Roman J. Israel, Esq., a driven, idealistic defense attorney, finds himself in a tumultuous series of events that lead to a crisis and the necessity for extreme action.Roman J. Israel, Esq., a driven, idealistic defense attorney, finds himself in a tumultuous series of events that lead to a crisis and the necessity for extreme action.Roman J. Israel, Esq., a driven, idealistic defense attorney, finds himself in a tumultuous series of events that lead to a crisis and the necessity for extreme action.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 2 wins & 11 nominations total
Lynda Gravatt
- Vernita Wells
- (as Lynda Gravátt)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn the film there's a visible gap between Denzel Washington's two front teeth. He had the gap fixed with dental caps sometime after high school, but decided to remove them for this role.
- GoofsThe entire film happens over three weeks' time, but when it's mentioned that William is in a coma, which occurs at the beginning of the movie, Roman states that he has been in a coma for several weeks already.
- Quotes
Roman J. Israel, Esq.: Each of us is better than the worst thing we ever did.
- Alternate versionsAfter premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival, the film was re-cut by director Dan Gilroy and star Denzel Washington. The new version is 12 minutes shorter than the festival premiere. In addition to dropping some scenes, the film now features different music on the soundtrack (replacing a number of songs) and moves a scene depicting Roman and Israel going to a Lakers game at the Staples Center to an earlier point in the story.
- SoundtracksKeep On Truckin'
Written by Leonard Caston, Anita Poree and Frank E. Wilson
Performed by Eddie Kendricks
Courtesy of Motown Records
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises
Featured review
Its good
It was a good movie, but a tad confusing. DW is just as good as ever, it's worth watching. The movie was a little slow, but still not bad. If your a Hard core DW fan its worth a watch, but for a casual movie fan id say you can pass on it.
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- Countries of origin
- Official sites
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- Also known as
- Inner City
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $22,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $11,962,778
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $61,999
- Nov 19, 2017
- Gross worldwide
- $13,025,860
- Runtime2 hours 2 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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