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And Justice for All

Original title: ...And Justice for All
  • 1979
  • R
  • 1h 59m
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
44K
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POPULARITY
4,369
650
Al Pacino in And Justice for All (1979)
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A lawyer is forced to defend a judge, while defending other clients, and trying to find punishment for the guilty and provide justice for the innocent.A lawyer is forced to defend a judge, while defending other clients, and trying to find punishment for the guilty and provide justice for the innocent.A lawyer is forced to defend a judge, while defending other clients, and trying to find punishment for the guilty and provide justice for the innocent.

  • Director
    • Norman Jewison
  • Writers
    • Valerie Curtin
    • Barry Levinson
  • Stars
    • Al Pacino
    • Jack Warden
    • John Forsythe
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.4/10
    44K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    4,369
    650
    • Director
      • Norman Jewison
    • Writers
      • Valerie Curtin
      • Barry Levinson
    • Stars
      • Al Pacino
      • Jack Warden
      • John Forsythe
    • 180User reviews
    • 32Critic reviews
    • 58Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 2 Oscars
      • 1 win & 3 nominations total

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    Al Pacino
    Al Pacino
    • Arthur Kirkland
    Jack Warden
    Jack Warden
    • Judge Rayford
    John Forsythe
    John Forsythe
    • Judge Fleming
    Lee Strasberg
    Lee Strasberg
    • Grandpa Sam
    Jeffrey Tambor
    Jeffrey Tambor
    • Jay Porter
    Christine Lahti
    Christine Lahti
    • Gail Packer
    Sam Levene
    Sam Levene
    • Arnie
    Robert Christian
    • Ralph Agee
    Thomas G. Waites
    Thomas G. Waites
    • Jeff McCullaugh
    • (as Thomas Waites)
    Larry Bryggman
    Larry Bryggman
    • Warren Fresnell
    Craig T. Nelson
    Craig T. Nelson
    • Frank Bowers
    Dominic Chianese
    Dominic Chianese
    • Carl Travers
    Victor Arnold
    Victor Arnold
    • Leo Fauci
    Vincent Beck
    Vincent Beck
    • Officer Leary
    Michael Gorrin
    Michael Gorrin
    • Elderly Man
    Baxter Harris
    • Larry
    Joe Morton
    Joe Morton
    • Prison Doctor
    Alan North
    Alan North
    • Deputy Sheriff
    • Director
      • Norman Jewison
    • Writers
      • Valerie Curtin
      • Barry Levinson
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    cocaine_rodeo

    "This whole trial is out of order!!!!"

    This was a very good movie. Al Pacino was fantastic. The courtroom scenes were intense and emotionally charged, I loved it!

    Al Pacino was an excellent lawyer. This movie was so good because it showed him in the work place and how it effected him in his personal life. A very good movie, it's one of my favorites.

    The best scene was the climax when he exploded in the courtroom and and screamed one of the most famous quotes in cinema history! 9/10
    10shuba

    A Gem!!!

    This movie stands out among the hundreds I've seen; It is exactly what it was initially marketed as; an inditement of the late 70's (and I suspect little has changed) legal system. This is accomplished magnificently.. Imagine an over-worked court appointed defender with a heart of gold.. in a corrupt web of compromise, and over-stressed beauro-crats. If you have ever enjoyed a court/lawyer movie give this one a chance!!! Look out for one of the funniest and yet reasonably plausible situations I've ever seen in a movie.
    9rockman-imdb

    Final courtroom soliloquy by Pacino's character at the end of the movie says it all

    As a student in 1968 I worked in my father's law office when 20 years of age running errands and picking up clients and other attorneys at the airport. I once thought I wanted to become a lawyer like the old man. After that experience it never crossed my mind again. It was then I recognized that lawyers were merely another "mob" with public sanction. My father ultimately had to give it up because of all the disingenuous people he had to deal with in that arena. Justice is difficult to come by under the best of circumstances and courtrooms present an intellectual environment one notch above that of an alley.

    For me this movie should be required viewing by all prospective attorneys. Especially the criminal variety for eventually they shall be exposed to all that they have seen in this movie in one form or another and very likely much, much worse.

    Oh, and I liked the movie.
    sllovejoy

    Better now than when I was 11

    I remember this movie from when I was a kid. I remembered it fondly, and always pictured Pacino giving the big "This whole courtroom's out of order!!" speech.

