One Book, Many Films: The Verdict is ENTERTAINMENT!
Presented by the Denver Film Society at the Starz FilmCenter
900 Auraria Pkwy. (at the Tivoli)
Free parking in the Tivoli lot with ticket stub validation!
Nothing keeps more people riveted to their seats like a tense courtroom film, but waiting for the verdict is only half the action. As seen in To Kill a Mockingbird, what happens outside of the trial, to the lawyers, family, defendants and jurors, can be just as interesting.
All films are on Saturdays at 2:00 PM
The Films!
Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn star in this comedy about a husband-and-wife lawyer team who go head-to-head when she defends a woman on trial for shooting her spouse and he leads the prosecution.
(USA, 1949, 35mm, 101min) Directed by George Cukor
September 19 A FEW GOOD MEN
Tom Cruise leads an all-star cast as a Navy lawyer who must defend two marines accused of killing a fellow soldier. Battling honor and loyalty the men claim to have been acting under orders.
(USA, 1992, 35mm, 138min) Directed by Rob Reiner
September 26
WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION
Esteemed criminal lawyer Charles Laughton has just returned to practice after suffering a heart attack and is supposed to be taking it easy, but the case of a charmer (Tyrone Power) accused of murdering a rich middle-aged widow proves irresistible, particularly when he meets the wife (Marlene Dietrich) of the accused.
(USA, 1957, 35mm, 116min) Directed by Billy Wilder
October 3MY COUSIN VINNY
The film that coined the term “Academy-Award-Winner Marisa Tomei” also stars Joe Pesci as a brash New York lawyer who, in his first case, must defend his cousin in a mistaken identity murder trial deep in the heart of Alabama.
(USA, 1992, 35mm, 120min) Directed by Jonathan Lynn
What appears as an open-and-shut murder case is sent into a spiral when one member of a jury votes “not guilty” and makes the others realize things are not as cut and dry as they thought. Stars Henry Fonda, Jack Klugman and E.G. Marshall.
(USA, 1957, 35mm, 96min) Directed by Sidney Lumet
October 17
A murder trial brings a small Mississippi town's racial tensions to the flashpoint. Amid a frenzy of activist marches, Klan terror, media clamor and brutal riots, an unseasoned but idealistic young attorney (Matthew McConaughey) mounts a stirring courtroom battle for justice. Based on the novel by John Grisham.
(USA, 1996, 35mm, 149min) Directed by Joel Schumacher
October 24 TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Two children in a small southern town are thrust into an adult world of racial bigotry and hatred when their lawyer father (Gregory Peck) chooses to defend a black man unjustly accused of raping a white girl. Based on the novel by Harper Lee.
(USA, 1962, 35mm, 129min) Directed by Robert Mulligan