The Verdict (Blu-ray) R
The doctors want to settle, the Church wants to settle, their lawyers want to settle, and even his own clients are desperate to settle. But Galvin is determined to defy them all. He will try the case.
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: R
- Run Time: 2 hours, 9 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: May 7, 2013
- Originally Released: 1982
- Label: 20Th Century Fox
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Paul Newman | |
Performer: | Jack Warden, Charlotte Rampling, James Mason, Milo O'Shea, Lindsay Crouse & Joe Seneca | |
Directed by | Sidney Lumet | |
Edited by | Peter C. Frank | |
Screenwriting by | David Mamet | |
Composition by | Johnny Mandel | |
Art Direction by | John Kasarda | |
Produced by | David Brown & Richard D. Zanuck | |
Director of Photography: | Andrzej Bartkowiak |
Entertainment Reviews:
The acting is good, and it maintains your interest. But when it comes to the same old negative portrayal of women, The Verdict is guilty.
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Sojourner
...Newman delivers....A clever, suspenseful, entertaining movie...
New York Times
Rating: 8/10 --
Count me among those who think the Best Actor Oscar that Paul Newman won for "The Color of Money" was a make-up call. The groundwork was laid right here in "The Verdict," and with the equally accomplished "Absence of Malice" a year earlier.
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Movie Metropolis
Rating: 4/4 --
Sidney Lumet directs effectively, keeping the tension strong, and unfolding David Mamet's intelligent screenplay slowly but with maximum impact.
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TV Guide
The actors mechanically repeat a script that wasn't written with originality. [Full Review in Spanish]
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El Pais (Spain)
Lumet was convinced that Paul Newman was the perfect actor for the film; and he was completely right. [Full Review in Spanish]
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Espinof
4 stars out of 5 - [T]he bulk of the heavy dramatic lifting...is in the play of emotions across Newman's craggy features. Few other stars have ever had the guts to sink to this whisky-soaked low.
Total Film
Product Description:
Sidney Lumet directs Paul Newman as an alcoholic lawyer whose once-promising legal career is on the skids and who gets and one last chance to prove himself in this tense courtroom drama. Frank Galvin (Newman) can't even scare up clients anymore until a colleague Mickey Morrissey (Jack Warden) helps him out by passing a routine malpractice case his way. Frank is just going through the motions until he meets the victim, a woman who has suffered complications during childbirth and is now reduced to a permanently comatose state. Rejecting the Catholic hospital's offer of a financial settlement, Frank decides to take the case to court, battling both for his client's rights and for his own dignity. Newman gives the finest performance of his career. James Mason is perfect as Edward J. Concannon the slimy lawyer for the defense. David Mamet provides the face-paced, honest, and suspenseful screenplay. Shot sparsely in gray tones in the cold climate of a Boston winter, the film was deservedly nominated for five Academy Awards.
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- Sales Rank: 111,301
- UPC: 024543832096
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