The Verdict (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)

The Verdict (Two-Disc Collector's Edition)
by Sidney Lumet

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Actor: Charlotte Rampling, Jack Warden, James Mason, Milo O'Shea, Paul Newman
Director: Sidney Lumet
Brand: NEWMAN,PAUL
Cinematographer: Andrzej Bartkowiak
Editor: Peter C. Frank
Producer: Burtt Harris
Producer: David Brown
Producer: Richard D. Zanuck
Writer: Barry Reed
Writer: David Mamet
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Dubbed)
Format: Collector's Edition, Color, Dubbed, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 129 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-06-12
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: 20th Century Fox

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Movie Review: The Verdict
Summary: 5 Stars

I loved this movie. Paul Newnab gave his usual great perfornce but Jack Warden gave an exceptional performance. I loved reaction to the the jury-s verdict with eyes toward heaven. The actress who played the admitting nurse named Costello did a masterful job even though her part was so small.

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Sidney Lumet's riveting courtroom drama earned five Oscar(r) nominations including Best Picture and Best Actor for Paul Newman's towering performance as a down-and-out alcoholic attorney who stumbles onto one last chance to redeem himself. When attorney Frank Calvin (Newman) is given an open-and-shut medical malpractice case that no one thinks he can win, he courageously decides to refuse a settlement from the hospital. Instead he takes the case, and the entire legal system, to court.

In this 1982 courtroom drama written by David Mamet and directed by Sidney Lumet, Paul Newman found the perfect role for a transitional period of his stellar career. As alcoholic Boston lawyer Frank Galvin, Newman shook off his screen persona as a handsome, blue-eyed hunk to portray an aging, weary man whose best years are behind him, with a shot-glass future that looks very bleak indeed. But when Galvin is given a chance to redeem himself--by proving medical negligence in the case of a comatose woman--he makes one final effort to regain his self-respect and tarnished reputation. He's an underdog against formidable odds, facing a powerful, politically connected lawyer (James Mason, slick as ever) who will do anything to win his case, regardless of professional ethics. Further complicating matters is a woman (Charlotte Rampling) who only appears to be worthy of Galvin's trust and love, until Galvin's best friend and colleague (Jack Warden) proves otherwise. Excellent as both courtroom drama and riveting character study, the film crackles with Mamet's sharp dialogue; and Lumet's direction is a brilliant example of forceful restraint. The film gave Newman one of the best roles of his career; many felt he deserved the Oscar (he lost to Ben Kingsley in Gandhi) that would belatedly be given to Newman for The Color of Money. Along with Hud, Cool Hand Luke, and Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, The Verdict ranks highly as a signature performance by one of America's all-time greatest actors. --Jeff Shannon

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