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« on: September 13, 2012, 09:53:28 am »
What is your favorite movie regarding law/layers/courtrooms?
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« Reply #1 on: September 13, 2012, 09:59:58 am »
A Few Good Men, My Cousin Vinny, 12 angry men,Primal Fear, Erin Brokovich.
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« Reply #2 on: September 13, 2012, 10:00:59 am »
Quote from: BudGirl on September 13, 2012, 09:53:28 am
What is your favorite movie regarding law/layers/courtrooms?

Courtrooms: A Few Good Men
Law: 12 Angry Men
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« Reply #3 on: September 13, 2012, 10:04:12 am »
I think a poll of lawyers would have My Cousin Vinny as the general favorite.

Younger lawyers tend to endorse A Few Good Men.  Older (generally male) lawyers prefer Twelve Angry Men, but the more esoteric ones will nominate Anatomy of a Murder.  The twee cast their vote for To Kill A Mockingbird.  Folks who went to UT for both undergrad and law school are culturally obligated to point out that A Time To Kill is actually a pretty good movie.

I'm in the My Cousin Vinny camp.    
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« Reply #4 on: September 13, 2012, 10:10:03 am »
I have this list for a charades game.

Michael Clayton
My Cousin Vinny
Erin Brockovich
12 Angry Men
Miracle on 34th Street
The Pelican Brief
A Few Good Men
Legally Blonde
Kramer v Kramer
To Kill a Mockingbird
Philadelphia
The Verdict
Presumed Innocent
Chicago
The Paper Chase
Amistad
Ghosts of Mississippi
The Accused
The People vs. Larry Flynt
Liar, Liar
The Firm
Primal Fear
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« Reply #5 on: September 13, 2012, 10:13:50 am »
I've always admired The Verdict for its contrast of the stately, deep-pocketed Legal team assembled by James Mason's character with that of Paul Newman and Jack Warden's "basic" team, doregoing a plot turn involving their lovely paralegal/clerk/go-fer, Charlotte Trampling. Probably native beauty, she was.

Probably viewed as absurd by many lawyers or simply too "fairy tale", that movie, but it had about five performers in it whose movies I trynot to miss (or did in those days).
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« Reply #6 on: September 13, 2012, 10:14:16 am »
Quote from: BudGirl on September 13, 2012, 10:10:03 am
I have this list for a charades game.

John Clayton
My Cousin Vinny
Erin Brockovich
12 Angry Men
Miracle on 34th Street
The Pelican Brief
A Few Good Men
Legally Blonde
Kramer v Kramer
To Kill a Mockingbird
Philadelphia
The Verdict
Presumed Innocent
Chicago
The Paper Chase
Amistad
Ghosts of Mississippi
The Accused
The People vs. Larry Flynt
Liar, Liar
The Firm
Primal Fear


You could also add Inherit the Wind and Judgment at Nuremberg.  Both are excellent and important law movies. 
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« Reply #7 on: September 13, 2012, 10:18:45 am »
Quote from: Bench on September 13, 2012, 10:14:16 am
You could also add Inherit the Wind and Judgment at Nuremberg.  Both are excellent and important law movies. 

I have them on an additional list.  The charades game is obviously for a bunch of lawyers.  Not sure how big of movie buffs they are.

Here's the second list.
Inherit the Wind
Witness for the Prosecution
Breaker Morant
Judgment at Nuremberg
A Man For All Seasons
Reversal of Fortune
Compulsion
And Justice for All
In the Name of the Father
A Civil Action
Young Mr. Lincoln
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« Reply #8 on: September 13, 2012, 10:20:32 am »
Quote from: BudGirl on September 13, 2012, 10:10:03 am
I have this list for a charades game.

John Clayton
My Cousin Vinny
Erin Brockovich
12 Angry Men
Miracle on 34th Street
The Pelican Brief
A Few Good Men
Legally Blonde
Kramer v Kramer
To Kill a Mockingbird
Philadelphia
The Verdict
Presumed Innocent
Chicago
The Paper Chase
Amistad
Ghosts of Mississippi
The Accused
The People vs. Larry Flynt
Liar, Liar
The Firm
Primal Fear
Animal House
Used Cars
Cape Fear
The Devil versus Daniel Webster
And Justice for All (YOU'RE out of order!!!)
Liar, Liar
Breaker Morant
Paths of Glory


Added some for you. Just wait'l Taras starts listing some.
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« Reply #9 on: September 13, 2012, 11:02:06 am »
I like Body Heat.
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« Reply #10 on: September 13, 2012, 11:09:19 am »
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« Reply #11 on: September 13, 2012, 11:15:10 am »
I'm pretty sure Rashomon is about a trial, but it's been a while. Besides that one Breaker Morant and Primal Fear are my favorites.
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« Reply #12 on: September 13, 2012, 11:17:44 am »
Quote from: subnuclear on September 13, 2012, 11:15:10 am
I'm pretty sure Rashomon is about a trial, but it's been a while. Besides that one Breaker Morant and Primal Fear are my favorites.

