Product Notes
Some mystery thrillers keep the mind racing. Some keep the heart hammering. Just Cause does both so powerfully it's the best thriller since The Silence of the Lambs (Susan Granger, CRN/American Movie Classics).Sean Connery, Laurence Fishburne, Ed Harris and more top talents ignite the fast-paced nerve-jangler that pumps the adrenaline full throttle and works the gray matter overtime. Connery plays Paul Armstrong, a Harvard Law School professor who reopens a murder investigation on behalf of a Death Row inmate (Blair Underwood) who claims he was forced by a sinister lawman (Fishburne) to confess to a crime he didn't commit. On the surface, it seems to be a straight-ahead case of the prisoner's guilt or innocence. But nothing really lies on the surface of this mystery set in the Florida swamplands. Expect the unexpected. And also expect a riveting, action-packed thriller! Brimming with suspense. (Neil Rosen, NY-1 News/New York).
Product Reviews
The novel by John Katzenbach becomes this legal thriller starring Sean Connery as Harvard Law School professor Paul Armstrong. A legal expert whose days of trying cases are long behind him, Armstrong is moved by a plea he receives from a Florida death row inmate, Bobby Earl (Blair Underwood). It seems that the educated, upstanding Earl has been railroaded by an overeager sheriff (Laurence Fishburne) zealously trying to solve the kidnapping and murder of a little girl. Once Armstrong arrives in Florida, he is able to locate the murder weapon and cast doubt on Earl's innocence, even identifying a much more likely culprit in the homicidal genius Blair Sullivan (Ed Harris). All is not as it seems in the case of Bobby Earl, however, and Armstrong is going to end up regretting his interest in the case. Ruby Dee, Kate Capshaw, and Ned Beatty costar in this film from producer-turned-director Arne Glimcher. ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
|
3 November 2009 |
|
WARNER STUDIOS ( WRNS ) |
|
102 |
|
1: USA, Canada |
|
Color, Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV |
|
Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, English, French |
|
Discs:1 ~ Format:Ntsc ~ Region:1 |
|
Blair Underwood(Bobby Earl), Brooke Alderson(Dr. Doliveau), Chris Sarandon(Lyle Morgan), Christopher Murray(Wilcox), Colleen Fitzpatrick(Prosecutor), Daniel J. Travanti(Warden), Ed Harris(Blair Sullivan), Gary Landon Mills(Prisoner), George Plimpton(Elder Phillips), Hope Lange(Libby Prentiss), Kate Capshaw(Laurie Armstrong), Kevin McCarthy(Phil Prentiss), Laurence Fishburne(Tanny Brown), Liz Torres(Delores), Lynne Thigpen(Ida Conklin), Melanie Hughes(Receptionist), Ned Beatty(McNair), Richard Liberty(Chaplin), Ruby Dee(Evangeline), Scarlett Johansson(Kate), Sean Connery(Paul Armstrong), Taral Hicks(Lena), Tony Bolano(Prisoner), Victor Slezak(Sgt. Rogers) |
|
Art Director:Dennis Bradford, Casting:Billy Hopkins, Casting:Kerry Barden, Casting:Suzanne Smith, Cinematographer:Alexander Witt, Cinematographer:Lajos Koltai, Co-producer:Anna Reinhardt, Co-producer:Gary Foster, Composer (Music Score):James Newton Howard, Director:Arnold Glimcher, Executive Producer:Sean Connery, Producer:Arnold Glimcher, Producer:Lee Rich, Producer:Steve Perry, Screenwriter:Jeb Stuart, Screenwriter:Peter Stone |
|