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| July 24th, 1996
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Joel Schumacher |
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John Grisham, Akiva Goldsman |
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Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, Oliver Platt, Charles Dutton, Brenda Fricker, Donald Sutherland, Kiefer Sutherland, Donald Sutherland, Patrick McGoohan, Ashley Judd, Tonea Stewart, Rae'ven Kelly |
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Warner Bros. |
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Drama, Thriller |
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R violence, some graphic language |
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2 hours 29 minutes |
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$108,285,000 |
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Matthew McConaughey, a young, attractive and highly-skilled attorney is faced with the toughest case of his life, one that on many occassions may also threaten it. In the southern Mississippi town of Canton, the K.K.K. is active and the tension is high when the black majority is angered at the raping and slaying of a black man's 10-year-old daughter. Against Jake's advice, the distraught father takes revenge, gunning down the two criminals in the local courthouse. Racial hatred hightens with the suspense and conflict threatens to break out regardless of the verdict. Jake must decide, along with his new, eager assisstant whether he and his family can run the risk of defending the man.
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