In Canton, Mississippi, verteidigen ein unerschrockener junger Anwalt und sein Assistent einen schwarzer Mann, der beschuldigt wird, zwei weiße Männer ermordet zu haben, die seine zehnjährig... Alles lesenIn Canton, Mississippi, verteidigen ein unerschrockener junger Anwalt und sein Assistent einen schwarzer Mann, der beschuldigt wird, zwei weiße Männer ermordet zu haben, die seine zehnjährige Tochter vergewaltigt haben, was zu gewaltsamen Vergeltungsaktionen und Racheakten des Ku... Alles lesenIn Canton, Mississippi, verteidigen ein unerschrockener junger Anwalt und sein Assistent einen schwarzer Mann, der beschuldigt wird, zwei weiße Männer ermordet zu haben, die seine zehnjährige Tochter vergewaltigt haben, was zu gewaltsamen Vergeltungsaktionen und Racheakten des Ku-Klux-Klans führt.
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- Drehbuch
- Hauptbesetzung
- Auszeichnungen
- 7 Gewinne & 12 Nominierungen insgesamt
- Tonya Hailey
- (as RaéVen Larrymore Kelly)
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The film, based on a novel by crime writer John Grisham, presents an impossible situation to the viewer and central characters; what do you do when justice will prevail whatever the verdict? The viewer and the characters must then make a choice between the law and general morality, and it is there where the film draws it's most interesting plot point from. While, as mentioned, it's always clear that this movie is meant to entertain you; it's always nice to be given something to think about as well. A Time to Kill benefits immensely from an absolutely fabulous cast, which includes the likes of Samuel L. Jackson, Sandra Bullock, Kevin Spacey, Kiefer Sutherland, his father Donald Sutherland, Ashley Judd, Chris Cooper and more, all of which are lead by Matthew McConaughey. It is the lead that most lets the film down, as although McConaughey can definitely act, he's not quite charismatic enough to deliver a lead performance in front of that cast. Still, the movie is definitely very decent and although you probably wont hurt your brain watching it, it will entertain you.
At the beginning I thought I was right. From the beginning I was thinking "they left out a whole mess of details." I was irritated that they did not develop the characters better like in the book.
But by the 3rd quarter of the movie this was the last thought in my mind. And by the end I understood that the screenwriter had very skillfully budgeted his (limited) screen time for the most important parts of the movie, where it is well spent.
I think the acting of the principals was very good, and I found especially for Sandra Bullock as Ellen Roark - who was the most believable character. Although the rest of the acting was very good, I felt she was the most believable.
Which raises the main weakness of the movie, as good as it was, having read the book, I could not help being reminded that most of the characters were in fact, actors in a movie. Except for Ms. Bullock, there was a bit of woodeness to the "folk" in this small southern town. Also the plot is a bit contrived (but true to the novel). Most important is that (for me) it worked. I was moved. Its a very good movie.
But it still is today a beautiful and chilling story. When I first saw this movie, when it got out, my eyes filled with tears. I just rewatched after all those years and it happened again.
Great actors of course, and great acting.
A must see for sure.
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- WissenswertesMatthew McConaughey auditioned for the role of Freddie Lee Cobb. After reading the script, he preferred the role of Jake Brigance but didn't think they would cast him due to his experience level. He went to director Joel Schumacher, who granted him a private screentest.
- PatzerWhen Jake calls Max after the fire, Max tries to run past him, apparently toward the off-screen dog wrangler.
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Jake Tyler Brigance: [in his summation, talking about Tonya Hailey] I want to tell you a story. I'm going to ask you all to close your eyes while I tell you the story. I want you to listen to me. I want you to listen to yourselves. Go ahead. Close your eyes, please. This is a story about a little girl walking home from the grocery store one sunny afternoon. I want you to picture this little girl. Suddenly a truck races up. Two men jump out and grab her. They drag her into a nearby field and they tie her up and they rip her clothes from her body. Now they climb on. First one, then the other, raping her, shattering everything innocent and pure with a vicious thrust in a fog of drunken breath and sweat. And when they're done, after they've killed her tiny womb, murdered any chance for her to have children, to have life beyond her own, they decide to use her for target practice. They start throwing full beer cans at her. They throw them so hard that it tears the flesh all the way to her bones. Then they urinate on her. Now comes the hanging. They have a rope. They tie a noose. Imagine the noose going tight around her neck and with a sudden blinding jerk she's pulled into the air and her feet and legs go kicking. They don't find the ground. The hanging branch isn't strong enough. It snaps and she falls back to the earth. So they pick her up, throw her in the back of the truck and drive out to Foggy Creek Bridge. Pitch her over the edge. And she drops some thirty feet down to the creek bottom below. Can you see her? Her raped, beaten, broken body soaked in their urine, soaked in their semen, soaked in her blood, left to die. Can you see her? I want you to picture that little girl. Now imagine she's white.
- Alternative VersionenThe first name of the Jake Brigance character becomes ''Jack'' Brigance in the Italian version.
- SoundtracksTake My Hand Precious Lord
Written by Thomas A. Dorsey
Produced by Matthew Johnson and Bruce Watson
Performed by The Jones Sisters
Courtesy of Fat Possum Records
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Box Office
- Budget
- 40.000.000 $ (geschätzt)
- Bruttoertrag in den USA und Kanada
- 108.766.007 $
- Eröffnungswochenende in den USA und in Kanada
- 14.823.159 $
- 28. Juli 1996
- Weltweiter Bruttoertrag
- 152.266.007 $
- Laufzeit2 Stunden 29 Minuten
- Farbe
- Sound-Mix
- Seitenverhältnis
- 2.39 : 1