The Verdict (1982)

Note des utilisateurs:

7.7/10   

Réalisateur:

Sidney Lumet

Writers:

Barry Reed (novel)
David Mamet (screenplay)

Release Date:

8 décembre 1982 (USA)

Genre:

Drame

Plot:

A lawyer sees the chance to salvage his career and self-respect by taking a medical malpractice case to trial rather than settling.

Plot Keywords:

Lawyer | Malpractice | Medical Malpractice | Career | Ambulance Chasing

Awards:

Nominated for 5 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 6 nominations

Avis des utilisateurs:

A Classic

Ensemble

Paul Newman	...	Frank Galvin
Charlotte Rampling	...	Laura Fischer
Jack Warden	...	Mickey Morrissey
James Mason	...	Ed Concannon
Milo O'Shea	...	Judge Hoyle
Lindsay Crouse	...	Kaitlin Costello
Ed Binns	...	Bishop Brophy (as Edward Binns)
Julie Bovasso	...	Maureen Rooney
Roxanne Hart	...	Sally Doneghy
James Handy	...	Kevin Doneghy
Wesley Addy	...	Dr. Robert Towler
Joe Seneca	...	Dr. Thompson
Lewis J. Stadlen	...	Dr. Gruber (as Lewis Stadlen)
Kent Broadhurst	...	Joseph Alito
Colin Stinton	...	Billy
Burtt Harris	...	Jimmy, the Bartender
Scott Rhyne	...	Young Priest
Susan Benenson	...	Deborah Ann Kaye
Evelyn Moore	...	Dr. Gruber's Nurse
Juanita Fleming	...	Dr. Gruber's Maid
Jack Collard	...	Bailiff
Ralph Douglas	...	Clerk
Gregor Roy	...	Jury Foreman
John Blood	...	Funeral Director
Dick McGoldrick	...	Manager / 2nd Funeral Parlor
Edward Mason	...	Widow's Son
Patty O'Brien	...	Irish Nurse #1
Maggie Task	...	Irish Nurse #2
Joseph Bergmann	...	Friedman
Herbert Rubens	...	Abrams
J.P. Foley	...	John, Cigar Stand
Leib Lensky	...	Wheelchair Patient
H. Clay Dear	...	Courthouse Lawyer (as Clay Dear)
J.J. Clark	...	Courthouse Guard
Gregory Doucette	...	Sheraton Bar Waiter (as Greg Doucette)
Tony La Fortezza	...	Sheraton Bartender
Marvin Beck	...	Sheraton Bar Patron
Herb Peterson	...	Sheraton Bar Patron
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Tobin Bell	...	Courtroom observer (uncredited)
Kevin Fennessy	...	Funeral Mourner (uncredited)
Willow Hale	...	(uncredited)
Jon Hopwood	...	Courtroom observer (uncredited)
Bruce Willis	...	Courtroom Observer (uncredited)

Réalisé par
Sidney Lumet

Scénaristes
Barry Reed		(novel)
David Mamet		(screenplay)

Produit par
David Brown	....	producer
Burtt Harris	....	executive producer
Richard D. Zanuck	....	producer

Musique originale
Johnny Mandel

Image
Andrzej Bartkowiak		(director of photography)

Montage
Peter C. Frank		(as Peter Frank)

Création des décors
Edward Pisoni

Direction artistique
John Kasarda

Décorateur de plateau
George DeTitta Sr.		(as George DeTitta)

Création des costumes
Anna Hill Johnstone

Maquillage
Joseph Cranzano	....	makeup artist (as Joe Cranzano)
Bob Grimaldi	....	hair stylist
Monty Westmore	....	makeup artist

Directeur de production
Joseph M. Caracciolo	....	unit production manager
Jennifer Ogden	....	unit manager (as Jennifer M. Ogden)

Assistant réalisateur
Burtt Harris	....	first assistant director
Ken Ornstein	....	dga trainee
Robert E. Warren	....	second assistant director

Art Department
Joseph M. Caracciolo Jr.	....	property master (as Joseph Caracciolo Jr.)
Edward Garzero	....	scenic artist
John McDonnell	....	props
Carlos Quiles	....	construction foreman (as Carlos Quiles Sr.)
William Sohmer	....	scenic artist
Dave Weinman	....	set dresser (as David Weinman)
Joe Williams Sr.	....	construction grip
Mark Bachman	....	scenic artist (uncredited)

