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The Firm

  • 1993
  • R
  • 2h 34m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
140K
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The Firm (1993)
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A young lawyer joins a prestigious law firm only to discover that it has a sinister dark side.A young lawyer joins a prestigious law firm only to discover that it has a sinister dark side.A young lawyer joins a prestigious law firm only to discover that it has a sinister dark side.

  • Director
    • Sydney Pollack
  • Writers
    • John Grisham
    • David Rabe
    • Robert Towne
  • Stars
    • Tom Cruise
    • Jeanne Tripplehorn
    • Gene Hackman
  • See production, box office & company info
    • IMDb RATING
    6.8/10
    140K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    2,256
    215
    • Director
      • Sydney Pollack
    • Writers
      • John Grisham
      • David Rabe
      • Robert Towne
    • Stars
      • Tom Cruise
      • Jeanne Tripplehorn
      • Gene Hackman
    • 238User reviews
    • 67Critic reviews
    • 58Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 2 Oscars
      • 3 wins & 7 nominations total

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    Trailer 0:32
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    Tom Cruise
    Tom Cruise
    • Mitch McDeere
    Jeanne Tripplehorn
    Jeanne Tripplehorn
    • Abby McDeere
    Gene Hackman
    Gene Hackman
    • Avery Tolar
    Hal Holbrook
    Hal Holbrook
    • Oliver Lambert
    Terry Kinney
    Terry Kinney
    • Lamar Quinn
    Wilford Brimley
    Wilford Brimley
    • William Devasher
    Ed Harris
    Ed Harris
    • Wayne Tarrance
    Holly Hunter
    Holly Hunter
    • Tammy Hemphill
    David Strathairn
    David Strathairn
    • Ray McDeere
    Gary Busey
    Gary Busey
    • Eddie Lomax
    Steven Hill
    Steven Hill
    • F. Denton Voyles
    Tobin Bell
    Tobin Bell
    • The Nordic Man
    Barbara Garrick
    Barbara Garrick
    • Kay Quinn
    Jerry Hardin
    Jerry Hardin
    • Royce McKnight
    Paul Calderon
    Paul Calderon
    • Thomas Richie
    Jerry Weintraub
    Jerry Weintraub
    • Sonny Capps
    Sullivan Walker
    • Barry Abanks
    Karina Lombard
    Karina Lombard
    • Young Woman on Beach
    • Director
      • Sydney Pollack
    • Writers
      • John Grisham
      • David Rabe
      • Robert Towne
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Holly Hunter is on screen for a total of 5 minutes and 59 seconds, one the of shortest performances ever nominated for an Oscar. She is in 20 scenes, for an average of 18 seconds per scene.
    • Goofs
      The cars of the Mud Island monorail leave and arrive at opposite ends at the same time. It would be impossible for the man following McDeere to leave his car and begin running for the other side before McDeere left his car.
    • Quotes

      Mitch McDeere: I got mine, Wayne, you get the rest of them.

      Wayne Tarrance: Get 'em with what? Overbilling, mail fraud? Oh, that's exciting.

      Mitch McDeere: It's not sexy, but it's got teeth! Ten thousand dollars and five years in prison. That's ten and five for each act. Have you really looked at that? You've got every partner in the firm on overbilling. There's two hundred fifty acts of documented mail fraud there. That's racketeering! That's minimum one thousand, two hundred fifty years in prison and half a million dollars in fines. That's more than you had on Capone.

    • Crazy credits
      Since laundering drug money is a major theme, this appears: "The producers wish to thank the Cayman Islands Government...for their cooperation in the making of this film and acknowledge that the Cayman Islands have strict antidrug and money laundering laws which are rigorously enforced."
    • Alternate versions
      In the scene when Mitch is at the Cayman Islands, and is talking to his new client Sonny Capps about tax representation, there is a line that had a strange overdubbing. Mitch's line "You'd feel like you were fucked with a dick big enough for an elephant to feel it" was re-shot for television. In the TV version, the line was replaced with "You'd feel like you had a prostate exam with a beach umbrella to feel it."
    • Connections
      Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Last Action Hero/Once Upon a Forest/Jurassic Park/The Music of Chance (1993)
    • Soundtracks
      Start It Up
      Written by Robben Ford
      Performed by Robben Ford & The Blue Line

    User reviews238

    Review
    Review
    Featured review
    7/10
    A Complex Suspense-Drama
    This is a long (154 minutes) but pretty solid drama-suspense story about corporate corruption. The film features a well-known cast, and as soon as the action kicks in this becomes a very tense story.

    Tom Cruise is very good as the hotshot lawyer, as is Jeanne Tripplehorn who plays his unhappy wife. This is a complex story at times, one not always easily understood, especially the ending. So much is explained so fast at the end it's tough to comprehend it all.

    Wilfred Brimley, Gene Hackman, Hal Holbrook, Holly Hunter, Robert Strathairn and Ed Harris all make this a really deep, impressive cast. For more details of the story, check some of the other reviews.
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    FAQ4

    • How could the girl describe the two killers? She was sitting under the desk, so she couldn't see anything.
    • What is "The Firm" about?
    • Since Mitch never actually confessed to having sex on the beach with the "other woman," he didn't have to tell Abby right away, if at all, so how would this have affected the plot?

    Details

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    • Release date
      • June 30, 1993 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Công Ty
    • Filming locations
      • Mount Baker, Washington, USA
    • Production companies
      • Davis Entertainment
      • Mirage Enterprises
      • Paramount Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $42,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $158,348,367
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $25,400,000
      • Jul 4, 1993
    • Gross worldwide
      • $270,248,367
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 34 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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