Runaway Jury 2003

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 122 min

genre: thriller

theme: legal thriller

director: Gary Fleder

Score: 7 / 10

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 to deliver 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 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

More details

author	Brian Koppelman David Levien Matthew Chapman Rick Cleveland
contentLocation	New Orleans
director	Gary Fleder
editor	Jeff Williams William Steinkamp
genre	thriller
keywords	break claim concealed cameras defense attorney general damages gross negligence jury duty jury selection kill marine mass shooting nothing return home shoot steal 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 thriller