- Actors: James Woods, Robert Downey Jr., Margaret Colin, Yuji Okumoto, Kurtwood Smith
- Directors: Joseph Ruben
- Writers: Wesley Strick
- Producers: Lawrence Lasker, Patrick Crowley, Peter Rosten, Walter F. Parkes
- Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
- Language: English, French
- Subtitles: English, Spanish, French, Portuguese, Chinese, Thai
- Region: (US and Canada This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
- Release Date: April 3 2001
- Run Time: 108 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B000056WR2
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
#4,326 in DVD (See Top 100 in DVD)
- #12 in DVD > Mystery & Suspense > Crime > Courtroom Drama
- #76 in DVD > En français > Action, Aventure, Policier et Thriller > Policier et Thriller
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Eddie Dodd (James Woods) is a former '60s radical lawyer who now spends his time cynically defending drug dealers for the big bucks. But an idealistic young protégé (Robert Downey Jr.) convinces him to take one case from the heart: a young Chinese immigrant unjustly accused in a gang slaying. Woods (complete with add-on ponytail) fairly hums with energy once he gets cooking here. Playing the been-there-done-that mentor--not to mention legal gadfly--gives Woods plenty of opportunity to run off at the mouth with spicy one-liners and zingers. But it also allows him to do some real acting, capturing Eddie's denial and sense of disappointment in himself. Plus his vehicle is a not-too-shabby mystery by thrillmeister director Joseph Ruben (Sleeping with the Enemy). --Marshall Fine
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4.0 out of 5 stars
A winner film,
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James Woods has been one of the best actors in the screen. He is outstanding and always he commits in just five hundred per cent in all his performances. Powerful and expressive, but in Hollywood he has had just isolated opportunities. It's missunderstable.Earl Dodd is very special lawyer, he isn't a typical image of lucky lawyer. and obviously our character lived with too much passion those singular decades from the sixties and seventies. From this perpective a singular case challenges him; to assume the defense of a chinese acussed of murder, being not guilty. This movie will tell about all the resources and special methods of our antihero for winning this dark case. Robert Downey Jr. plays the typical role of the rookie naif lawyer who thinks the world is fair and clean. Soon he'll learn too many issues about how to deal with the life and specaiily in this business. A well built script allows Woods to release all his stamina and skills, specially in front the Court in the first half of the film. Solid film , with smart situations and a fine sense of humor. Worthy work.
5.0 out of 5 stars
The guiltier he is, the more he needs us,
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Ce commentaire est de: True Believer (DVD)
This and 'Inherit The Wind' are the best courtroom drama's ever!A man kills a white suprimacist in prison, and Eddie Dodd, a lawyer who 'does cases cheap, James Woods, his lawyer decides to put the original case on trial. Chinatown...
5.0 out of 5 stars
True believer,
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Ce commentaire est de: True Believer (DVD)
another of those non-mainstream James Woods movies that turns out to be the one you remember forever. I honestly don't know how Woods can get so much emotion into a character.This is probably his greatest work (with Diggstown right there) and you will be able to experience his characters Frustration, pain, and relief right along side him. A touch of humor to lighten but mostly the best dramatic court scenes and flat out grit will have you recommending this to strangers on the street.
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