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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780790750644
Format: Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0790750643
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 01, 2000
Running Time: 107 minutes
Sales Rank: 56389
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: September 09, 1994
Editorial Review:
Description:
He's guilty of murder. The feds have him dead to rights. At last there's no escape for this mob boss, a 'Teflon Don' who has slipped free of murder raps so many times before. But something goes wrong in the jury room. Eleven jurors vote guilty. One woman, her life and family threatened by the mob, votes to let the killer walk. And to set things right, that woman will have to fight back with a vengeance.
In Trial by Jury, Joanne Whalley-Kilmer (Scarlett) plays Valerie Alston, a dutiful juror thrust into a nightmare...and forced by her plight to discover hidden resources she never suspected she had. Armand Assante (The Mambo Kings) is the gangster who vows death to Valerie and her son if she votes 'guilty.' William Hurt (Body Heat) as a cop turned mob lowlife and Gabriel Byrne (Point of No Return) as a zealous prosecutor add to the excitement of this fast-paced action thriller.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - "Too Much Tampering Going On!"
Better than average performances by all the players. Kathleen Quinlin does a great job playing a part that is very far-afield from most of the parts I have seen her play. The gorefest in the park is a little unbelievable, but played well. Stuart Whitman was a sight for sore eyes as the father. Gabriel Byrne is believable and stellar as the prosecutor, very good, prosecutorial charisma, etc. I should have seen the movie when it was first released to get the full enjoyment of what were then, very ... Read More
Rating:  - Life is full of surprises
Amazing what a human being can be capable of doing when driven to desperate situations. How innocense can be lost when forced to extremes. Man's inner survival and killer instinct can be tapped into when cornered in inescapable situations. The movie showed me that at a driven situation I can do things that may have never crossed my mind. I can bring forth power from within though I may be a weakling. The movie was much better than I expected, am glad I bought it. Great performances.
Rating:  - Horrible
My wife and I had to shut this one off after the first 20 minutes. The characters were uninteresting, the plot slow and whew!!
Rating: - Boring and badly written, no DVD extras
I should have followed my instinct to turn the movie off halfway through. The film was surprising only for its bad writing and lack of suspense (think "Movie of the Week" production of a so-so novel). Joanne Whalley, Armand Assante and Gabriel Byrne are all excellent actors who are completely wasted in these roles. The characters are throroughly uninteresting stereotypes and the finale is simply absurd.
The only redeeming quality in this mess of a film was the role played by John Hurt. ... Read More
Rating: - Another unjustly neglected picture-
--And not because of the script or the premise, which are frankly shlock: the mob gets to one key juror by threatening her son, and she manages to convince the rest of the jurors to let the bad ole mob boss walk, against their better judgement. In real life of course, the bad guys would've hedged their bets by threatening the families of most or all of the jurors, but then we wouldn't have our feisty protagonist who has to safeguard her son AND set things straight, and of course, no movie either.
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