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A Time To Kill Details

1996 Certificate 15
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In a small southern town in the 1960s, a black man awaits trial for murdering the two rednecks who viciously raped his 10-year-old daughter. A young, idealistic white lawyer takes up the father's defense, and the incendiary case becomes a firestorm of racism and controversy, ripping the town apart. Based on John Grisham's .. Read more

Starring Sandra Bullock, Matthew McConaughey, Samuel L. Jackson, Brenda Fricker
Director Joel Schumacher
Genres Drama

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A Time To Kill

In a small southern town in the 1960s, a black man awaits trial for murdering the two rednecks who viciously raped his 10-year-old daughter. A young, idealistic white lawyer takes up the father's defense, and the incendiary case becomes a firestorm of racism and controversy, ripping the town apart. Based on John Grisham's bestselling first novel.

Starring Sandra Bullock, Matthew McConaughey, Samuel L. Jackson, Brenda Fricker, Oliver Platt, Charles S. Dutton, Ashley Judd, Patrick McGoohan, Donald Sutherland
Director Joel Schumacher
Studio WARNER HOME VIDEO
Run time DVD: 2 hrs 23 mins
Blu-ray: 2 hrs 29 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Drama
Language DVD: English
Blu-ray: English
Hearing-impaired English
Subtitles DVD: Arabic, Czech, English, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Polish, Turkish
Released Production year: 1996

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DVD: 11 May 1998
Blu-ray: not available
Blu-ray: 09 Mar 2009
  • Critic's review of A Time To Kill

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    • ...The most satisfying of the John Grisham screen adaptations to date....Well served by a stellar cast....In the film's most riveting performance, Jackson capitalizes on his role's potent dramatic opportunities...

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  • Most helpful member's review of A Time To Kill

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    • Rated - 4.0 stars  

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      A lot missed from the book

      A lot missed from the book. Not adapted well, rushed at the end, and it the jury does not do much as in the book, still a good plot with a predictable ending

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    • Rated - 5.0 stars  

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      Double sided disc

      The film was great but I found it frustrating when I didn't realise that the disc was doulbe sided, but after reading previous reviews on this site I ... read more »

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    John Grisham's The Rainmaker

    Bridges & daughter hoping to find A Time To Kill on Broadway

    • WENN Newsdesk
    • 23 Oct 2011

    Actor Beau Bridges and his daughter Emily are hoping to take Ashley Judd and Matthew Mcconaughey's courtroom drama A Time To Kill to Broadway. Dad and daughter recently teamed up for a reading of the play, based on John Grisham's bestseller - and now Bridges confirms producers are looking for a leading man to join them onstage. He tells WENN, "The main part would be the casting for the young lead, which Matthew McConaughey played in the movie. "The play is quite different from the movie. It's... Read more

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    • A Time To Kill - Blu-ray
      In a small southern town in the 1960s, a black man awaits trial for murdering the two rednecks who viciously raped his 10-year-old daughter. A young, idealistic white lawyer takes up the father's defense, and the incendiary case becomes a firestorm of racism and controversy, ripping the town apart. ...

    • A Time To Kill
      In a small southern town in the 1960s, a black man awaits trial for murdering the two rednecks who viciously raped his 10-year-old daughter. A young, idealistic white lawyer takes up the father's defense, and the incendiary case becomes a firestorm of racism and controversy, ripping the town apart. ...