Primal Fear is an incredible Edward Norton performance, but Richard Gere does a lot to offset that.
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« Reply #13 on: September 13, 2012, 11:38:40 am »
The Caine Mutiny
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« Reply #14 on: September 13, 2012, 11:41:01 am »
The Lincoln Lawyer is a recent addition that you might want to add. I think Bench hit the nail on the head regarding lawyers' favorite films. All the one's on his list are great movies. And Neil T's Body Heat is an incredible film if you haven't seen it. It's more of a "baby I love you, kill my husband" thriller than a courtroom drama. William Hurt and Kathleen Turner are fantastic in it, and the legal elements are very well handled.
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« Reply #15 on: September 13, 2012, 11:41:22 am »
Col Drummond is my favorite character in Inherit The Wind. Spencer Tracy, Fredric March. Good movie.
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« Reply #16 on: September 13, 2012, 11:45:06 am »
The Paradine Case
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« Reply #17 on: September 13, 2012, 11:56:40 am »
Johnny Dangerously.
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« Reply #18 on: September 13, 2012, 11:57:12 am »
Intolerable Cruelty.  Clooney as Miles Massey (the Massey prenup has never been penetrated), Katherine Zeta Jones and Billy Bob Thornton as an Aggie.  Pretty funny.
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« Reply #19 on: September 13, 2012, 11:59:47 am »
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« Reply #20 on: September 13, 2012, 12:00:59 pm »
Quote from: Bench on September 13, 2012, 10:04:12 am
I think a poll of lawyers would have My Cousin Vinny as the general favorite.

Younger lawyers tend to endorse A Few Good Men.  Older (generally male) lawyers prefer Twelve Angry Men, but the more esoteric ones will nominate Anatomy of a Murder.  The twee cast their vote for To Kill A Mockingbird.  Folks who went to UT for both undergrad and law school are culturally obligated to point out that A Time To Kill is actually a pretty good movie.

I'm in the My Cousin Vinny camp.     

Pretty much my sentiment as well (though I saw and read To Kill A Mockingbird early on, and will always have an affinity for that movie.  My Cousin Vinny is by far my favorite of all...

Other lawyer movies that I liked: Paper Chase. And Justice for All, Miracle on 34th Street, and a personal favorite: Michael Clayton.

BTW, here is the ABA Top 25 Lawyer Movies (like Bench, I'd agree My Cousin Vinnie should be #1): LINK
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« Reply #21 on: September 13, 2012, 12:03:42 pm »
Clicking that slideshow reminded me that Erin Brokovich should have won for Best Special Effects.
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« Reply #22 on: September 13, 2012, 12:03:49 pm »
Quote from: headhunter on September 13, 2012, 11:41:01 am
The Lincoln Lawyer is a recent addition that you might want to add.

Good add, I'd forgotten about this...
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« Reply #23 on: September 13, 2012, 03:51:03 pm »
All this talk of My Cousin Vinny reminds me of how gracefully Marisa Tomei has aged over the course of 20 years.  Yes, it's been 20 years since that movie came out.
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« Reply #24 on: September 13, 2012, 03:57:04 pm »
Quote from: NeilT on September 13, 2012, 11:02:06 am
I like Body Heat.

The greatest movie ever made about the Rule Against Perpetuities.
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« Reply #25 on: September 13, 2012, 03:59:46 pm »
Quote from: hostros7 on September 13, 2012, 03:51:03 pm
All this talk of My Cousin Vinny reminds me of how gracefully Marisa Tomei has aged over the course of 20 years.  Yes, it's been 20 years since that movie came out.

She almost made sitting through "Crazy, Stupid, Love" bearable.
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« Reply #26 on: September 13, 2012, 04:30:49 pm »
Quote from: ybbodeus on September 13, 2012, 10:13:50 am
I've always admired The Verdict for its contrast of the stately, deep-pocketed Legal team assembled by James Mason's character with that of Paul Newman and Jack Warden's "basic" team, doregoing a plot turn involving their lovely paralegal/clerk/go-fer, Charlotte Trampling. Probably native beauty, she was.

Probably viewed as absurd by many lawyers or simply too "fairy tale", that movie, but it had about five performers in it whose movies I trynot to miss (or did in those days).

"Your honor, if you're going to try my case for me, I wish you would not fuck it up!" - Paul Newman's character. That is one good movie.
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« Reply #27 on: September 13, 2012, 04:35:40 pm »
Quote from: BudGirl on September 13, 2012, 10:10:03 am
I have this list for a charades game.

Michael Clayton
My Cousin Vinny
Erin Brockovich
12 Angry Men
Miracle on 34th Street
The Pelican Brief
A Few Good Men
Legally Blonde
Kramer v Kramer
To Kill a Mockingbird
Philadelphia
The Verdict
Presumed Innocent
Chicago
The Paper Chase
Amistad
Ghosts of Mississippi
The Accused
The People vs. Larry Flynt
Liar, Liar
The Firm
Primal Fear


Amistad is a very good movie. In the same vein is the first installment of the John Adams series on HBO. John Adams is hired to defend the British troops who fired on the mob in the infamous Boston Massacre.  Great court scene and one that explains why we have terms like "The bar exam".
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« Reply #28 on: September 13, 2012, 07:15:36 pm »
Anatomy Of A Murder.
A Cry In The Dark.
In Cold Blood.
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« Reply #29 on: September 13, 2012, 07:32:21 pm »
Does "Absence of Malice" count? My favorite part is Wilferd Brimley, in his best Southern, down-home accent, saying to Paul Newman "You think you're pretty smart, don't you? Well, I'm pretty smart myself."

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« Reply #30 on: September 13, 2012, 08:11:47 pm »
I thought The Lincoln Lawyer was pretty good.
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« Reply #31 on: September 13, 2012, 09:31:49 pm »
Anatomy of a Murder.  And added plus is watching Lee Remick melt the screen.
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« Reply #32 on: September 13, 2012, 09:42:00 pm »
Quote from: Taras Bulba on September 13, 2012, 09:31:49 pm
Anatomy of a Murder.  And added plus is watching Lee Remick melt the screen.

Man, I saw her in Face in the Crowd last weekend. I think it was her first film. Yowsah.
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« Reply #33 on: September 13, 2012, 10:08:16 pm »
Quote from: Taras Bulba on September 13, 2012, 09:31:49 pm
And added plus is watching Lee Remick melt the screen.

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