Movies: Presumed Innocent
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What is the premise of 'Presumed Innocent'?
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Hello and welcome to the best movies you've never seen, our movie podcast. My name is Stephen Fennec and I'm the person who comes up with the movies to show Trevor Long, my co-host, to watch for the very first time. That's the whole premise of the show. Trevor's watched now, what, 214 movies now? I'm basically, you know, Hollywood authenticated. That's... But not only is it Trevor that probably hasn't seen these movies before, it's a lot of you guys.
Millions of people.
A lot of our audience haven't seen these as well. Are young like me. Especially older films that we get into, including this one. I call it old. It was released in 1990. And, of course, I'm talking about Presumed Innocent. Now, warning, there is some explicit language in the audio. Not from us, but from the audio that we'll be playing. It was released in 1990. Yeah. Wow. So that's 36 years old. Wow. That's a long time ago now. That's 99 years old now. Starring Harrison Ford, Greta Scarchi, Raoul Julia. Scarchi or Scarchi? Scarchi. Scarchi, is it? I think it's Scarchi. Raoul Julia and directed by Alan J. Pakula. Pakula. Get this. The producer of the film was Sidney Pollack, who's a famous director or sometimes actor as well.
Right.
Before the book was released, the book was released on August the 6th, 1987. And I remember this was a massive release and I remember reading this book as well at the time. Sidney Pollack purchased the rights for the film before the book was released for, in 1987, $1 million. $1 million. Yeah, a bit Austin Powers there. Okay. Dr. Evil, I think is the name. But, yeah, a million bucks. And get this too, Paul Winfield.
Who are the main characters in 'Presumed Innocent'?
Now, Paul Winfield is the actor who plays the judge, Judge Little, in the movie. Now, he read the novel in the 80s, in the late 80s, and loved it. Told his agent, he said, mate, if ever this is made into a movie, I want to be the judge. Wow. Right? So a few years later, movie's in pre-production. He's really pushed hard for the role. impressed alan j pacula the director who said right out come and audition and boom was cast in the movie wow how's that for projecting what you want and that's a vision board kind of stuff oprah would be proud right ahead you heard of this seeing this what's your impressions here what happened i got nothing yeah no i'm i'm coming 100 blind on this one and so you knew though the cast was pretty solid so well i mean harrison ford it's going to be a good good movie right yeah
I honestly – Did you know it was a – presumed, didn't you? Did you assume it was a legal – I assumed it was a legal show.
Yeah.
But I don't think there's many of these other actors I recognise. Yeah. Yeah, I just – I mean, I could get a fretting understanding. Greta Scarkey was in another film we did. Yeah.
I know the name. A while ago, yeah.
But I wouldn't pick her in a line-up. Well, her daughter's now acting now. Her daughter, I can't remember her name. But what I'm saying is Harrison Ford's the one that I recognise, everyone else, but I assume these are good names because Harrison Ford's in it. Absolutely right. Well – Our mate Roger Ebert. 3.5 stars out of 4. The 3.5 stars is solid. Here's what he said. I'll just give you a little overview here. Pacula has made film versions of difficult books before. Sophie's Choice, All the President's Men are among his credits. This time, his challenge was to avoid getting bogged down in the marshes of circumstantial and forensic evidence, which make good reading but can expand into interminable movie dialogue.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the premise of 'Presumed Innocent'?
0:07–3:33
2
Who are the main characters in 'Presumed Innocent'?
3:33–7:08
3
What is the significance of the B-file in the movie?
7:08–9:54
4
How does the film portray the investigation process?
9:54–12:03
5
What are the major twists in the plot of 'Presumed Innocent'?
12:03–13:59
6
What role does courtroom drama play in the film?
13:59–17:42
7
How does the ending of 'Presumed Innocent' unfold?
17:42–20:39
8
What lessons can be learned from 'Presumed Innocent'?
20:39–1:19:14
Speakers
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