Runaway Jury (2003)
 


Genres:Drama,Action
Released: October 17, 2003
Director:Gary Fleder
Distributor:20th Century Fox Distribution
 
Starring:
John Cusack, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman
 
Synopsis
Three people attempt to bend justice for their own purposes in this
drama based on the best-selling novel by John Grisham. After a man
dies in a shooting incident, his wife files a lawsuit against the company 
that manufactured the gun, with her lawyer, Wendell Rohr (Dustin Hoffman),
arguing that the firm in question knew the shop which sold the weapon was
not following federal regulations pertaining to the sale of firearms. As the
case goes to trial, the firearm manufacturer is taking no chances on the
outcome of a potentially devastating case, and they hire as part of their
legal team Rankin Fitch (Gene Hackman), a "jury consultant" who makes
it his business to see that he knows enough about the jurors to be able to
guarantee the result of the trial. Fitch and his team have learned incriminating
secrets about nearly everyone hearing the evidence, but Fitch discovers two
factors he wasn't counting upon -- Nick Easter (John Cusack), the jury
member who appears to have an agenda all his own, and Marlee (Rachel Weisz),
a mysterious woman who has her own plans regarding bending the jury to her
will. Bruce Davison, Jeremy Piven, and Bruce McGill round out the supporting
cast. Incidentally, in John Grisham's original book, the case was filed against
a cigarette manufacturer, but the producers opted to adjust the story after
several real-life trials against tobacco companies.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide


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