“Imagine that your 10-year-old boy died after a long and painful illness. Now imagine you learned that illness might have been caused by poison that was improperly disposed of by your neighbor. You would probably be outraged. You would probably demand that the district attorney bring a charge of third-degree murder, or at least manslaughter, against the culprit.
Now imagine that your 10-year-old child died after a long and painful illness and it turns out the neighbor described above is a large corporation. And your only option is to bring a civil action against the firm… “
The next movie we are going to watch on “The Film Project” is “A Civil Action” by Steven Zaillian, with John Travolta and Robert Duvall. That’s a film based on a true story and is much different from all the courtroom dramas we’ve seen on “The Film Project” so far. We’re going to watch it in the end of January, probably 24th Jan.
Can you do better in court than Gambini? See you in room 200, ul. Bracka 12, Thursday 12/6, 6:15 PM. Professors Elliott and Porter will be with us.
Bill and Stan are mistaken for murderers while on vacation, and Bill’s family sends his cousin to defend them for his first case as a lawyer… You can read more about the movie here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104952/
We will watch this movie on Thursday (November 8, 2007) after class with professor Young as part of the “Film Project” managed by Paulina Marcickiewicz. How do you like the title sequence with Duke Ellington’s score? Professor Young has a legal analysis of the film for you, he’ll tell you about it in class.
Filip Wejman, on amerykanska.wordpress.com, on October 18, 2007:
On Thursday night we had some slices of pizza, Coke, and watched “To Kill the Mocking Bird”. What are your impressions? I enjoyed watching it, and I look forward to seeing it next time. I have a soft spot for old B&W movies with Hollywood stars; I fall for this magic. (Probably most people do.)
Gregory Peck was so handsome, he was such a good citizen and father of the family; he would speak to his wife and children like a professor to students. It sounds pretty funny but I bought his dignity and nobility. Maybe because that’s how I ALWAYS perceive Gregory Peck (Does anyone recall him playing an evil character?) I though this film was naive and genuine as a piece of art. Maybe this is also how people tend to think about the South: with sentimentalism; they like to watch such films on the lazy Sunday afternoon, just like the old westerns.
The famous closing argument of Atticus went for me completely unnoticed, it had zero impact on me. I thought it was still coming when I realized it was already gone.
From what I heard, it was the book that made an important step in America. I can well understand that. I can also imagine that the movie did not. What is your take?
Today in the afternoon (at 5:40pm, Kino pod Baranami) we’re going with Professors Elliott and Porter and Mr. Wejman to the movies.
The film we’re going to watch is “Michael Clayton” by Tony Gilroy. It’s a story of an attorney known as the “fixer” in his law firm, who comes across the biggest case of his career that could produce disastrous results for those involved. You can read more about the movie here http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0465538/
Here you will be able to read more about movies that we’re going to watch, comments on films that we’ve just watched, recommendations of some good (lawyers or law related) movies coming up in the cinemas.
Here you can read some more about our special guests for the Project. Professor Lucia Silecchia, Prof. Steven Young, Prof. Heather Elliott and Prof. Elizabeth Porter were our guests so far.
Welcome to www.TheFilmProject.WordPress.com! This is an oficial BLOG of “The Film Project” of JU-CUA American Law School. To find out what the project is all about - go to “what is the Film Project?”, to learn about our plans and films we’re going to watch - visit the “Film” category and to discover who is going to be or who’s already been our guest - go to the “Guests” category.
by Tony Gilroy. It’s a story of an attorney known as the “fixer” in his law firm, who comes across the biggest case of his career that could produce disastrous results for those involved. You can read more about the movie here 