Technicien du son
Louis Cerborino	....	sound editor (as Lou Cerborino)
Lee Dichter	....	sound re-recording mixer
Frank Graziadei	....	boom operator
James Sabat	....	sound mixer
Louis Sabat	....	boom operator
Maurice Schell	....	sound editor
Harry Peck Bolles	....	assistant sound editor (uncredited)
Mel Zelniker	....	adr recordist (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Louis Goldman	....	still photographer
Gary Muller	....	assistant camera
Hank Muller	....	assistant camera
Robert Paone	....	second assistant camera (as Bob Paone)
Ed Quinn	....	dolly grip (as Eddie Quinn)
William H. Steiner	....	camera operator (as William Steiner)
Dusty Wallace	....	gaffer
Robert Ward	....	key grip (as Bobby Ward)
Billy Kerwick	....	grip (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
William Loger	....	wardrobe (as Bill Loger)
Marilyn Putnam	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
David Gelfand	....	apprentice film editor
Andrew Mondshein	....	assistant film editor (as Andrew Mondschein)

Music Department
Joel Moss	....	music engineer
Miles Goodman	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Angela Morley	....	additional orchestrator (uncredited)

Transportation Department
James Fanning	....	transportation captain
Michael Avallon	....	driver (uncredited)

Divers
Sally Brim	....	production assistant
Kay Chapin	....	script supervisor
Alexandra Decker	....	location manager
Eileen Eichenstein	....	production office coordinator
Lilith Jacobs	....	assistant: Mr. Lumet
Ellen Levene	....	unit publicist
Kathleen McGill	....	production auditor
Chris Stoia	....	location manager
Todd Winters	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Distributors

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (1982) (USA) (theatrical)
• National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1985) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (laserdisc)
• Abril Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• CBS/Fox (USA) (laserdisc)
• Centfox (1983) (West Germany) (theatrical)

Other Companies

• Casting Company, The  casting: Boston
• Intrada  score album released by (limited edition)
• Joy Todd Casting  casting
• Massachusetts Film Bureau  grateful acknowledgement for the cooperation of
• Mayor's Office for Motion Pictures & Television  grateful acknowledgement for the cooperation of
• Production Services International  production auditing
• R/Greenberg Associates  titles

Autre(s) titre(s):

Le verdict (France) (TV title) [fr]
The Verdict (France) [fr]

Durée:

129 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Son:

Mono

Classification:

Australia:M | Norway:16 | Iceland:L | Netherlands:12 | South Korea:15 | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:11 | UK:15 | USA:R | West Germany:6 | Singapore:PG

Emplacements De Pelliculage:

Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Anecdotes:

Among the people in the courtroom during the dramatic closing speech is a young Bruce Willis.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: Early in the film, Frank two-finger-types a note on a manual typewriter to tape on the door of his office suite. When we see the note, however, we can see that the typed letters are perfectly uniform in darkness and thickness, indicating that the note was actually typed on an electric typewriter.

Guillemet:

Judge Hoyle: This case should never have come to trial. But you know better. You're mister independent. You want to be independent? Be independent now. I have no sympathy for you.

Movie Connections:

Featured in AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers: America's Most Inspiring Movies (2006) (TV)

A Classic

I love this film, I own a copy and I watch it at least once a year. It's hard to pick a "best work" from Sidney Lumet, Paul Newman or David Mamet, but this film ranks up there for all three. And really, when you say those three names on one film, that says it all, doesn't it?

Newman plays a down and out lawyer, a drunk ambulance chaser whose life changes when he turns down a pultry settlement offer to try a case that he can't possibly win. There are so many great scenes in this film, it's hard to pick a favorite. Possibly, the very end, the ringing phone Paul Newman ignores as he sips on some coffee, rather than whiskey, might be one of the all time greats. The scene sums up the movie so well. My other favorite is a long, single shot where Newman is on the phone trying to get another doctor to testify and Jack Warden paces the room. The camera is at the other end of the room, on the floor and the scene is about five or six minutes long, one continuous shot, beautifully done.

I read a book a couple years ago that covered blunders in film regarding court cases and apparently there were a couple in this one. But this is a film that is so great, so well done, I think Godzilla could have trampled part of Boston and Lumet could have made it believable. Although Cool Hand Luke is my favorite film of all time, The Verdict is my second favorite Newman film. See it if you can.