Monday, May 19, 2008

... And One Angry Dwarf

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I was really hoping I could avoid the 12 Angry Men thing in bringing up my having to fulfill my civic duty tomorrow morning and head to the courthouse for possibly jury duty, but I swear I can't think of another movie that's about jury duty. There've been plenty of "A Very Special 12 Angry Men rip-off Episode"'s of TV shows, where one of our beloved characters like Tootie or Julia Sugarbaker have to go and inevitably change everyone's closed minds on some topic or another... but not many other movies, right? 12 Angry Men kinda broke the mold, I guess.

If anyone has any other Jury Movie examples, fill me in. I've got my fingers crossed that I get called and it's some terribly scandalous murder trial with incestuous elderly twin sisters and arsenic drenched rags and toddlers baked into pies. Those trials are dime-a-dozen, right? Well wish me luck! And I'll be back when I am...
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6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Good luck.

Last time I had jury duty, I spent the whole day in the jury box, and just before the trial was supposed to start, I was excused. At that point I was kind of disappointed, I was sort of licking my chops in anticipation . Oh well, chalk it up to a day off and a bit of life experience.

Anonymous said...

There was some bad Demi Moore movie in the 1990s where she was a single mom who got picked for jury duty, and it was a mafia case, and they threatened to kill her kid if she couldn't stop the jury from voting guilty. I think. Anyway she had jury duty, and that was the whole film. Pretty much.

Jason Adams said...

The Juror! Right.

Glenn said...

I was gonna mention that one too! It had Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Anne Heche too if I remember correctly. And the final scene is in, like, Peru?

Maybe you'll get a big grandstanding speech ala anything important Charlize Theron has appeared in these last few years.

Miriam Swann said...

How about Runaway Jury?

Anonymous said...

Or, what about Pauly Shore's classic "Jury Duty." "12 Angry Men" Shmangry Hen..."Jury Duty" is a real classic. That joint had Tia Carrere!