True Believer (Retro VHS Look) (Blu-ray) PG
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Blu-ray Details
- Rated: PG
- Run Time: 1 hours, 45 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region A
- Released: August 13, 2019
- Originally Released: 1989
- Label: Sony Pictures Home
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | James Woods & Robert Downey Jr. | |
Performer: | Margaret Colin, Kurtwood Smith, Yuji Okumoto, Tom Bower, Luis Guzmán, Graham Beckel, John Snyder, Miguel Fernandes, Charles Hallahan & Kurt Fuller | |
Directed by | Joseph Ruben | |
Edited by | George Bowers | |
Screenwriting by | Wesley Strick | |
Composition by | Brad Fiedel | |
Produced by | Walter F. Parkes & Lawrence Lasker | |
Director of Photography: | John Lindley |
Entertainment Reviews:
...[The film] gives us one of those irresistible underdog situations out of THE VERDICT...
USA Today
Rating: 6/8 --
Wesley Strick gave them a good script and they made a good, solid crime mystery.
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rec.arts.movies.reviews
Woods, as ever, is wired for a fight -- in or outside the courtroom. It's all Downey Jr can do to hold him back.
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Film4
What counts in Believer is not what happens but how. This is as good a how as any.
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Washington Post
...TRUE BELIEVER has made a powerful impression even before the opening credits are over....Woods's performance is crackling and passionate...
New York Times
Ruben relies too heavily on Woods' whirring turbines to power his scenes.
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Washington Post
A riveting legal drama.
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Time Out
Product Description:
James Woods stars as a William Kuntsler-style lawyer in this tale of injustice and renewed dignity. In the 1960s, idealistic advocate Eddie Dodd courted controversy by defending outspoken youths and free spirits. Alas, in the 20 years since, he has succumbed to cynicism. Nowadays, perpetually stoned, he protects coke dealers who pay for his services with paper bags full of cash. Then Eddie takes on an assistant, Roger Baron, who brings to his attention the case of a wrongly imprisoned Asian man. Suddenly Eddie's conscience is sparked, and he sets out to clear the man's name. As Eddie investigates the crime, he encounters on-the-take police officers, dirty D.A.s, and even neo-Nazis every step along the way. Eddie not only must help an unjustly accused man but salvage his own self-confidence--and stay alive--as well. TRUE BELIEVER, directed by Joseph Ruben, features terrific performances by James Woods and Robert Downey Jr.