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The Verdict (Lumet, 1982)[+Extras]-aNaRCHo

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The Verdict (Lumet, 1982)[+Extras]-aNaRCHo

20th Century Fox 2-Disc Special Edition With All Extras Included!!!

Commentary With Lumet Newman as 2nd Audio Track!!!


(FILM IS IN ENGLISH, ENGLISH AND SPANISH SUBTITLES INCLUDED)

Paul Newman delivers a career-best performance in this comeback film from director Sidney Lumet (12 Angry Men, Prince of the City, Network). In it, he plays Frank Galvin, an alcoholic, ambulance-chasing lawyer whose recent string of lost cases has put him in a desperate situation. Hes given one last chance at a moneymaker by a working class family whore suing a powerful, Catholic-run hospital for rendering a pregnant relative comatose. The case is barrelling for an out-of-court settlement, but Galvin senses something bigger afoot. His snooping into the details of the case send shockwaves through the Boston courtrooms and the Archbishops august chambers.

Scripted by David Mamet, The Verdict is occasionally ignorant of the letter of the law, but its nonetheless compelling mainly due to Newmans riveting, clawing performance and the imposingly somber atmosphere created by director Lumet. In 1982, the year that brought us E.T., Toosie, and Gandhi, The Verdict didnt have much of a chance at the Oscars, even though it was obvious this was Newmans finest hour (three years after the Academy gave the Best Actor award to Ben Kingsley for Gandhi, the Academy guiltily gave Newman a special Oscar and THEN awarded Best Actor to him the following year, 1986, for The Color of Money). Newman, for maybe the first time in his career, looks beaten, old, tired--I mean, THIS is Butch Cassidy? No way!! Hes magnificent throughout, in voice and in movement. Frank Galvin is an incompetent lawyer, no doubt, but Newman alone makes us care whether he wins or loses. He just wants to do one good thing in his life.

The tony supporting cast--Jack Warden, Charlotte Rampling (looking as beautiful as ever), Joe Seneca, Wesley Addy, Edward Binns, Milo OShea (memorable as the cases crappy, crooked judge), Julie Bovasso and Lewis Stadlen--features two more notable performances: James Mason as the hospitals cocky defense lawyer and a small but pivotal role for Lindsay Crouse as the reluctant star witness for the prosecution (her scene is my favorite in the film). The Verdict, Sidney Lumets quiet, autumnal character study, is given an aged, wood-hewn look by photographer Andrzej Bartkowiak and production designer Edward Pisoni. Its all I can do to hold back from providing you with Galvins incredible summation speech. But I think Ill let you discover that for yourself.--Dean Treadway

EXTRA FEATURES INCLUDE:
- Commentary with Sidney Lumet Paul Newman as 2nd audio track
- the making of the verdict
- paul newman - the craft of acting
- sidney lumet - the craft of directing
- milestones in cinema history - the verdict
- hollywood backstories - the verdict
- photo gallery (8xjpgs)
- theatrical trailer

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