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The Client
1994
In this taut legal drama a trailer park kid witnesses the suicide of a mob lawyer and is pursued by authorities trying to find out if he knows anything. In an attempt to protect himself, the 11 year-old hires a feisty female attorney who takes up his case and develops a bond with him. Based on the novel by John Grisham. Academy .. Read more
| Starring | Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, Mary-Louise Parker, Anthony La Paglia |
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| Director | Joel Schumacher |
| Genres | Drama |
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The Client
In this taut legal drama a trailer park kid witnesses the suicide of a mob lawyer and is pursued by authorities trying to find out if he knows anything. In an attempt to protect himself, the 11 year-old hires a feisty female attorney who takes up his case and develops a bond with him. Based on the novel by John Grisham. Academy Award Nominations: Best Actress--Susan Sarandon.
| Starring | Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, Mary-Louise Parker, Anthony La Paglia, Anthony Edwards, Ossie Davis, Brad Renfro, William H. Macy, Kim Coates, Walter Olkewicz, Will Patton, William Sanderson, J.T. Walsh, Bradley Whitford, Kimberly Scott |
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| Director | Joel Schumacher |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 56 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | DVD: Arabic, Croatian, Czech, English, Greek, Hungarian, Icelandic, Polish, Turkish |
| Released | Production year: 1994 To Rent: DVD: 11 May 1998 |
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"...THE CLIENT is the best and certainly the liveliest, tensest and most emotionally involving film yet of a Grisham novel..."
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The Client or was it?
Ok, based on a John Grisham story is where this film has a good start cause he rocks. The film starts off well with an 11 year old boy discovering a secret that... read more »
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Good film that runs along like a true story. It's a good case for debate and the acting is very good. The sets are impressive enough and I would rate it as ... read more »
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Loved this film it had everthing in it good script and great story lines cant fault and wont.
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FAB... loved it, kept me hooked all the way through, susan sarrandon at her very best. this film is all about a boy witnessing a suicide and the boy being ... read more »
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In this taut legal drama a trailer park kid witnesses the suicide of a mob lawyer and is pursued by authorities trying to find out if he knows anything. In an attempt to protect himself, the 11 year-old hires a feisty female attorney who takes up his case and develops a bond with him. Based on the ...
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