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A Time to Kill (1996)
Posted on 7/28/16 at 3:36 pm
Posted on 7/28/16 at 3:36 pm
Starring...
Samuel L. Jackson (Academy Award Nominee)
Sandra Bullock (Academy Award Winner)
Octavia Spencer (Academy Award Winner)
Mathew Mconaughey (Academy Award Winner)
Donald Sutherland
Kevin Spacey (Academy Award Nominee)
Keifer Sutherland
Oliver Platt
Brenda Fricker (Academy Award Winner)
M. Emmit Walsh
Chris Cooper (Academy Award Winner)
&
Ashley Judd
The movie is set in present day (1995) Mississippi. Although the novel is set in 1978. This is one of those movies that when it's on TV I just have to watch it. For those that have seen it, what did you think... And did you think Carl Lee Hailey was guilty?
Samuel L. Jackson (Academy Award Nominee)
Sandra Bullock (Academy Award Winner)
Octavia Spencer (Academy Award Winner)
Mathew Mconaughey (Academy Award Winner)
Donald Sutherland
Kevin Spacey (Academy Award Nominee)
Keifer Sutherland
Oliver Platt
Brenda Fricker (Academy Award Winner)
M. Emmit Walsh
Chris Cooper (Academy Award Winner)
&
Ashley Judd
The movie is set in present day (1995) Mississippi. Although the novel is set in 1978. This is one of those movies that when it's on TV I just have to watch it. For those that have seen it, what did you think... And did you think Carl Lee Hailey was guilty?
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Posted on 7/28/16 at 3:39 pm to RegisteredPharmacist
It was okay. It was one of my favorite Grisham books, but my least favorite of the ones made into a movie.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 3:42 pm to RegisteredPharmacist
I get that it's Mississippi, but so much of the overt racism wasn't very believable for 1995.
That being said, I enjoyed the movie, and frick no he wasn't guilty.
That being said, I enjoyed the movie, and frick no he wasn't guilty.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 3:44 pm to RegisteredPharmacist
I've seen this movie so many times. It rides the line between awful and awfully awesome. It has over the top performances that draw laughter when they are meant to be powerful. I love it, but I'm hesitant to say that it's actually good.
Also, everyone is always glistening with sweat. Apparently they didn't have a/c in Mississippi in the 90's.
Also, everyone is always glistening with sweat. Apparently they didn't have a/c in Mississippi in the 90's.
This post was edited on 7/28/16 at 3:45 pm
Posted on 7/28/16 at 3:46 pm to Peazey
Yeah, I'm not sure I've seen it since it was in the theaters, but I do recall the accents and acting were so over the top it was hard to take it seriously.
I recall some liberties taken with the book as well that I didn't like, but I can't remember what now.
I recall some liberties taken with the book as well that I didn't like, but I can't remember what now.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 3:51 pm to Peazey
quote:
Also, everyone is always glistening with sweat. Apparently they didn't have a/c in Mississippi in the 90's.
That REALLY bugged me for some reason.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 4:15 pm to The Spleen
I enjoyed the book when I first read it in high school, but I don't think it aged well. It hindsight, I think Grisham was clever enough to figure out that the way to get his first novel published was to write as a white Southerner who was opposed to the KKK! Ooooh, edgy. The cartoonish, over the top aspects of the story were just heightened in the movie.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 4:17 pm to RegisteredPharmacist
It has its moments but I prefer The Rainmaker if we're talking Grisham-based movies.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 4:19 pm to LordSaintly
quote:
Also, everyone is always glistening with sweat. Apparently they didn't have a/c in Mississippi in the 90's.
quote:
That REALLY bugged me for some reason.
Well, if it makes you feel better, lots of courtrooms in the small towns did have A/C, but they didn't work particularly well, and they were known to go out from time to time.
shite, today you go to a small town in Mississippi and the court doesn't have wifi.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 4:22 pm to LordSaintly
quote:
quote: Also, everyone is always glistening with sweat. Apparently they didn't have a/c in Mississippi in the 90's.
quote:[/quote]
That REALLY bugged me for some reason.
