A Time to Kill [Blu-ray]
by Joel Schumacher
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Actor: Brenda Fricker, Kevin Spacey, Matthew McConaughey, Samuel L. Jackson, Sandra BullockDirector: Joel Schumacher
Brand: Warner Brothers
Blu-ray: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); French (Original Language); Spanish (Original Language); German (Original Language); Italian (Original Language); Portuguese (Original Language)
Format: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: Widescreen, 2.40:1
Running Time: 150 minutes
Blu-ray Release Date: 2009-02-10
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product features:
- John Grisham's bestseller A Time to Kill hits the screen with incendiary force, directed by Joel Schumacher (Batman Forever, The Client). Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Matthew McConaughey and Kevin Spacey portray the principals in a murder trial that brings a small Mississippi town's racial tensions to the flashpoint. Amid a frenzy of activist marches, Klan terror, media clamor and brutal rio
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Movie Review: Grisham adaptation ages well with an amazing cast and stellar performances
Summary: 5 Stars
Do you remember when Matthew McConaughey was more than a walking Mexican beer holder with six-pack abs and a George Hamilton tan? It was 1996 and McConaughey headlined the film version of John Grisham's first novel to more than $100 million in US gross, a heady figure for an R-rated courtroom drama that explores racial tension and capital punishment.
McConaughey stars as Jake Brigance, a young, hotshot Mississippi lawyer. His client is Samuel L. Jackson as Carl Lee Hailey, a blue-collar father on trial for delivering M-16 justice on two men who beat and raped his 10-year-old daughter, Tonya.
Surrounding McConaughey and Jackson is a solid cast - Sandra Bullock as Ellen Roarke, a Boston law student and volunteer aide; Kevin Spacey as Rufus Buckley, a shark-toothed district attorney; Donald Sutherland as Lucien Wilbanks, a disbarred and drunken mentor of Jake's; Ashley Judd as Jake's wife; Patrick McGoohan as a prosecutor's dream judge (aptly named "Noose"); and Oliver Platt as Harry Rex Vonner, a disreputable lawyer and Jake's best friend.
The amazing depth of supporting actors also includes Keifer Sutherland (24), Chris Cooper (Adaptation), Charles Dutton, Brenda Fricker, M. Emmet Walsh, Kurtwood Smith (That '70s Show) and Anthony Heald (The Silence of the Lambs).
The movie runs nearly two-and-a-half hours, which allows plenty of time for each actor to steal a scene, if not two. Director Joel Schumacher skillfully builds tension - often, outside the courtroom - while maintaining a pace that keeps the movie entertaining and thought provoking instead of a preachy diatribe. "A Time to Kill" is R-rated for good reason; yet neither the adult language or violence feels gratuitous given the storyline.
I strongly recommend Grishham's novel A Time to Kill if you enjoy the movie. The movie necessitated changing the book's climactic scene and yet both versions work in their own form.
In summary, despite the fact that "A Time to Kill" remains overshadowed by the box office receipts and celebrity found in other Grisham films, this movie has aged well. It is a treat to watch McConaughey, Jackson and Spacey. The depth of acting talent brought together for this film is stunning; you'll find yourself recognizing many faces that can attribute their later success in part to their role in this movie.
Rating: Five stars
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