Reversal of Fortune (1990)

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7.2	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Barbet Schroeder

Starring (View all)

Glenn Close
Sunny von Bulow

Jeremy Irons
Claus von Bulow

Ron Silver
Alan Dershowitz

Annabella Sciorra
Sarah

Uta Hagen
Maria

Fisher Stevens
David Marriott

Jack Gilpin
Peter MacIntosh

Christine Baranski
Andrea Reynolds

Written by

Alan M. Dershowitz

Nicholas Kazan
(screenplay)

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A very good movie

14 years, 4 months ago at Feb 2 15:17

johanlefourbe

I have noticed that this movie tends to be forgotten nowdadays but I think it is quite a shame because I always thought that this story was just really fascinating. To be honest, even though thrillers can be entertaining, I find that most of them are actually rather annoying because they are always based on some really far-fetched plots (and, yes, it does include such classics like ‘The Silence ... read more

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4 months, 3 weeks ago at Jan 27 3:42

fernando

(OK) Resiste bien el tiempo, la narración de Glenn Close desde el coma profundo, da a la vez intriga y claridad, mientras Von Bulow se derrite debajo de su coraza y Ron Silver se rasga todo

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Wealthy Sunny von Bülow lies brain-dead and her husband Claus is found guilty of attempted murder. But he says he's innocent and hires Alan Dershowitz for his appeal.

Release date: 9 November 1990
UPC: 085391193425

Tags: Drama (3), Mystery (2), 1990 (2), Courtroom (2), 1990s (2), Backgammon (1), Best Lead Actor Oscar (1), Rhode Island (1), Law Student (1), Law School (1), Warner Bros. (1), Bad Guy (1), Insulin (1), Attempted Murder (1), Based On Book (1), Based On True Story (1), Courtroom Drama (1), Coma (1), Law (1), Usa (1)

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fernando posted a review 4 months, 3 weeks ago

“(OK) Resiste bien el tiempo, la narración de Glenn Close desde el coma profundo, da a la vez intriga y claridad, mientras Von Bulow se derrite debajo de su coraza y Ron Silver se rasga todo” read more

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" Alan Dershowitz a brilliant professor of law is hired by wealthy socialite Claus von Bulow to attempt to overturn his two convictions for attempted murder of his extremely wealthy wife. Based on a true story the film concentrates not on the trial like other legal thrillers, but on the preparatory work that Dershowitz and his students put in as they attempt to disprove the prosecution's case and achieve the Reversal of Fortune of the title. Based on the book, by Alan Dershowitz, the film was"

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