MOVIES Revised 04/11/2019 12 YEARS a SLAVE: (2013) 134 Minutes
MOVIES Revised 04/11/2019 12 YEARS A SLAVE: (2013) 134 minutes. Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael Fassbender. Based on the true story of Solomon Northup. In 1841, Northup, an accomplished, free citizen of New York, is kidnapped and sold into slavery. Stripped of his identity and deprived of all dignity, Northup is ultimately purchased by ruthless plantation owner Edwin Epps and must find the strength within to survive. DVD ABSENCE OF MALICE: (1981) 116 minutes. Paul Newman, Sally Field. A labor leader disappears. The prosecutor leaks false information about a businessman (Newman), whose father was a gangster, to a reporter (Fields) in the hopes of pressuring the businessman into providing information. DVD ABSOLUTE POWER: (1997) 121 minutes. Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris. The President believes that everything he does is beyond reproach, including an affair or two. That leads to murder and everyone around him is involved. There is only one witness, a thief named Luther Whitney. They are sure he'll talk, but when? DVD THE ACCUSED: (1988) 106 minutes. Jodie Foster, Kelly McGillis. District Attorney (McGillis) encourages rape victim (Foster) to press charges. The film focuses on the legal system's treatment of the crime and its victim. Jodie Foster won an Oscar for her performance. DVD ADAM'S RIB: (1949) 101 minutes. Spencer Tracy, Katherine Hepburn. Though married, D.A. (Tracy) and defense counsel (Hepburn) square off in a case involving a woman who shot her cheating husband. B & W. DVD ADVISE AND CONSENT: (1962) 142 minutes. Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Walter Pidgeon. Charles Laughton's last performance, the film provides a behind-the-scenes view of the Washington political machine, full of shady characters.
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