|
The Exonerated | 
 enlarge | Director: Bob Balaban
Actors: Susan Sarandon, Aidan Quinn, Danny Glover, Brian Dennehy, Delroy Lindo
Studio: Monterey Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $24.95
Buy New: $5.98
You Save: $18.97 (76%)
New (40) Used (19) from $1.45
Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 53003
Format: Color, Dvd-video, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 90 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: MTYD314052D
UPC: 012233140521
EAN: 0012233140521
ASIN: B000BYW6RA
Theatrical Release Date: January 27, 2005
Release Date: March 7, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: Brand New and Factory Sealed- Official US Release Version, Region 1, Not an Import or Bootleg- Ships within 24 Hours- Excellent Customer Service, 100% Fully Guaranteed- Buy with Confidence from a 5 Star *****... Reliable Seller! Don't hesitate to contact us if you have any problems or concerns about your order, We will resolve it ASAP!!!
| |
| Similar Items:
|
| Editorial Reviews:
Product Description
Sixteen years. Imagine everything you could do with sixteen years. Imagine everything you did the last sixteen years. Now take it all away. Sunny jacobs was convicted and sentenced to death for a crime she did not commit. Sixteen years was just the beginning of what was taken from sunny jacobs. Studio: Monterey Home Video Release Date: 03/07/2006 Starring: Susan Sarandon Danny Glover Run time: 90 minutes Rating: Nr
Amazon.com
A stellar cast is the chief appeal of The Exonerated, director Bob Balaban's film adaptation of Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen's true-life stage play. Susan Sarandon, Danny Glover, Brian Dennehy, Aidan Quinn, and Delroy Lindo portray five of the six people (the sixth is played by newcomer David Brown, Jr.) who were convicted of crimes they didn't commit and spent years on various death rows before their cases were re-examined and new evidence led to their being set free. Performing a script pieced together from actual court transcripts, depositions, letters, and interviews, each of the six, some of them accompanied by a spouse, recounts his or her story from beginning (crime, arrest, and conviction) to end (i.e., exculpation and readjustment to the outside world, where they must "practice to be human again"). Some of the material is pretty shocking, reflecting outrageously inept and/or prejudicial work on the part of law enforcement, legal representatives, and/or court officials; for instance, the lawyer for Kerry Max Cook (Quinn), who was locked up for over 20 years on a patently bogus rape-murder conviction, was a former district attorney who had twice prosecuted him in the past. Other characters are introduced via occasional re-enactments of police interrogations, trial testimony, and such, but for the most part it's the six principals who dominate the screen. That's a mixed blessing; although placing the actors against black, blank backdrops and bathing them in holy light is certainly dramatic, the result is somewhat static and, not surprisingly, very theatrical (The Exonerated had over 600 off-Broadway performances, in addition to national tours). Nevertheless, its impact is considerable--especially when the real "exonerees" appear onscreen at the end. Extra features include bios and interviews with the writers and actors. --Sam Graham
|
| Customer Reviews: Read 1 more reviews...
 King of BOORING !!! May 3, 2008
forrest c posey
This HAS to be one of the BORINGEST if not The Most Boring movie i've EVER seen !!!Guess i could tag it A Waste Of Time ?
 Good and True August 27, 2007
L. Denise Garner (Harrisburg)
True. No one innocent should be killed. This shows that there are people that are innocent that are executed. What about before there there was DNA testing? At least let ther be a moratorium to study the biasness of who is on death row.
excellent! August 25, 2007
Heather G. White (Pennsylvania)
Excellent performances, wonderful production, too. stayed pretty true to the play and how that is performed. definitely recommended!
 Important March 2, 2007
Michael LaRocca (Chiang Mai, Thailand)
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
Compelling writing. The true stories of six people released from death row. Compelling. No subtitles so I had to concentrate, and I did. Compelling. I want you to note that I used this word three times, sincerely, because now I'm going to bash it.
An actor or actress who is quite talented recites against a black background and shifting camera angles, so we know it's an important movie. It even says so on the cover. In contrast, the supporting actors are extras from the Hollywood Starbucks, and the sound effects are quite unnecessary. Is this how we sell relevance to Merkin viewers? And we can't even tell the stories 1, 2 ,3, 4, 5, and 6 but must jump back and forth and up and down and round and round because Merkins have short attention spans.
Honestly, I would've preferred to read the transcripts. But since I didn't, I'm glad I saw the DVD. Think of it as an audiobook, maybe. It's only 90 minutes. I'm glad I saw it, even though my very own VIGILANTE JUSTICE explains why I strongly support the death penalty.
And I remain mystified by how China chooses which DVDs to sell. Yep, we brought a pile of unwatched DVDs with us. We might never have to buy one in Thailand.
A Staggering Film That Should Be Required Viewing March 14, 2006
Grady Harp (Los Angeles, CA United States)
7 out of 7 found this review helpful
The truth is tough, the truth must be faced, and the truth is what THE EXONERATED is all about. A project started by writers Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen in 2000 when, in response to a lecture on capital punishment, the couple was moved by the telephone voice of one of the many innocent people on death row who had been falsely convicted of murders they did not in truth commit. This lead to a commitment on the part of Blank and Jensen to interview six such imprisoned people who had spent years of their lives on Death Row only to be eventually exonerated and released. The result of this research was a play that not only was on Broadway but also traveled the country. Now director Bob Balaban has transformed this play into one of the most seeringly powerful dramas about our penal system that has ever been produced.
Each of the six condemned people on death row is portrayed by a gifted actor and the script is taken 100% from interviews and testimony and court records of these exonerated victims. They each tell their story of the incident that resulted in their wrongful arrest and conviction, their experience while confined to Death Row, their thoughts of living in threat of execution, and their manner of dealing with the world once released. These different people are portrayed by Brian Dennehy, Delroy Lindo, Susan Sarandon, Danny Glover, Aidan Quinn, and David Brown, Jr. Adding some significant reenacted dialogue from spouses and police and jury are such fine actors as Lee Turgesen, Bobby Cannavale, Laurence Luckinbill with a host of others in minor roles.
At the end of the film each of these actors who have been creating the characters are faded into the actual exonerated victims who speak directly to us about their response. The overwhelming message is one against capital punishment, racism, against railroading innocent people into the prison system without the fairness of well-guided appeals, against all the flaws that besiege our penal system. The effect is shattering and staggering. This is NOT a docudrama, but a sensitively written, produced, directed and acted film. It is a film that every citizen of the world should see. Highly Recommended. Grady Harp, March 06
|
|
|
Copyright 2008 DVDonsale.com | |
