...And Justice for All
...And Justice for All is a 1979 American legal comedy-drama film directed by Norman Jewison and starring Al Pacino, Jack Warden and John Forsythe. Lee Strasberg, Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Lahti, Craig T. Nelson and Thomas Waites appear in supporting roles. The Oscar-nominated screenplay was written by Valerie Curtin and Barry Levinson. It was filmed in Baltimore, including the courthouse area. It received two Academy Award nominations: Best Leading Actor (Pacino) and Best Original Screenplay (Curtin and Levinson).
Plot
Arthur Kirkland, a Baltimore defense attorney, is in jail on a contempt of court charge after punching Judge Henry T. Fleming while arguing the case of Jeff McCullaugh. McCullaugh was stopped for a minor traffic offense, then mistaken for a killer of the same name, and has already spent a year and a half in jail without being guilty of a crime. Fleming has repeatedly stymied Kirkland's efforts to have the case reviewed. Although there is strong new evidence that McCullaugh is innocent, Fleming refuses to consider his appeal due to its late submission, so he remains in prison. Kirkland then starts a new case, defending Ralph Agee, a young black cross-dresser arrested for a robbery, who is terrified of being sent to prison.
More details
| author | Barry Levinson Valerie Curtin |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Baltimore |
| director | Norman Jewison |
| editor | John F. Burnett |
| genre | comedy-drama |
| keywords | abandon arrest assault bdsm case review claim contempt of court cross-dresser defense attorney disturb end engage greet hear korean war veteran law school legal system m1911 pistol nursing home open out of fuel run shave shoulder holster war veteran young age young woman |
| musicBy | Dave Grusin |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay |
| producer | Norman Jewison Patrick Palmer |
| publisher | Columbia Pictures |
| theme | legal legal drama satirical |