tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5752551066377985126.post8820742565314459806..comments2023-03-14T02:09:21.968-07:00Comments on North/South Film: The Movie Lawyer ListsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5752551066377985126.post-80758991500925234802017-01-03T04:32:29.670-08:002017-01-03T04:32:29.670-08:00Your website is really cool and this is a great in...Your website is really cool and this is a great inspiring article. Thank you so much.<br /><a href="https://www.vannormanlaw.com/scottsdale-dui-lawyer/" rel="nofollow">dui lawyer scottsdale az</a><br />samjohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17448966798392204271noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5752551066377985126.post-54355098389774867612013-10-26T08:11:16.398-07:002013-10-26T08:11:16.398-07:00I agree that Jim Garrison was huge omission, Paul ...I agree that Jim Garrison was huge omission, Paul Newman's Frank Galvin was my honorable mention but I cut him out at the last second, and I completely forgot about Michael Clayton, would have been a worthy inclusion as well. <br />- Chris Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12826561118460403538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5752551066377985126.post-22574393787790621252013-10-25T14:46:57.687-07:002013-10-25T14:46:57.687-07:00Ok, here are my top 5.
5) Jake Brigance (Matthe...Ok, here are my top 5. <br /><br />5) Jake Brigance (Matthew McConaughey) - A Time to Kill<br />Chris got this one right. Big payoff for one great line, "Now imagine she's white." in a solid movie all around. This performance was better than his other lawyerly roles in Amistad and The Lincoln Lawyer<br /><br />4) District Attorney Jim Garrison (Kevin Costner) - JFK<br />I'm not sure how this one didn't make any of Dan's lists, but any time you mix Kevin Costner with a presidential conspiracy theory, I'm in. Back and to the Left!<br /><br />3) Michael Clayton (Groege Clooney) - Michael Clayton<br />Most lawyers do their work outside the courtroom, and Michael Clayton was no exception. He was a high profile "fixer" who was a little too high profile, but outsmarted every other attorney around. This almost makes up for his barely watchable lawyer role in Intolerable Cruelty. <br /><br />2) Frank Galvin (Paul Newman) - The Verdict<br />A drunk trying to make good with one final big legal score. Old school and well played. He and the movie got nominated for everything.<br /><br />Lt. Daniel Kaffee (Tom Cruise) - A Few Good Men<br />The biggest no-doubter for this list since Atticus Finch. A lawyer who does his best thinking while holding a baseball bat? Right up my alley. He had a great foe in the log-book-doctoring Col. Nathan R. Jessep, and he brings the pain when he levies the harshest insult possible for Kevin Bacon; "You're a lousy softball payer, Jack!"<br /><br />Honorable mention: <br /><br />Jan Schlichtmann (John Travolta) - A Civil Action <br />Sadly, he can't make my top five, because he's not even the best lawyer in his own movie. The older and wiser Robert Douvall was the most talented lawyer in the room, and the movie is based on a true story. It was was Erin Brokovich before Erin Brokovich. <br /><br />Shen Yuelin (Bai Ling) - Red Corner<br />Ok, ok, the movie isn't that amazing, and neither was her acting, but she did have to deal with a completely corrupt court and government conspiracy, and she won. She puts her family name and her career on the line for Richard Gere, that has to be worth something, right?<br /><br />Gene Hackman - He was much better than his daughter in A Civil Action, and was a pretty great corrupt jury consultant (likely an attorney) in Runaway Jury.<br /><br /> Ed Lafayettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17429176597109816724noreply@blogger.com