    I just rented it again after not seeing it for about twenty years, and WOW! There's a lot more to remember than that one speech. I absolutely loved this movie! I always like Pacino, but sometimes he just plays a similar character over and over. In this one, young Pacino got to play everything from scared to sad to funny to furious... and I thought he did great. I haven't felt for a character so much in quite a while.

    The relationship between Pacino and his "leading lady" was a good one, especially for the '70's. I thought those two characters were interesting together.

    The music sucked, but every movie soundtrack at that time sounded like a porno flick, didn't it?

    It's a story where one bad thing after another happens in a short period of time, in very unrealistic (we all hope!) fashion - but that's a whole movie genre in itself (although I don't know what you'd call it), to make us think of lots of different things and to push the main character over the edge. Without all the subplots, I don't think the ending would have made as much sense.

    I'd like a copy for my video library, and I don't say that often.
    Gav-19

    Most Complete Courtroom Drama I've Seen

    This movie is compelling. It is not just a supremely entertaining courtroom drama, but more so a brilliantly detailed character study. Al Pacino, predictably, is just class, and the other characters give him some very competent support. The interweaving of secondary cases with the main one is seamless, and keeps the pace moving at a pleasing level. The ending, which is so often talked about, is terrific, if a little sudden, and not totally satisfying. The script is faultless. My only criticism is that the disco soundtrack is incongruous with the serious issues at hand and at times pretty comical. But I guess the time period is perfectly evoked through it, not that the issues are exclusively relevant to the late 70s/early 80s though. 9/10.

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    • Trivia
      When Al Pacino was cast he had been considering the lead role in Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) which he rejected in order to do this movie. Ironically, when Pacino was Oscar nominated for the Best Actor Academy Award, Dustin Hoffman won for Kramer vs. Kramer (1979).
    • Goofs
      In at aerial shot of Judge Rayford's helicopter at 50:37, the shadows of the camera helicopter and Judge Rayford's aircraft are visible together on the water.
    • Quotes

      Arthur Kirkland: The one thing that bothered me, the one thing that stayed in my mind and I couldn't get rid of it, that haunted me, was 'why?' Why would she lie? What was her motive for lyin'? If my client is innocent, she's lying. Why? Was it blackmail? No. Was it jealousy? No. Yesterday, I found out why. She doesn't have a motive. You know why? Because she's not lying. And ladies and gentlemen of the jury, the prosecution is not gonna get that man today. No! Because I'm gonna get him! My client, the Honorable Henry T. Fleming, should go right to fuckin' jail! The son of a bitch is guilty! This man is guilty! That man, there, that man is a slime! He is a slime! If he's allowed to go free, then something really wrong is goin' on here! That man is guilty! That man, there, that man is a slime! he is a *slime*! If he's allowed to go free, then something really wrong is goin' on here!

      Judge Rayford: Mr. Kirkland you are out of order!

      Arthur Kirkland: You're out of order! You're out of order! The whole trial is out of order! They're out of order! That man, that sick, crazy, depraved man, raped and beat that woman there, and he'd like to do it again! He *told* me so! It's just a show! It's a show! It's "Let's Make A Deal"! "Let's Make A Deal"! Hey Frank, you wanna "Make A Deal"? I got an insane judge who likes to beat the shit out of women! Whaddya wanna gimme Frank, 3 weeks probation?

      Frank Bowers: *DAMMIT!*

      Arthur Kirkland: [to Judge Fleming] You, you sonofabitch, you! You're supposed to *stand* for somethin'! You're supposed to protect people! But instead you fuck and murder them!

      [dragged out of court by bailiffs]

      Arthur Kirkland: You killed McCullough! You killed him! Hold it! Hold it! I just completed my opening statement!

    • Connections
      Featured in Sneak Previews: Meteor/Luna/And Justice for All/The Silent Partner/Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979)
    • Soundtracks
      Something Funny Goin' On
      Music by Dave Grusin

      Lyrics by Alan Bergman & Marilyn Bergman

      Sung by Zachary Sanders (as Zack Sanders) and the N.Y. Jailhouse Ensemble

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    • Release date
      • October 19, 1979 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Justicia para todos
    • Filming locations
      • Baltimore, Maryland, USA
    • Production company
      • Columbia Pictures
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    • Budget
      • $6,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $33,300,000
    • Gross worldwide
      • $33,300,000
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 59m(119 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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