Reversible Errors (2004) (TV)

Director:

Mike Robe

Writers (WGA):

Scott Turow (novel)
Alan Sharp (teleplay)

Release Date:

23 May 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

In a triple homicide there are secrets that run deeper than murder.

Plot:

A corporate lawyer's interest in a decade-old murder case is piqued by a new confession that could clear the convicted killer, who sits on death row.

Plot Keywords:

Based On Novel

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

William H. Macy	...	Arthur Raven
Tom Selleck	...	Larry Starczek
Monica Potter	...	Muriel Wynn
Felicity Huffman	...	Gillian Sullivan
James Rebhorn	...	Erno Erdai
Shemar Moore	...	Collins Farwell
Glenn Plummer	...	Romeo 'Squirrel' Gandolf
Yanna McIntosh	...	Genevieve Carriere
Nigel Bennett	...	Talmadge Loman
David Fox	...	Judge Harlow
Christina Collins	...	Louisa Remardi
Gerry Mendicino	...	Gus Leonidas
Brian Heighton	...	Paul Judson
Allan Royal	...	O'Grady
Robert Verlaque	...	Dickerman

Also Known As:

Scott Turow's Reversible Errors (USA) (complete title)

Runtime:

173 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Finland:K-11 | Australia:MA | USA:TV-14

Filming Locations:

Dorchester, New Brunswick, Canada

Company:

Frank & Bob Films II

Selleck is sadly Irreversible, but...

Wm. H. Macy and Felicity Huffman make it worth watching.

Turow's complex novel has been dumbed down to fit the mini-series format, but that's a trifle. Watch it for the magic that Macy and Huffman bring to small screen.

These are two stars who would not get big screen attention as romantic leads, but their performances sing here, given a chance to play center stage.

Watch how Huffman, as a disbarred and disgraced judge, plays her scene at the dept. store cosmetic counter. In a matter of seconds, she expresses purposeful employment, unguarded hope, crumbling shame, and icy self-contempt.

Macy's opening scene on Labor Day weekend, packing up his office, brings his character to life with uncommon line readings. This script is hardly Mamet, but Macy's skill raises the level of the writing. He clips off one line, talking about his sister's death: "Better this way, instead of her living like a ..." He never says the word vegetable, as if he recognizes the inadequacy of the cliché. No he's not commenting on the script, but letting the character halt himself before dishonoring his dead sibling with dead metaphors.

Let's hope this husband and wife team both get Emmy Awards for such remarkable work. And let's hope we see more of them on the big screen too.