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Class Package: The Courtroom Drama | The Verdict

A Few Good Men … Witness for the Prosecution … The Verdict … dive into some of the best courtroom dramas ever made.

What makes these films so powerful? How do they reflect their times, and why do these films bring out the lawyers’ heroism?

  • Oct 8: The Verdict (Dir: Sidney Lumet) – A washed up attorney (Paul Newman) has one last chance at redemption when he risks his career by refusing settlement and taking a giant malpractice case to trial, in this searing character study by David Mamet.
  • Oct 15: A Few Good Men (Dir: Rob Reiner) – A brash, young Navy lawyer (Tom Cruise) who’s never seen the inside of a courtroom, defends two Marines accused of murder in one of the most electrifying screenplays of all time, directed as a brilliant morality tale.
  • Oct 22: Witness for the Prosecution (Dir: Billy Wilder) – A shocking murder case tempts a celebrated, aging barrister (Charles Laughton) back into the courtroom in Wilder’s classic drama, filled with surprising reversals.
  • Oct 29: From the Hip (Dir: Bob Clark) – Before creating his beloved legal TV shows, Kelley wrote this criminally underrated thriller about a brilliant young lawyer (Judd Nelson) on his first trial, faced with a crisis of conscience.
  • Nov 5: Erin Brockovich (Dir: Steven Soderbergh) – Brockovich (Julia Roberts) is a working-class, single mother without a law degree who almost single-handedly brings down a major power company in this feel-good tour de force, based on a true story.

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When: Thu., Oct. 8, 2015 at 7:00 pm
Where: The 92nd Street Y, New York
1395 Lexington Ave.
212-415-5500
Price: $30.00
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A Few Good Men … Witness for the Prosecution … The Verdict … dive into some of the best courtroom dramas ever made.

What makes these films so powerful? How do they reflect their times, and why do these films bring out the lawyers’ heroism?

  • Oct 8: The Verdict (Dir: Sidney Lumet) – A washed up attorney (Paul Newman) has one last chance at redemption when he risks his career by refusing settlement and taking a giant malpractice case to trial, in this searing character study by David Mamet.
  • Oct 15: A Few Good Men (Dir: Rob Reiner) – A brash, young Navy lawyer (Tom Cruise) who’s never seen the inside of a courtroom, defends two Marines accused of murder in one of the most electrifying screenplays of all time, directed as a brilliant morality tale.
  • Oct 22: Witness for the Prosecution (Dir: Billy Wilder) – A shocking murder case tempts a celebrated, aging barrister (Charles Laughton) back into the courtroom in Wilder’s classic drama, filled with surprising reversals.
  • Oct 29: From the Hip (Dir: Bob Clark) – Before creating his beloved legal TV shows, Kelley wrote this criminally underrated thriller about a brilliant young lawyer (Judd Nelson) on his first trial, faced with a crisis of conscience.
  • Nov 5: Erin Brockovich (Dir: Steven Soderbergh) – Brockovich (Julia Roberts) is a working-class, single mother without a law degree who almost single-handedly brings down a major power company in this feel-good tour de force, based on a true story.

Subscribe and Save! These events can be purchased together as part of the following subscription: Class Package: The Courtroom Drama.

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