Trial and Error (1997)

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Directed by

Jonathan Lynn

Starring (View all)

Michael Richards
Richard Rietti

Jeff Daniels
Charles Tuttle

Charlize Theron
Billie Tyler

Jessica Steen
Elizabeth

Austin Pendleton
Judge Paul Z. Graff

Rip Torn
Benny Gibbs

Alexandra Wentworth
Tiffany

Jennifer Coolidge
Jacqueline

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Sara Bernstein
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Gregory Bernstein
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Lawyer Charles Tuttle is defending his wife's relative Benny Gibbs in a class action fraud suit. When he arrives in the city where court takes place, he gets drunk and the following day, when the hearings begin, his friend, actor Richard Rietti, takes his place posing as Charlie. The bad thing is that Richard doesn't know anything about being a lawyer, and Charlie has to teach him as the most important case of his life goes on.

Release date: 30 May 1997
UPC: 794043485725

Tags: Comedy (4), Romance (3), Courtroom (3), 1990s (3), Mistaken Identity (2), 1997 (1), Legal Drama (1), Spiritual Cinema (1), New Line Cinema (1), {comedy 24} (1), Sort (1), SnP (1)

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" Trial and Error is a 1997 American comedy film directed by Jonathan Lynn and starring Michael Richards, Jeff Daniels and Charlize Theron. The film's plot concerns an attorney and his actor friend, who takes his place in court to defend his boss's hopelessly guilty relative. It was the final New Line Cinema film to have a Turner byline at the bottom of the logo, before it was acquired by Time Warner on October 10, 1996. Lawyer Charles Tuttle is defending his wife's relative Benny Gibbs in a"