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The Client (1994) 6.6
A young boy who witnessed the suicide of a mafia lawyer hires an attorney to protect him when the district attorney tries to use him to take down a mob family. Director:Joel Schumacher |
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Cast
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| Susan Sarandon | ... | ||
| Tommy Lee Jones | ... | ||
| Mary-Louise Parker | ... | ||
| Anthony LaPaglia | ... | ||
| J.T. Walsh | ... | ||
| Anthony Edwards | ... | ||
| Brad Renfro | ... | ||
| Will Patton | ... | ||
| Bradley Whitford | ... | ||
| Anthony Heald | ... | ||
| Kim Coates | ... | ||
| Kimberly Scott | ... | ||
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David Speck | ... | |
| William H. Macy | ... | ||
| Ossie Davis | ... | ||
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Mark Sway is an 11 year old boy who lives with his mother and brother in a trailer. One day he and his brother are hanging out when a car pulls over beside them. The driver then sticks a hose in his exhaust and puts the other end into the car. Mark pulls it out. But the man sees him and grabs him and takes inside the car. The man talks to Mark then later shoots himself. The shock sends Mark's brother into a catatonic state. The police question him and slips out some stuff that makes them think he's saying more than he knows. Roy Foltrigg, a prosecutor with political ambitions tells Mark he wants to talk to him tomorrow. Mark feeling that he needs a lawyer, sees Reggie Love. Mark tells him about the man who killed himself. Reggie tells him he's a mob lawyer. And one of his clients is a member of a mob family who is suspected of killing a Senator who was trying to take down his family. But because the Senator's body is missing, they can't prosecute him. Reggie thinks Foltrigg thinks the... Written by rcs0411@yahoo.com
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A District Attorney Out For A Conviction. A New Lawyer Out Of Her League. A Young Boy Who Knew Too Much.Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for a child in jeopardy and brief language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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EnglishRelease Date:
20 July 1994 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
$45,000,000 (estimated)Gross:
£2,100,033 (UK) (11 November 1994)Company Credits
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[pauses as he taps his pen on the table]
Roy: contributing to the delinquency of a minor, you've been REAL busy.
Reggie: Oh Roy, I am so FLATTERED that you noticed!
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Written by Mae Boren Axton (as Mae Anton), Tommy Durden and Elvis Presley
Produced and Performed by Steve Tyrell
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Trivia
Polly Holliday appears in archival footage as Mark watches TV in a hospital waiting area. Holliday later played "Momma Love" in the TV series adapted from "The Client." See more »Goofs
Reggie is driving the wrong way across the Mississippi River Bridge to reach New Orleans from Memphis. See more »Quotes
Roy: You've been awful busy, Reggie, obstruction of justice, tampering with federal evidence,[pauses as he taps his pen on the table]
Roy: contributing to the delinquency of a minor, you've been REAL busy.
Reggie: Oh Roy, I am so FLATTERED that you noticed!
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Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: The Client/Lassie/It Could Happen to You/North/Barcelona (1994) See more »Soundtracks
"Heartbreak Hotel"Written by Mae Boren Axton (as Mae Anton), Tommy Durden and Elvis Presley
Produced and Performed by Steve Tyrell
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Somehow the plot holes didn't seem so glaring in Grisham's novel. Anyway, this is one of Susan Sarandon's many excellent performances. And Tommy Lee Jones gleefully chews the scenery here. You might think he is overacting, but he is really playing a character that comes across that way. Brad Renfro was an excellent find for this part. I haven't seen him in anything else, though. I imagine his Southern accent will hurt in getting other roles. Current TV stars Bradley Whitford and Anthony Edwards were non-entities in this film. It's a good film, not great. Grade B-