What's so hard to believe about that? I'm assuming most of the scenes took place in older buildings such as the courthouse, law offices, jailhouse. It wouldn't be hard to fathom the A/C's working those places in the mid 90's wouldn't be all that efficient, especially in the heat of Mississippi. Hell, it's hard to keep my house at a comfortable temperature in New Orleans, basically the A/C runs all day, and it's 2016.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 4:34 pm to PowerTool
quote:
I enjoyed the book when I first read it in high school, but I don't think it aged well.
Yeah, I haven't read it since I first read it in college around 92 or 93. I'd probably hate it now like I have every Grisham book I've read, or re-read, over the last 10-15 years. I don't want to re-read it and destroy my memory of it.
IIRC, A Time to Kill had been out a while to little fanfare and people didn't notice it until The Firm became a bestseller. I think The Firm was the best movie adaptation of one of his books.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 5:13 pm to LordSaintly
quote:
I enjoyed the movie, and frick no he wasn't guilty.
Posted on 7/28/16 at 5:27 pm to Richard Castle
I really think that if this movie had come out this year it would be an instant Oscar nominee
Posted on 7/28/16 at 5:32 pm to RegisteredPharmacist
quote:
what did you think
Yes they deserved to die and I hope they burn in hell
Posted on 7/29/16 at 7:36 am to RegisteredPharmacist
Loved the book, loved the movie. Will stop and watch it when it is on.
Not guilty in the least.
Sweaty Ashley Judd isn't a bad thing.
Not guilty in the least.
Sweaty Ashley Judd isn't a bad thing.
Posted on 7/29/16 at 7:43 am to Peazey
quote:
Also, everyone is always glistening with sweat. Apparently they didn't have a/c in Mississippi in the 90's.
This, this, this, this.
Posted on 7/29/16 at 9:13 am to BallHawk
quote:
I really think that if this movie had come out this year it would be an instant Oscar nominee
God no, the overacting was bad then and it would be bad now.
Posted on 7/29/16 at 9:22 am to RegisteredPharmacist
It was a straight riff on To Kill a Mockingbird. Even the novel's setting was way too late for it to be as poignant - mid-60s would have been better.
It was extremely well acted, though, as illustrated by the credentials of the cast - I thought it was MM's best performance up to that time.
Even the non-Oscar winners of the cast, Donald Sutherland and Walsh, particularly, are outstanding, Oscar-quality actors.
Grisham is a hyper-liberal trial lawyer, so all of his stories have to be taken with a grain of salt. I did enjoy The Firm - the rest of his films have made better movies than novels (except Runaway Jury, which was just utter bullshite in both versions).
It was extremely well acted, though, as illustrated by the credentials of the cast - I thought it was MM's best performance up to that time.
Even the non-Oscar winners of the cast, Donald Sutherland and Walsh, particularly, are outstanding, Oscar-quality actors.
Grisham is a hyper-liberal trial lawyer, so all of his stories have to be taken with a grain of salt. I did enjoy The Firm - the rest of his films have made better movies than novels (except Runaway Jury, which was just utter bullshite in both versions).
Posted on 7/29/16 at 9:24 am to The Spleen
quote:
I think The Firm was the best movie adaptation of one of his books.
And I just said the others made better movies than books. I stand by it, but I agree that his best work was The Firm and it made the best film of all of them. The rest are largely forgettable, MM's closing argument to the jury in A Time to Kill notwithstanding.
Posted on 7/29/16 at 9:28 am to RegisteredPharmacist
Wait 
I haven't seen it in a loooong time and was pretty young at the time. I could have sworn it was set in the 60s
I haven't seen it in a loooong time and was pretty young at the time. I could have sworn it was set in the 60s
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