyer and his assistant fighting to save a father on trial for murder. A time to question what they believe. A time to doubt what they trust. And no time for mistakes. morePlot:
A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK. full summary | full synopsisAwards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 6 wins & 8 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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..most people missed the point the movie is not present-day.. more (195 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Matthew McConaughey | ... | Jake Tyler Brigance | |
| Sandra Bullock | ... | Ellen Roark | |
| Samuel L. Jackson | ... | Carl Lee Hailey | |
| Kevin Spacey | ... | D.A. Rufus Buckley | |
| Oliver Platt | ... | Harry Rex Vonner | |
| Charles S. Dutton | ... | Sheriff Ozzie Walls (as Charles Dutton) | |
| Brenda Fricker | ... | Ethel Twitty | |
| Donald Sutherland | ... | Lucien Wilbanks | |
| Kiefer Sutherland | ... | Freddie Lee Cobb | |
| Patrick McGoohan | ... | Judge Omar Noose | |
| Ashley Judd | ... | Carla Brigance | |
| Tonea Stewart | ... | Gwen Hailey | |
| Rae'Ven Larrymore Kelly | ... | Tonya Hailey (as RaéVen Larrymore Kelly) | |
| Darrin Mitchell | ... | Skip Hailey | |
| LaConte McGrew | ... | Slim Hailey |
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Rated R for violence and some graphic language.Parents Guide:
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149 minCountry:
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2.35 : 1 moreCertification:
Iceland:16 | South Korea:15 | Philippines:R-18 | Australia:MA (Cable TV rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Germany:12 (bw) | Italy:T | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:NC-16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 | USA:RFun Stuff
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Woody Harrelson wanted to play Jake Brigance, but author John Grisham objected to his casting. moreGoofs:
Continuity: Although it is pouring down rain outside, when Jake's wife Carla (Ashley Judd) comes to visit him in his office towards the end of the movie, she is completely dry, despite the absence of a raincoat or umbrella and saying she had driven in the storm. moreQuotes:
Carl Lee: Ask if he thinks I should go to jail.Jake Tyler Brigance: Carl Lee, they amputated his leg because you shot him. He's the prosecution's witness.
Carl Lee: You're my lawyer ain't ya? Ask him.
Jake Tyler Brigance: Your Honor, one question.
Judge Omar Noose: Make up your mind, Mr. Brigance.
Jake Tyler Brigance: Deputy Looney, do you think Carl Lee shooting you was intentional?
Deputy Dwayne Powell Looney: No sir. It was an accident.
Carl Lee: Ask him!
Jake Tyler Brigance: Do you think he should be punished for shooting you?
Deputy Dwayne Powell Looney: No, sir. I hold no ill will toward the man. He did what I would have done.
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I had to stop reading the commentaries, because some people thought they were attorneys and rambled-on about injustice. My Friends, in the era this film is about, none of the story would be unusual. There are prejudices much worse even now - I was amazed that one person actually compared this wonderful film to "Crash": give the world a break!! If "Crash"...Ugh!...proved anything, is was to reassure EVERYONE racism is still America's cancer.
I am from Biloxi, Mississippi - along the Gulf Coast. That city has always been a melting-pot, so many different races live together. In my youth, it was Czechs and other European races. Today, can you believe, it is Vietnamese ! The city has also always been a tourist-area, and always had some form of gambling before it became The Las Vegas of the South - perhaps that has tempered the people there from the state's interior's citizens. Canton - during the '60s - would have been just as it is portrayed in this film.
Because of the many TV-courtroom sitcoms, etc., today's population would wonder why there was no strongly-worded assurance the district attorney planned "to appeal". What? We are not talking about modern-day justice in this film - Shamefully, this is Mississippi at its worst, and I know about that. We didn't have this kind of racism in Biloxi then, perhaps because African-Americans "stayed in their place", a shameful statement if there ever were one. All the foreigners and citizens of other states who are not aware of those days - how can you comment on the film, except to give a critique ? Like many of the people who wrote commentaries, I can watch this film once-a-month. ALL of the cast gave a superb performance; the story did not drag; the places that were filmed were true-to-life; to some folk's surprise, there ARE people who live in the state who do not speak like idiots: people think I'm English!; Mathew Mc was astounding and Sandra Bullock's performance was exactly as it should have been, as an activist "little rich girl"; Southern gave a true performance of a alcoholic lawyer; Sam Jackson was masterful and expressed the difference in being "white" and "black"; Kevin Stacy's portrayal of a Southern lawyer with all the connections, right on; I can think of no one who wasn't brilliantly cast.
Missed by many people who made comments, this film is a statement that today we are brutally MEAN to one another: "Crash" re-states this fact, although it is not nearly as poetic. Do I own this film? You betcha!! I'll most likely have to buy another, and it will be money well-spent. Grishom knows how to get our attention, and "A Time to Kill" clearly demonstrates all who were involved in its making were determined to keep his story pure. Wake-up, People - many parts of our world are not pretty today......