The Juror (1996)

When Annie Laird is selected as a juror in a big Mafia trial, she is forced by someone known as "The Teacher" to persuade the other jurors to vote "not guilty". He threatens to kill her son... See full summary »

Director:

Brian Gibson

Writers:

George Dawes Green (novel), Ted Tally (screenplay)

Stars:

Demi Moore, Alec Baldwin, Joseph Gordon-Levitt

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Demi Moore	...	Annie Laird
Alec Baldwin	...	Teacher
Joseph Gordon-Levitt	...	Oliver Laird
James Gandolfini	...	Eddie
Lindsay Crouse	...	Tallow
Anne Heche	...	Juliet
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

Storyline

When Annie Laird is selected as a juror in a big Mafia trial, she is forced by someone known as "The Teacher" to persuade the other jurors to vote "not guilty". He threatens to kill her son if she doesn't commit. When the trial is over, he can't let her go...

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Plot Keywords:

mafia | car falling off a cliff | threat | betrayal | obsession | 

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Taglines:

There is no defense.

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Genres:

Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, language and sexuality

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 February 1996 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Jurada

Filming Locations:

Harriman State Park, Bear Mountain, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$44,000,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$44,834,712 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

118 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SDDS (8 channels) Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

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.

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Goofs

While the Teacher is holding Joseph's hand and firing his gun, he shoots the second bodyguard and with the second shot, you can see the cable across the bodyguard's left knee helping him to flip over.

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Quotes

Teacher: All you need to say is two words... two specfic words, though. What they are? 'Not. Guilty.'

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Connections

Referenced in The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2009)

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Soundtracks

"The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonite"
Written by Bill Berry (as William Berry), Peter Buck, Mike Mills & Michael Stipe
Performed by R.E.M.
Courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.
By Arrangement with Warner Special Products

User Reviews

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."