The Exonerated (TV 2005)

Director:

Bob Balaban

Writers:

Jessica Blank, Erik Jensen

Stars:

Susan Sarandon, Aidan Quinn, Danny Glover

2 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Susan Sarandon	...	Sunny Jacobs
Aidan Quinn	...	Kerry
Danny Glover	...	David
Brian Dennehy	...	Gary Gauger
Delroy Lindo	...	Delbert
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Becky Ann Baker	...	Defense Attorney
Chris Bauer	...	White Cop #1
Jessica Blank	...	Paula
Robert Bogue	...	Doyle (as Rob Bogue)
David Brown Jr.	...	Robert
Dennis Burkley	...	Sheriff Carroll
Bobby Cannavale	...	Jesse, Sunny's husband
Hamilton Clancy	...	Robert's friend (scenes deleted)
Jimonn Cole	...	Cop #1
Johanna Day	...	Sandra

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

wrongful conviction | interview | mockumentary | racism | death sentence | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Official Sites:

Court TV

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

27 January 2005 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$500,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Court TV, Radical Media

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Color:

Color

User Reviews

If ever there was a film that provided food for thought...

I've just watched this film and I myself write to two inmates in American prisons, one on Death Row (DR) (and he did not commit murder), so this topic of justice v. injustice is one very close to my heart & sensibilities.

What can one say when one hears that someone has spent up to 21 yrs of his/her life for a crime he/she did not commit, and the only way they finally get off DR was from DNA exoneration.

This is a film that all policemen, the judiciary, and school kids should have to see as a matter of course, but actually I reckon all Americans should see - to realise how many innocent lives have been totally ruined or, worse, lost at the electric chair for a crime they never committed. Why, also, does the law not act, when new evidence comes to light, ie why are people not released when they are found to be innocent. What is wrong with people not standing up for the truth? Is it so hard to do? How can these people sleep at night knowing that they have done nothing with evidence that could mean an innocent person could be released? This is totally beyond my understanding! This world is weird and mad! Films such as this one prove it. But this film was also so gentle in its delivery, so lacking in anger, which everyone had every right to be. (I would certainly have been had I been in their shoes.) It was great to see such fine actors taking on a film like this. It certainly added authenticity. An important film for the world to see: that not everyone who goes to prison is guilty! 10/10, from NSW, Australia