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A coutroom drama in which a top prosecuting attorney is assigned to investigate the murder of a friend with whom he was having an affair. He discovers to his horror that he has been set up to take the rap. Based on a novel by Scott Turow.Product Identifiers
EAN7321900120340
eBay Product ID (ePID)3941523
Product Key Features
Film/TV TitlePresumed Innocent
ActorDavid Wohl, Harrison Ford, Bonnie Bedelia, Greta Scacchi, Raul Julia, Brian Dennehy, Paul Winfield
DirectorAlan J. Pakula
Subtitle LanguageArabic\English
Release Year1999
FeaturesWidescreen, Interactive Menus\Scene Access, Closed Caption, With Subtitles
Aspect Ratio1.85 Wide Screen\4:3 Full Frame
GenreThriller, General
Additional Product Features
Certificate18
Number of Discs1
ReviewsRolling Stone - ...A smart, passionate, steadily engrossing thriller..., USA Today - ...Brilliant casting .Harrison Ford, aging nicely, registers just the right mix of outrage and weary bewilderment..., Entertainment Weekly - ...[Julia] steals his scenes....[A] tightly wound thriller, New York Times - ...Pakula has directed an intense, enveloping, gratifyingly thorough screen adaptation..., Sight and Sound - ...[Winfield] has an imposing presence...
AuthorScott Turow
Hearing ImpairedEnglish
Additional InformationPRESUMED INNOCENT, like most of director Alan J. Pakula's films is also a complex character study. Based on a best-selling novel by Scott Turrow, the courtroom murder mystery tells the story of prosecutor Rusty Sabich (Harrison Ford) who is accused of murdering his former mistress, the beautiful and ambitious Carolyn Polhemus (Greta Scacchi). All the physical evidence points to him, and Sabich's "golden child" character is in deep trouble. His marriage, too, is in jeopardy as new twists of events leave his wife Barbara doubting Ford's innocence, and Sabich's boss Raymond Horgan, who is running for reelection, simply wants the killer caught before his campaign suffers. Ford's performance (somewhat against type based on previous roles) is excellent as the beleaguered attorney who seeks an end to his nightmare, calling acerbic defense lawyer and rival (Raul Julia) to his rescue. Cinematographer Gordon Willis (THE GODFATHER) and Pakula, who collaborated previously on KLUTE, have created a film of shadow and darkness in which great performances keep the audience riveted right up to the unnerving ending.
Movie/TV TitlePresumed Innocent
ComposerJohn Williams
Sound sourceDolby Surround