Best courtroom scenes in film thread!
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Originally Posted by DigIt
Unless these other movies also had a cross-examination in jive, the correct answer to this thread is Airplane II.
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Originally Posted by DigIt
Unless these other movies also had a cross-examination in jive, the correct answer to this thread is Airplane II.
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Originally Posted by majorjoe23
Am I the only person who thinks the "You can't handle the truth!" court room scene in "A Few Good Men" is horrible? If I were a high-ranking general involved with a cover-up, I know I would blow my top and admit to it on the witness stand.
A Civil Action has some good ones, including one excellent scene that takes place just outside of a courtroom.
Another vote for both The Insider and Presumed Innocent.
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Originally Posted by fryinpan1
I just watched this. Pacino was amazing.
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"Intolerable Cruelty"
All the scenes with "Heinz, the Baron Krauss von Espy".
All the scenes with "Heinz, the Baron Krauss von Espy".
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Originally Posted by fliggil
The ending of Witness for the Prosecution (and, well, most of the movie).
-I wouldn't say intense, but My Cousin Vinny definately has some classic courtroom scenes ("Perhaps the laws of physics cease to exist on your stove. Were these magic grits? Did you buy them from the same guy who sold Jack his beanstalk beans?")
-I wouldn't say intense, but My Cousin Vinny definately has some classic courtroom scenes ("Perhaps the laws of physics cease to exist on your stove. Were these magic grits? Did you buy them from the same guy who sold Jack his beanstalk beans?")
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