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A man is gunned down in his office by a disgruntled employee and the case is
getting ready to go to trial. Dustin Hoffman plays the prosecutor, who does not
believe in engaging in sophisticated processes in jury selection, while Gene
Hackman is a slick and savvy jury selection specialist whose clients have never
lost a case. Things get complicated when, after selection, the members of the
jury begin switching from their original leanings. One of the jurors (John
Cusack) is apparently successful in influencing the others, while his girlfriend
(Rachel Weisz) is attempting to convince the attorneys to pay millions of
dollars to have the jury return the verdict they want. Also with Bruce Davison
and Jennifer Beals. Directed by Gary Fleder. [2:07]
SEX/NUDITY 4 - A man and a woman kiss, he pushes her back onto a
bed, he lies on top of her, they kiss, and she removes her top (we see her bra
straps). A man kisses a woman on the forehead. Women wear low-cut tops that
reveal cleavage.
VIOLENCE/GORE 4 - A woman hits a man on the head with a bottle, he
grabs her by the hair and throws her on the floor, she kicks him, he tries to
strangle her, she gouges his eye, he throws her, he pulls a knife, and the woman
stabs the man in the leg and then kicks him in the face. We hear gunfire in an
office building, a man and a woman hide in one of the offices, a man opens the
door and we see a bright flash (the man was shot and killed). We hear about a
shooting at a school where nine persons were killed. A man throws papers in
another man's face and punches him in the stomach when he is discovered in the
man's apartment; the two men run into the street (they are nearly hit by cars),
one man gets into a car and the other breaks his windshield with a pipe, and the
man in the car speeds away nearly hitting the other man. We hear the details of
a shooting in an office building in detail (11 were killed and 5 were wounded)
and that the gunman shot himself also. A man smears himself with blood and yells
in a court room, and he is wrestled to the ground by bailiffs. A woman lies
unconscious on the floor of a restroom and she's covered with vomit (she has
tried to overdose). A man breaks holes in a wall and tears up a floor in an
apartment, then sets it on fire. We hear that a woman has had an abortion. A man
grabs a woman's arm. A man yells and throws a phone in frustration. A man shoots
skeet. A performer blows flames from his mouth.
PROFANITY 5 - 1 F-word, 10 scatological terms, 4 anatomical terms,
16 mild obscenities, 1 religious profanity, 4 religious exclamations. [profanity glossary]
DISCUSSION TOPICS - Gun control, gun lobbies, gun manufacturers,
mistrials, murder, responsibility, civic duty, spousal abuse, bribery,
infidelity, justice, lawyers, disgruntled employees, the jury system, jury
tampering, moral relativism, agnosticism, idealism.
MESSAGE - The American jury system can be manipulated very easily.
(Note: People are shown smoking cigarettes and drinking alcohol.)
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