…And Justice for All (film)

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...And Justice For All
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Directed by	Norman Jewison
Produced by	Norman Jewison Patrick J. Palmer
Written by	Valerie Curtin Barry Levinson
Starring	Al Pacino John Forsythe Christine Lahti Jack Warden Lee Strasberg
Music by	Dave Grusin
Cinematography	Victor J. Kemper
Editing by	John F. Burnett
Distributed by	Columbia Pictures
Release date(s)	June 29, 1979
Running time	119 min.
Country	US
Language	English
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...And Justice For All is a 1979 film directed by Norman Jewison. It tells the story of a Baltimore defense lawyer named Arthur Kirkland (played by Al Pacino). In the film, Kirkland finds himself blackmailed into defending corrupt judge Henry T. Fleming (played by John Forsythe) for a rape charge, even though the two men personally loathe each other.

The movie also stars Jack Warden, Lee Strasberg, Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Lahti, Craig T. Nelson and Thomas G. Waites. It was also 75-year old character actor Sam Levene's final film, after a 40+ year acting career. The movie was written by Valerie Curtin and Barry Levinson.

This film includes a well-known scene in which Kirkland shouts at Judge Rayford, "You're out of order! You're out of order! The whole trial is out of order! They're out of order!" The closing courtroom scene was filmed on the first take.

...And Justice For All received two Academy Award nominations, for the best actor in a leading role (Pacino) and for best original screenplay (Curtin and Levinson). Pacino also received a Golden Globe nomination for his performance. This film represented the second time Pacino was nominated for these awards in a movie in which he acted alongside his famed acting teacher, Lee Strasberg.

The title is the last four words of the Pledge of Allegiance.

Contents 1 Cast 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Cast

• Al Pacino as Arthur Kirkland
• John Forsythe as Judge Henry T. Fleming
• Christine Lahti as Gail Packer
• Jack Warden as Judge Francis Rayford
• Lee Strasberg as Sam Kirkland
• Jeffrey Tambor as Jay Porter
• Sam Levene as Arnie
• Robert Christian as Ralph Agee
• Thomas G. Waites as Jeff McCullaugh
• Larry Bryggman as Warren Fresnell
• Dominic Chianese as Carl Travers
• Craig T. Nelson as Frank Bowers
• Victor Arnold as Leo Fasci
• Vincent Beck as Officer Leary
• Michael Gorrin as Elderly Man

[edit] See also

• Trial movies

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• ...And Justice for All. at the Internet Movie Database
• ...And Justice for All at Allmovie
• And Justice for All at Rotten Tomatoes

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