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- First, questioning witnesses is never as dramatic as it appears on TV and in movies.
- Cases take a really long time to actually go to trial.
- Most cases are settled out of court before they ever go to trial.
- Lawyers can't just spring a surprise witness on everyone.
Apr 13, 2024 · Courtroom scenes in TV shows, like in Suits, Better Call Saul, and Law & Order, showcase powerful character arcs and storytelling. The best courtroom scenes are not always about the case itself but about the emotional journeys of the main characters in the legal battle.
- A Few Good Men
- Law Abiding Citizen
- Boston Legal
- Jag
- My Cousin Vinny
- Liar, Liar
- The Good Wife
- To Kill A Mockingbird
- Franklin and Bash
- Seinfeld
In A Few Good Men, Tom Cruise stars as Lt. Daniel Kaffee, who is tasked with the chore of defending Marines accused of murder. But his clients insist they were acting under direct orders, a fact made famously clear in the climactic courtroom showdown between Kaffee and Jack Nicholson’s Colonel Nathan R. Jessup. Kaffee wants the truth, but Jessup be...
WARNING: This clip is NSFW. This excellent revenge thriller follows frustrated family man Clyde Shelton (Gerard Butler), who declares war on the men that killed his family as well as everyone involved in their plea bargain – including the main character played by Jamie Foxx. This particular scene in which Shelton chastises the judge for treating th...
Boston Legal is a show chock full of memorable courtroom moments, but this one stands out more than any other, and from the image alone, how could it not? You’ve got William Shatner dressed up like a minuteman firing a musket in court. Is there any more to say?
JAGdetailed the cases of Harmon Rabb, a former Navy fighter pilot, and his fellow lawyers from the U.S. Navy’s Judge Advocate General’s office. While the gang often respected one another, things could get quite heated when going head-to-head. In the following clip, Harm (David James Elliott) hits Mac (Catherine Bell) below the belt, using her histo...
The Oscar-winning courtroom comedy My Cousin Vinny is memorable for a lot of scenes involving Vinny (Joe Pesci) and his girlfriend Mona Lisa Vito (Marisa Tomei) and we’ve featured both of them here previously, but who can forget his innocent murder suspect cousin’s earlier counsel, John Gibbons, a stuttering attorney who can’t seem to get through h...
Jim Carrey is at his rubber-faced best as brilliant attorney Fletcher Reede, whose son wishes that for one day his dad would be unable to tell a lie. With Reede set to represent a duplicitous and vindictive adulterer, he’ll need all the luck he can get to make it through the case. In this particular clip, he’s first coming to terms with the fact th...
This scene is a bit outrageous in the sense that the judge is so blatant with his determination to violate the witness’s right to the Fifth Amendment. Most judges have enough law knowledge to know that’s a big no-no. Nevertheless, it makes for good TV, and it gives Alicia (Julianna Margulies) a chance to flex her muscles. Plus, who doesn’t like it ...
The story is tragic, even infuriating (and has recently made the news once again). And even though outcomes are not always what we want them to be, sometimes it’s the fact that we try that makes all the difference. That’s the overwhelmingly moving message to the final scene of To Kill a Mockingbird. Atticus Finch has just lost his case defending an...
Peter Bash (Mark-Paul Gosselaar) and Jared Franklin (Breckin Meyer) have unconventional ways of proving their points in court, and this first courtroom scene from the very first episode establishes that fact firmly. While trying to teach the jury about distractions, the duo have their witness, a model, begin disrobing. First, there is an objection....
Seinfeld always did a wonderful job of satirizing popular culture, and when the O.J. Simpson Murder Trialcame, the show’s writers didn’t waste any time. In this clip, Jerry Seinfeld (the character) is trying to withhold his testimony from expert attorney Jackie Chiles. He’s developed a crush on Sue-Ellen Mischke, the heir to the Oh Henrycandy bar f...
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What I found was that the show is 100% staged, all of the litigants are paid actors. The closest they get to real court is the claim that the cases are inspired by actual litigation. Tl;dr Personal Injury Court is basically the judge show soap opera.
First of all, the opening scene is poorly acted, and this is just one of many poorly acted scene's throughout the movie. You cant expect much, if you see the trailer, you can tell this movie is probably bad, there was probably a next to nothing budget, but at least it should be entertaining.
Mar 25, 2019 · Lucy Lang, Executive Director, Institute For Innovation In Prosecution at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, takes a look at courtroom scenes from a variety of television shows and...
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Aug 29, 2011 · Without the presence of Emmy winner Aaron Paul (Breaking Bad), a wee-budget indie flick like Wreckage would easily slip under the radar, completely unnoticed. Frankly, it’s just not that great...
