The Chamber (1996)
 


Genre:Drama
Release: 1996
Director:James Foley
Distributor:Universal Studios
 
Starring:
Chris O'Donnell, Gene Hackman, Faye Dunaway
 
Synopsis
 Based on a novel by John Grisham, this drama deals with a man trying
to come to terms with his family and their ugly secrets. Adam Hall (Chris
O'Donnell) is a successful attorney based in Chicago who travels to Mississippi
to look into the case of Sam Cayhall (Gene Hackman). An outspoken racist and
member of the Ku Klux Klan, Cayhall was convicted in the early '60s of the
murder of a Jewish civil rights lawyer and his children. Pending a last-minute
appeal, it looks as if Cayhall will finally go to the electric chair, and Adam has
arrived to see what he can do. It hardly seems like the sort of case Adam would
normally be involved with, until we discover Adam's secret: he is actually Cayhall's
grandson, and despite his misgivings about the man's racist views, he wants to
see if he can spare his life. Cayhall, however, has little use for Adam and even
less regard for his legal skills. As Adam spends time with his Aunt Lee (Faye
Dunaway), who witnessed Cayhall's execution of a black man years ago, he
gets a more complete and disturbing picture of Cayhall's race hatred and the
terrible toll it has taken on his family and the community. The Chamber marked
the acting debut of former baseball and football star Bo Jackson.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide


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