The Juror (1996)

Director:

Brian Gibson

Writers (WGA):

George Dawes Green (novel)
Ted Tally (screenplay)

Release Date:

2 February 1996 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Romance | Thriller

Tagline:

There is no defense.

Plot:

When Annie Laird is selected as a juror in a big Mafia trial, she is forced by someone known as "The...

Plot Keywords:

Mafia | Threat | Psycho Thriller | Jury | Courtroom

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Demi Moore	...	Annie Laird
Alec Baldwin	...	Teacher
Joseph Gordon-Levitt	...	Oliver Laird
Anne Heche	...	Juliet
James Gandolfini	...	Eddie
Lindsay Crouse	...	Tallow
Tony Lo Bianco	...	Louie Boffano
Michael Constantine	...	Judge Weitzel
Matt Craven	...	Boone
Todd Susman	...	Bozeman
Michael Rispoli	...	Joseph Boffano
Julie Halston	...	Inez
Frank Adonis	...	DeCicco
Matthew Cowles	...	Rodney
Polly Adams	...	Forewoman

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language and sexuality.

Runtime:

118 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby | SDDS (8 channels)

Certification:

Iceland:16 | USA:R (certificate #33998) | South Korea:18 | Hungary:18 | Canada:14A | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Denmark:16 | Finland:K-16 | Germany:16 | Netherlands:16 | Norway:15 | Portugal:M/16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | Philippines:R-18

Filming Locations:

Harriman State Park, Bear Mountain, New York, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

Gary R. Wordham was the name of the actor that is credited as the flirting intern at the hospital. This was also the name that was used on the passport Alec Baldwin's character used when he flew to Guatemala.

Goofs:

Continuity: Annie's hair when she is trashing her studio.

Quotes:

Teacher: I'm sorry you hate me... but I do love you

Movie Connections:

Features Tetris (1989/II) (VG)

Soundtrack:

Casta Diva, che inargenti

this a story about jury tampering and a woman's struggle to protect her son from the evil forces of the mafia

A thoroughly enjoyable film with the sexy and talented Alec Baldwin playing a sadistic dark character role as a hitman for the Bofanno family. They hire him to take care of their dirty deeds and give him a code name as the teacher. The film's opening is both entertaining and unpredictable as Demi Moore's character, Annie Laird is called up for jury service and is subsequently taken on as a juror for the Bofanno case " the big spaghettio" , a nick name for Louis Bofanno's character. The film develops into a struggle for survival as deceit and treachery is the name of the game. The teacher makes contact with Annie as he politely calls her. His objective is to threaten Annie,her son played by an angelic Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and friends and family, to get to her and force her to get a not guilty verdict for Bofanno's pending trial. He deceptively makes first contact by posing as an art dealer and as Annie is an up and coming artist he buys some of her contemporary boxes and later waits for her outside the art gallery and takes her to lunch. He then tries to win her confidence by inviting her on a date ,but when they get back to Annie's place he shows his true colours by threatening her with the fact that he will kill her son if she does not co-operate with his wishes to render a not guilty vote. The film then takes an interesting roller coaster ride of death and betrayal as Annie and the teacher are locked in a spiral of survival with Annie out doing him. The moral of the story I believe is that if a woman is pushed to the ultimate limits she will fight to the death for the protection of her family. As the old saying goes, "Hell have no fury than a woman scorned."