...And Justice for All (1979)

Directed by

Norman Jewison

Genre

drama film, crime film, comedy drama, trial film, LGBTQ-related film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 59m

Rated

R

Rating

7.1 of 10 from 596 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A principled lawyer in Baltimore deals with a corrupt legal system and takes on a case defending a judge accused of a serious crime. The film shows his growing disillusionment as he tries to balance personal ethics with professional demands.

tensedarkly comiccynicalfrustratingseriousabsurdfast-paceddramatic

What happens

...And Justice for All is a 1979 American legal drama film directed by Norman Jewison and starring Al Pacino, Jack Warden and John Forsythe. Lee Strasberg, Jeffrey Tambor, Christine Lahti, Craig T. Nelson, Thomas Waites and Sam Levene (in his final screen performance) appear in supporting roles. The Academy Award-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 Actor (Pacino) and Best Original Screenplay (Curtin and Levinson). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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