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Los Angeles Times. The performances of Close and Silver are flawless, but it is Irons' portrait that remains behind, an enigmatic after-image Reversal of Fortune is a delectable tour through facets of the lives of the rich and famous that Robin Leach wouldn't touch with a forked stick. [17 Oct 1990] Read More. By Sheila Benson.
Oct 19, 1990 · Wealthy Sunny von Bülow lies brain-dead, husband Claus guilty of attempted murder; but he says he's innocent and hires Alan Dershowitz for his appeal. Barbet Schroeder. Director. Nicholas Kazan. Screenplay.
Feb 26, 2003 · The film version of Reversal of Fortune, however, was critically revered for its open-ended treatment of the von Bulow case, garnering Oscar nominations for Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay and winning Jeremy Irons a richly deserved Best Actor Oscar. Director: Barbet Schroeder Producer: Edward R. Pressman and Oliver Stone
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Reversal of Fortune is a 1990 drama Based on a True Story, directed by Barbet Schroeder. It's about Claus von Bülow ( Jeremy Irons ), a British aristocrat of Danish-German extraction living in Rhode Island at the time, who was tried and convicted of attempting to kill his wife Sunny ( Glenn Close) by injecting her with insulin, which put her ...
Reversal of Fortune with its sharp, witty, Oscar-nominated screenplay by Nicholas Kazan is unusual in its understanding that legal guilt and moral culpability are not the same thing -- making for an unusually provocative tragicomedy of bad manners and bad behavior among the rich. 92%. TOMATOMETER. Average 7.9.
Review: "Reversal of Fortune" works its way forward from a nice idea, even though not that original anymore, and eventually becomes a romantic drama. Sadly, the story just feels way too contrived. Sadly, the story just feels way too contrived.
