Pacino balances a performance between comedy and bleak despair when he adds a thoroughly detestable judge accused of rape to his already miserable client list. Maybe intended as satire, maybe not. Lahti's debut film role. Academy Award Nominations: Best Actor--Al Pacino.

Theatrical Release: October 19, 1979.

DVD Features:

Keep Case
Widescreen - 1.85
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 - English, Portuguese
Subtitles - English, French, Portuguese, Spanish - Optional
Subtitles - English - Closed Captioned
Additional Release Materials:
Audio Commentary - Norman Jewison - Director
Deleted Scenes
Interviews - 1. Norman Jewison - Director
2. Barry Levinson - Screenwriter

Distributor Notes: When a corrupt judge is charged with rape, Arthur Kirkland must defend him. Kirkland has had problems with the judge in the past, including one incident when the judge wrongly sentenced his client, Jeff McCullaugh, because of a technicality. Kirkland faces a moral and legal dilemma, especially difficult because the judge admits he is guilty.

Source: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment

Al Pacino: Oscar winning actor, THE GODFATHER, SCENT OF A WOMAN
Jack Warden: American actor, SHAMPOO, HEAVEN CAN WAIT (1979)
John Forsythe: American Actor, DYNASTY
Lee Strasberg: American Actor/Stage Director
Christine Lahti: American Actress/Director, SWING SHIFT (1984)

Norman Jewison: Director, producer

"...[Pacino] is as electrifying as ever..."