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1999

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Starring	Tommy Lee Jones, Ashley Judd, Benjamin Weir, Jay Brazeau
Director	Bruce Beresford
Genres	Drama

Double Jeopardy

Director Bruce Beresford's thriller stars Ashley Judd as Libby Parsons, a young woman with a seemingly happy marriage and a prosperous life. While on a weekend sailing trip, she wakes up in the middle of the night to find the boat covered in blood and her husband, Nick (Bruce Greenwood), missing. Since she's found holding a knife covered in her husband's blood, Libby's quickly indicted and convicted of murder. Her lawyer suggests that she give up her son, and he's soon adopted by her friend, Angie (Annabeth Gish), who promptly disappears with the child. Although Libby's angry enough to break out of prison, her lawyer-cellmate advises her to wait for parole and take advantage of double jeopardy protection, a legal loophole that prevents her from being tried for the same crime twice. Six years later, Libby's paroled into a halfway house under the care of hard-bitten probation officer Travis Lehman (Tommy Lee Jones). She escapes immediately, taking off to find her son and exact revenge on those who framed her. Lehman, expecting as much, is fast on her trail.

Starring	Tommy Lee Jones, Ashley Judd, Benjamin Weir, Jay Brazeau, Bruce Greenwood
Director	Bruce Beresford
Studio	PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 41 mins
Certificate
Collections	100 Feisty Females
Genres	Drama
Language	DVD: English
Dubbed	Czech, German, Hungarian
Hearing-impaired	English
Subtitles	DVD: Arabic, Bulgarian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Swedish, Turkish
Released	Production year: 1999 To Rent: DVD: 05 Feb 2001

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- Libby Parsons (Judd) is in prison, wrongly convicted of killing her husband (Greenwood). She's just discovered,... read more on Time Out
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  AT LAST SOMEONE BEATING THE JUSTICE SYSTEM....
  
  THIS IS A GREAT THRILLER WHICH HAS A FEW GOOD TWIST AN ONE HELL OF A FINAL TWIST.
  
  IF YOU THINK THE JUSTICE SYSTEM WILL PROTECT YOU, BEWARE. WITHOUT ... read more »
  
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  - 24 Aug 2004 at 12:21
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  Good film
  
  Have seen this film before, a few years ago and enjoyed it the first time around and again the second time around.
  
  Something a bit different, I would... read more »
  
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  - 28 Jun 2011 at 20:55
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  GOOD MOVIE - PREDICTABLE
  
  Ok so the title speaks for itself... good movie but if you are like me and enjoy movies that really get your head thinking then you would of guessed the script ... read more »
  
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  - Bangor NI
  - 02 Dec 2010 at 01:23
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  Double Jeopardy.
  
  A good steady thriller on the light side with good performances all round. Certainly one that will be worth watching again.
  
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  Director Bruce Beresford's thriller stars Ashley Judd as Libby Parsons, a young woman with a seemingly happy marriage and a prosperous life. While on a weekend sailing trip, she wakes up in the middle of the night to find the boat covered in blood and her husband, Nick (Bruce Greenwood), missing. ...