Runaway Jury
Runaway Jury is a 2003 American legal thriller film directed by Gary Fleder, and starring John Cusack, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman and Rachel Weisz. An adaptation of John Grisham's 1996 novel The Runaway Jury, the film pits lawyer Wendell Rohr (Hoffman) against shady jury consultant Rankin Fitch (Hackman), who uses unlawful means to stack the jury with people sympathetic to the defense. Meanwhile, a high-stakes cat-and-mouse game begins when juror Nicholas Easter (Cusack) and his girlfriend Marlee (Weisz) appear to be able to sway the jury into delivering any verdict they want in a trial against a gun manufacturer. The film was released October 17, 2003.
Plot
In New Orleans, an ex-employee perpetrates a mass shooting with a 9mm semi-auto pistol with 30-round extended magazine at a stock brokerage firm. Eleven people are killed and several wounded. Among the dead is Jacob Wood. Two years later, with attorney Wendell Rohr, Jacob's widow Celeste sues Vicksburg Firearms for the company's gross negligence that caused her husband's death. During jury selection, jury consultant Rankin Fitch, revealed to have ties with Vicksburg, and his team communicate background information on the jury pool through electronic surveillance to defense attorney Durwood Cable, who is in the courtroom.
Cast
- Adella Gautier
- Afemo Omilami
- Alan Davidson
- Andrea Powell
- Annie Morgan
- Barret O'Brien
- Bernard Hocke
- Bill Nunn
- Bruce Davison
- Bruce McGill
- Carol Sutton
- Cedric Pendleton
- Celia Weston
- Charlie Detraz
- Christopher Mankiewicz
- Claudia Coffee
- Cliff Curtis
- Corri English
- Danny Kamin
- Darlene Moore
- David Dwyer
- David Jensen
- David Ramsey
- Deacon Dawson
- Deneen Tyler
- Don Henderson Baker
- Don Hood
- Douglas M. Griffin
- Dustin Hoffman
- Dylan McDermott
- Ed Nelson
- Elizabeth Omilami
- Elliott Street
- Eric Paulsen
- Fahnlohnee R. Harris
- Gary Grubbs
- Gene Hackman
- Gerry Bamman
- Guy Torry
- Harvey Reaves
- Henry Darrow
- Irene Ziegler
- Jack Massey
- Jason Davis
- Jennifer Beals
- Jeremy Piven
- Joanna Going
- Joe Chrest
- John Cusack
- Juanita Jennings
- Jude Cambise
- Justin Groetsch
- Kathy Seiden
- Lance E. Nichols
- Lara Grice
- Lark Marie Fall
- Leland Orser
- Loren Kinsella
- Lori Heuring
- Luis Guzmán
- Marco St. John
- Marcus Hester
- Margaret Lawhon
- Margo Moorer
- Marguerite Moreau
- Mark Jeffrey Miller
- Mark Krasnoff
- Michael Arata
- Michelle M. Miller
- Mike Pniewski
- Murphy Martin
- Ned Bellamy
- Nestor Serrano
- Nick Searcy
- Nora Dunn
- Orlando Jones
- Perry Brown
- Peter Jurasik
- Rachel Weisz
- Rhoda Griffis
- Rusty Schwimmer
- Sally Ann Roberts
- Shannon Eubanks
- Stanley Anderson
- Stuart Greer
- T.J. Toups
- Ted Manson
- Wayne Ferrara
- Wayne Roberts
- Xuan Van Nguyen
- Zach Hanner
More details
| author | Brian Koppelman David Levien Matthew Chapman Rick Cleveland |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New Orleans |
| director | Gary Fleder |
| editor | Jeff Williams William Steinkamp |
| genre | drama thriller |
| keywords | break claim concealed cameras defense attorney force general damages gross negligence jury duty jury selection kill law school marine mass shooting nothing return home school play shoot steal their way understand wound |
| musicBy | Christopher Young |
| producer | Arnon Milchan Christopher Mankiewicz Gary Fleder |
| productionCompany | New Regency Regency Enterprises |
| publisher | 20th Century Fox |
| recordedAt | New Orleans |
| theme | high school legal legal drama legal thriller |