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I agree with the previous two reviews in that this was an excellent film all

around. I only hope that eventually a DVD will be available so that I can see it again. The depiction of the false accusation of murder and rape of a white girl by a black school janitor is gripping and harrowing. All the evils of the racist south are distilled in this prosecution and courtroom drama. The acting was

underplayed rather than melodramatic and appeared true to life. Despite the

horrors of prosecutorial intimidation, lying and deceit, a redeeming ending was not evident until the last few minutes. This movie should be seen by all those debating the value of the death penalty. The fact of the unredeemable lethal injection was ever present, adding to the tension and suspense.

I've seen this exact story and plot before done with different actors, and I can't remember... Somebody please help! Could it have been with Eric Roberts as one of the janitors? I couldn't find it. I know it was more than two years ago... There was more of an emphasis on the culpability of the janitors, and a mystery was to who it was... Nothing jumped out of Eric's filmography... Other wise this was a fairly limp depiction of a powerful story. sympathetic but not compelling. Have I seen this exact same movie before and it was much more gripping the first time? Am I losing my mind? Scary...

After the success of 'Othello', Eamonn Walker was snapped up by the American market in this film to act alongside Courtney B. Vance ('Tuskegee Raiders'), having previously worked with Laurence Fishburne in his directorial debut. Although Eamonn may not be a Sidney Poitier, it was good to see a Black Englishman paired up with a Black American.

i totally disagree with Robert J. Maxwell granted that is his opinion of this movie but i believe that it is an amazing show of how courageous the man was to finally try and fight for his freedom and not just sit back as the white man tried to keep him down like they did to his grand-father just because he was a black man who owned land in their town.

I also believe that he was a very strong man for not allowing his mother to be put on the stand during the appeal because he knew what they would do to her and he didn't want to put his family through anymore pain. Clarence was put down lied about wrongfully accused, arrested, tried, and almost sent to death, even though he wanted to give up he kept trying and finally succeeded in getting another trial.

I'm not trying to say that Robert is wrong in what he is saying, yes it starts off different but in my opinion i don't thing it is "bad" as he put it

This whole thing was off-kilter and I couldn't figure out why it didn't gel until I realized that it was filmed in Canada and had a mostly Canadian cast playing (rather poorly) Texans. Of course, I know a lot of stuff is filmed in Canada and set in the US which often, but not always, works. There are many great Canadian actors, of course. But this production DIDN'T work, for me, anyway. Courtney Vance, of course, was fine. I found Canadian character actor Heath Lamberts, in particular, as Judge Pickett to be condescending, particularly unconvincing and kinda creepy, sounding more like Hannibal Lecter than a Texas judge.