Reversible Errors (2004) (TV)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Mike Robe

Writers (WGA):

Scott Turow (novel)
Alan Sharp (teleplay)

Release Date:

23 May 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

In a triple homicide there are secrets that run deeper than murder.

Plot:

A corporate lawyer's interest in a decade-old murder case is piqued by a new confession that could clear the convicted killer, who sits on death row.

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

William H. Macy	...	Arthur Raven
Tom Selleck	...	Larry Starczek
Monica Potter	...	Muriel Wynn
Felicity Huffman	...	Gillian Sullivan
James Rebhorn	...	Erno Erdai
Shemar Moore	...	Collins Farwell
Glenn Plummer	...	Romeo 'Squirrel' Gandolf
Yanna McIntosh	...	Genevieve Carriere
Nigel Bennett	...	Talmadge Loman
David Fox	...	Judge Harlow
Christina Collins	...	Louisa Remardi
Gerry Mendicino	...	Gus Leonidas
Brian Heighton	...	Paul Judson
Allan Royal	...	O'Grady
Robert Verlaque	...	Dickerman
John Dunsworth	...	Ike
Rhonda McLean	...	Marta Stern
Nancy Regan	...	Prison Reporter
Doug Barron	...	Funeral Reporter
Stephen Coats	...	Gala Host
Gary Levert	...	Evidence Room Officer
Mauralea Austin	...	Tina - Bistro Woman
Michael Pellerin	...	Jail Deputy
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Deborah Allen	...	Waitress
Robert Bockstael	...	Detective
Ray Brimicombe	...	Judge Harlow's Bailiff
Ron Canada	...	Jackson Aires
Eugene Clark	...	Chief Harold Greer
Roger Dunn	...	Leo Carnahan
John Evans	...	Tom Woznicki
Martha Irving	...	Woznicki's Woman
Eric Lemoine	...	Forensic Officer
Frank Nakashima	...	Daniel 'Painless' Kumagi
Juanita Peters	...	Female Guard
Shawn Tanaka	...	Prisoner
Ian Tench	...	Judge Sullivan's Bailiff

Directed by
Mike Robe

Writing credits (WGA)
Scott Turow		(novel)
Alan Sharp		(teleplay)

Produced by
Ted Babcock	....	co-producer
Mike Robe	....	producer
Peter Sadowski	....	producer
Robert M. Sertner	....	executive producer
Randy Sutter	....	producer
Frank von Zerneck	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Laura Karpman

Cinematography by
Derick V. Underschultz		(director of photography) (as Derick Underschultz)

Film Editing by
Tod Feuerman

Production Design by
Ian D. Thomas		(as Ian Thomas)

Art Direction by
Mark Laing

Set Decoration by
Alan MacLeod

Costume Design by
Vicki Graef

Makeup Department
Norma Richard	....	key hair stylist
Kim Ross	....	key makeup artist
Jim Macdonald	....	assistant hair stylist (uncredited)
Chantal Robichaud	....	assistant makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Gilles Bélanger	....	production manager
Matt Fitzsimons	....	production supervisor
Karla Morash	....	assistant production manager
Greg Krutilek	....	production supervisor (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Peter Dashkewytch	....	first assistant director
Alexis Hinde	....	second assistant director
Preston Hudson	....	third assistant director: second unit
Jason Shipley	....	first assistant director: second unit
Jeremy Timmons	....	assistant director

Art Department
M. Danica Ban	....	set dresser
Lance Barney	....	lead dresser
Art Baxter	....	construction coordinator
Chris Brown	....	props buyer
Marsha Cameron	....	head scenic artist
Jason Clarke	....	assistant art director
Keith Currie	....	property master
Katherine Evans	....	buyer
Randy Hardy	....	key scenic artist
Andy Miller	....	assistant props
Chris Moreau	....	on-set dresser
Terry Quennell	....	set designer
Irene Strang	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Beau Biggart	....	adr mixer
Bob Costanza	....	sound effects editor
Tommy Goodwin	....	foley mixer
G. Michael Graham	....	supervising sound editor
Robert L. Harman	....	sound re-recording mixer
Devon Heffley Curry	....	adr supervisor (as Devon Curry)
Allen Hurd	....	sound re-recordist
Frank Kavanagh	....	boom operator
Dean Okrand	....	sound re-recording mixer
Timothy Pearson	....	foley artist
Jim Rillie	....	sound recordist

Special Effects by
Gary Coates	....	special effects coordinator

Stunts
Randy Boliver	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Keith Dimmer	....	generator operator
Ben Mark Holzberg	....	gallery photographer
Ruth Leggett	....	electrician
Raphael MacKenzie	....	second assistant camera: "b" camera
Keith Murphy	....	Steadicam operator
Keith Murphy	....	camera operator: "a" camera
Mario Paulin	....	gaffer
David Reilly IV	....	electrician
Gary Sandover	....	key grip
Jordan Schella	....	best boy gaffer
Michael P. Mason	....	daily grip (uncredited)

Casting Department
Susan Glicksman	....	casting: Los Angeles
Elisha Gruer	....	casting assistant
Sheila Lane	....	casting: Halifax
Coral Legault	....	casting: Toronto
Alex Wald	....	casting: Los Angeles
Clare Walker	....	casting: Toronto

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Lin Chapman	....	assistant costume designer (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Marc Brunswick	....	post-production coordinator
Damien Simon	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Terri Fricon	....	music supervisor
Shannon Halwes	....	music editor
Bart Samolis	....	musician

Other crew
Margaret Harrison	....	assistant location manager
Phil Hatcher	....	assistant location manager
Heather Macdonald	....	accounting clerk
Eva MacGregor	....	payroll accountant
Nancy MacInnis	....	production coordinator
Ian Macmillan	....	location production assistant
Lucy McColl	....	production assistant
Heidi Schiller	....	script supervisor
Mike Snider	....	production assistant
Gary Swim	....	location manager
Shawn Tanaka	....	assistant: William H. Macy and Felicity Huffman
Sheila Woodley	....	production accountant

Production Companies

• Frank & Bob Films II
• MAT IV
• Von Zerneck Sertner Films

Distributors

• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (2004) (USA) (TV) (original airing)

Other Companies

• Echo Sound Services  post-production sound
• Encore  post-production services
• RD Negative Cutting  negative cutting

Also Known As:

Scott Turow's Reversible Errors (USA) (complete title)

Runtime:

173 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Finland:K-11 | Australia:MA | USA:TV-14

Filming Locations:

Dorchester, New Brunswick, Canada

Company:

Frank & Bob Films II

Selleck is sadly Irreversible, but...

Wm. H. Macy and Felicity Huffman make it worth watching.

Turow's complex novel has been dumbed down to fit the mini-series format, but that's a trifle. Watch it for the magic that Macy and Huffman bring to small screen.

These are two stars who would not get big screen attention as romantic leads, but their performances sing here, given a chance to play center stage.

Watch how Huffman, as a disbarred and disgraced judge, plays her scene at the dept. store cosmetic counter. In a matter of seconds, she expresses purposeful employment, unguarded hope, crumbling shame, and icy self-contempt.

Macy's opening scene on Labor Day weekend, packing up his office, brings his character to life with uncommon line readings. This script is hardly Mamet, but Macy's skill raises the level of the writing. He clips off one line, talking about his sister's death: "Better this way, instead of her living like a ..." He never says the word vegetable, as if he recognizes the inadequacy of the cliché. No he's not commenting on the script, but letting the character halt himself before dishonoring his dead sibling with dead metaphors.

Let's hope this husband and wife team both get Emmy Awards for such remarkable work. And let's hope we see more of them on the big screen too.