A district attorney out for a conviction. A new lawyer out of her league. A young boy who knew too much.
A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. Before Jerome shoots himself, he tells Mark where the body of a Senator is buried. Clifford shoots himself and Mark is found at the scene, and both the FBI and the Mafia quickly realize that Mark probably knows more than he says.
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Classical in form, contemporary, earnest and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
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- CinemaSerfon TMDB · Apr 20256/10
Brad Renfro delivers well here as the young lad caught up in bizarre suicide/murder/gangster drama that also gives Susan Sarandon a decent kick at the ball too. He is “Mark”, who is playing with his brother near their trailer home when he encounters a would-be suicide who has plugged the exhaust into his car. He is spotted and thinks that maybe he is due for the same fate, but when the fella just blows his brains out the young “Mark” manages to escape - only to find his brother has gone into shock. Next thing, he is in the hospital and neither the clinicians nor the ever-present FBI are inclined to believe his story, especially when a missing US Senator might be involved in this mystery, too. Luckily for him, though, “Mark”recruits the services of “Reggie” (Sarandon) who makes it clear to the rather blasé agent “Roy” (Tommy Lee Jones) that her young charge is entitled to the protections of due process just like everyone else - even if she, too, reckons the lad is being just a touch judicious about the real turn of events that day. What we also learn is that the deceased was a lawyer who counted a local kingpin amongst his clients, and they too want to make sure the boy knows nothin
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Cast
- Brad RenfroMark Sway
- Susan SarandonReggie Love
- Tommy Lee JonesRoy Foltrigg
- Mary-Louise ParkerDianne Sway
- Anthony LaPagliaBarry Muldano
- Bradley WhitfordThomas Fink
- Will PattonSergeant Hardy
- Anthony EdwardsClint Von Hooser
- J.T. WalshJason McThune
- Anthony HealdLarry Trumann
Crew
- Joel SchumacherDirector
- Akiva GoldsmanScreenplay
- Robert GetchellScreenplay
- John GrishamNovel
- Tony Pierce-RobertsDirector of Photography
- Howard ShoreOriginal Music Composer
- Robert BrownEditor
- Arnon MilchanProducer
- Steven ReutherProducer
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