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Director:
Frank Pierson
Writer:
Ilene Chaiken (writer)
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Release Date:
27 May 2000 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
A Cincinnati museum director goes on trial in 1990 for exhibiting sadomasochistic photographs taken by Robert Mapplethorpe. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Won Golden Globe. Another 3 wins & 6 nominations more
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Would the trial end differently in our totalitarian society? more (14 total)

Cast

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James Woods ... Dennis Barrie

Craig T. Nelson ... Sheriff Simon Leis

Diana Scarwid ... Dianne
Leon Pownall ... Prouty
Matt North ... Lobb
David Huband ... Sirkin

Judah Katz ... Mizibov
Rachael Crawford ... Bosworth
Marnie McPhail ... Reising
R.D. Reid ... Albanese

Allegra Fulton ... Angela
Michele Muzzi ... Brenda

Martin Roach ... Ed
Tony De Santis ... Floyd
Kenneth McGregor ... Gil
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MPAA:
Rated R for nude and sexual images and for related dialogue.
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Runtime:
104 min | Germany:89 min (25 fps)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Certification:
New Zealand:R13 | Iceland:12 | USA:R | Australia:MA | Germany:12 | UK:18 | Finland:K-15
Filming Locations:
Old City Hall, Toronto, Ontario, Canada more
Company:
MGM Television more

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13 out of 21 people found the following comment useful.
Would the trial end differently in our totalitarian society?, 10 May 2003
Author: Alice Copeland Brown (alicecbrown@yahoo.com) from Boston

As one very familiar with the trashing of the Bill of Rights here in Boston, I was intrigued by this movie..made in 2000 of events of 1991. The right to show Mapplethorpe's somewhat repulsive pictures (some of them) was upheld by a jury in Cincinnati. It sent me rushing out to google Dennis Barrie and discover that he is now the curator of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. We need ANOTHER movie made now in our current return to McCarthyism to play out the theme of freedom's denial again....disobeying the unconstitutional Patriot Act with today's Supreme Court 'will leave one in jail for years', it appears.

The use of the jurors in deliberation was excellent as we are shown the varying views that led to the acquittal of Mr. Barrie. However, I wish we could have been shown the views of the children now grown, in terms of how they viewed the persecution THEY received, which is vividly shown. As a dissident in a small town, my grandsons have received abuse and taunts for my anti-war stand and protests, so I know that our work to keep the flame of freedom bright never stops but often hurts those not directly in the battle.

From civil rights to artistic expression to war-mongering, the battle lines seem to have been drawn against the same ignorant, bigoted people for all of my 65 years. The use of the far-right Christian to tell you that the Barries divorced, that the judge and prosecutor were dumped, that Barrie lost his job a year or so later was an excellent mechanism to show us more of the truth, and to underscore the point that "freedom is not free". My still aching knees from being dumped out of a paddy wagon onto a concrete floor and dragged into a holding cell in the Harrison Ave. jail in Boston a month ago for protesting this slaughter of the Iraqis and illegal invasion of Iraq attest to the truth of that.

An excellent movie, one I nearly didn't buy because of it's 'unpleasant' title. Wonder how many movies never get the honors they deserve because of their unpleasant title or subject matter.

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