A Time to Kill (film)
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| Directed by | Joel Schumacher |
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| Screenplay by | Akiva Goldsman |
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A Time to Kill by John Grisham |
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| Music by | Elliot Goldenthal |
| Cinematography | Peter Menzies Jr. |
| Edited by | William Steinkamp |
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| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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149 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $40 million |
| Box office | $152 million |
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| Soundtrack album by Elliot Goldenthal | ||||
| Released | August 20, 1996 | |||
| Genre | Classical, avant-garde, modernist | |||
| Length | 35:02 | |||
| Label |
Atlantic 82959-2 |
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| Producer | Matthias Gohl | |||
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A Time to Kill is a 1996 American crime drama film adaptation of John Grisham's 1989 novel of the same name, directed by Joel Schumacher. Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Matthew McConaughey, and Kevin Spacey star, with Oliver Platt, Ashley Judd, Kiefer and Donald Sutherland, and Patrick McGoohan appearing in supporting roles. Set in Canton, Mississippi, the film involves the rape of a young girl, the arrest of the rapists, their subsequent murder by the girl's father, and the father's trial for murder. The film was a critical and commercial success, making $152 million at the worldwide box office.
In Canton, Mississippi, two white supremacists, Billy Ray Cobb and Pete Willard, kidnap a ten-year-old African-American girl named Tonya. They violently rape and beat her and dump her in a nearby river after a failed attempt to hang her; she survives, and the men are arrested.
Tonya's father, Carl Lee Hailey, contacts Jake Brigance, a white lawyer. Brigance admits the possibility that the rapists will walk free. Carl Lee goes to the county courthouse and opens fire with an automatic rifle, killing both rapists and unintentionally injuring Deputy Looney. Carl Lee is arrested. Brigance agrees to defend Carl Lee.
The rape and subsequent revenge killing gain national media attention. The district attorney, Rufus Buckley, decides to seek the death penalty, and presiding Judge Omar Noose denies Brigance a change of venue. Brigance seeks help from his defense team: law student Ellen Roark, close friend Harry Rex Vonner, and former mentor and long-time activist Lucien Wilbanks, a once-great civil rights lawyer.
The Ku Klux Klan begins to organize in the area. Klansman Freddie Lee Cobb—Billy Ray's brother—targets Brigance, burning a cross on his lawn and threatening his wife and daughter. When Brigance refuses to back down, Cobb kidnaps and assaults Roark.
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