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The Verdict
Cast
Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, Jack Warden, James Mason View AllCrew
David Mamet (Screenplay), Sidney Lumet (Director), Jay Presson Allen (Writer) View All
Release: Dec. 8th, 1982
Runtime: 2 hours, 9 minutes
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The Verdict (1982)
my take:
A sublime performance from Newman. Loved that low key summation where he is expecting to lose the case and just lays it on the line in such a subtle but from the heart kind of way. It's ...
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PHOENIX74
It's a great film for those of us who are sick of corruption, and want to believe that court is the great leveler that it's meant to be (but is, in all actuality, mainly the great escape-hatch for the rich.) Lumet and Mamet made for a great combination, and when Newman was added to the mix then this....
Rockatansky
Similar to Scorsese's movie, there's a deep appreciation of Newman as a movie star, and the movie generates a certain tension between Newman's immense charisma and the state of his character.
Gideon58
Director Sidney Lumet and screenwriter David Mamet have mounted an effective blend of courtroom drama and character study that rivets the viewer from the opening shot of the central character that clearly establishes who Frank Galvin is before we've learned anything else.
