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Rated: PG Stars: ****1/2
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Format: DVD 111 min.
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Plot: A middle aged mans unassuming demeanor masks the fact that he is a serial killer.
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Cast: Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson, John Hurt, Pat Heywood. Directed by Richard Fleischer.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Criminal Procedure ∙ Trial |
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12 (2007)
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 159 min.
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Plot: Twelve men must decide the fate of a young man accused of murder. In Russian with English subtitles.
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Cast: Sergey Makovetsky, Nikita Mikhalkov, Sergey Garmash, Valentin Gaft. Directed by Nikita Mikhalkov.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Trial ∙ Foreign |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 109 min.
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Plot: A college dean is determined to expel an entire fraternity from campus, but they have other plans for him.
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Cast: John Belushi, Tim Matheson, John Vernon, Verna Bloom, Thomas Hulce, Cesare Danova, Donald Sutherland. Directed by John Landis.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Education ∙ Trial |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 105 min.
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Plot: The story of lawsuit by tens of thousands of Ecuadorans against Chevron over contamination of the Ecuadorean Amazon.
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Cast: Participants portray themselves. Directed by Joe Berlinger.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Environmental ∙ Trial |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 113 min.
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Plot: An attorney intent on climbing the career ladder toward success, finds an unlikely opponent in a manipulative criminal he's trying to prosecute.
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Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Ryan Gosling, David Strathairn, Rosamund Pike. Directed by Gregory Hoblit.
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Categories: Evidence ∙ Trial ∙ Criminal Law |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 118 min.
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Plot: A criminal defense attorney who operates out of the back of his Lincoln Town Car has spent most of his career defending petty, gutter-variety criminals unexpectedly lands the case of a lifetime.
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Cast: Matthew McConaughey, Marisa Tomei, Ryan Phillippe, Josh Lucas, John Leguizamo. Directed by Brad Forman.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Trial ∙ Ethics |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 117 min.
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Plot: Seemingly at the edge of sanity, a Jewish millionaire entrepreneur benevolently rules his financial empire from his Manhattan penthouse.
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Cast: Maximilian Schell, Lois Nettleton, Lawrence Pressman, Luther Adler. Directed by Arthur Hiller.
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Categories: Business ∙ Trial ∙ War |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 85 min.
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Plot: Story of two ordinary people who humiliated McDonald's in the biggest corporate PR disaster in history.
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Cast: Participants portray themselves. Directed by Franny Armstrong and Ken Loach.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Trial ∙ Corporations |
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Rated: R Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 120 min.
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Plot: Two youths accused of murder in a small Alabama town are represented by a relative who has never won a case.
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Cast: Joe Pesci, Marisa Tomei, Ralph Macchio, Mitchell Whitfield, Fred Gwynne. Directed by Jonathon Lynn.
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Categories: Comedy ∙ Trial ∙ Criminal Law |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 80 min.
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Plot: A return to Hampton to take a look at the still-disputed Allen Iverson incident and its impact on Iverson and the community as a whole.
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Cast: Features multiple Hampton natives and camcorder footage. Directed by Steve James.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Trial ∙ Racism |
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Rated: PG-13 Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (2 disc set) 112 min.
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Plot: Four American astronauts crash on a far-off planet where humans are considered beasts.
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Cast: Charlton Heston, Kim Hunter, Roddy McDowell, Maurice Evans. Directed by Franklin J. Schaffner.
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Categories: SciFi/Fantasy ∙ Action ∙ Trial |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD 99 min.
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Plot: Examines the public scandal and private tragedy which led to the legendary filmmaker's sudden flight from the United States.
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Cast: Cast portrays themselves. Directed by Marina Zenovich.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Trial ∙ Ethics |
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Rated: NR Stars: ****
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Format: DVD (4 disc set) 9 hours, 13 min.
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Plot: The concluding misadventures of a neurotic New York stand-up comedian and his equally neurotic New York friends.
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Cast: Jerry Seinfeld, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Michael Richards, Jason Alexander. Directed by various.
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Categories: Television ∙ Comedy ∙ Trial |
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Rated: NR Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 135 min.
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Plot: The restaging of the 1987 trial of Bernhard Goetz.
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Cast: Peter Crombie, Richard Libertini, Andrew Robinson, Dann Florek. Directed by Harry Moses.
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Categories: Drama ∙ Justice ∙ Trial |
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Rated: R Stars: ***1/2
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Format: DVD 90 min.
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Plot: A look at the rock band The Doors, with rare exclusive footage.
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Cast: Johnny Depp, John Densmore, Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, Jim Morrison. Directed by Tom DiCillo.
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Categories: Documentary ∙ Musical ∙ Trial |
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The Wolf Law Library welcomes your suggestions for additions to the Feature Film Collection! If there is a law-related movie you feel we might be missing, please submit your suggestion to the Circulation & Reserve Desk at lawcir@wm.edu.
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