A Few Good Men
1992
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Jun 30, 1993 · In "The Firm," a labyrinthine 153-minute film by Sydney Pollack, Tom Cruise plays Mitch McDeere, a poor boy who is ashamed of his humble origins now that he has graduated from Harvard Law fifth in his class. He gets offers from the top law firms in New York and Chicago, but finally settles on a smaller firm headquartered in Memphis.
The Firm is a big studio thriller that amusingly tears apart the last of 1980s boardroom culture and the false ... 1993, Wide. Release Date (Streaming) May 27, 2010. Box Office (Gross USA) $157.0M.
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- Sydney Pollack
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- Tom Cruise
Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Holly Hunter and Hal Holbrook all give strong performances, with Hunter fully deserving her Oscar nomination. The pacing is good despite the film's length (well over 2 1/2 hrs.) and there's seldom a dull moment. Especially gripping is the supercharged climax.
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Parents say ( 1 ): Kids say ( 9 ): Like all good dime-store thrillers, The Firm keeps you guessing and moves the plot along quickly through its many twists and turns. Still, that's not enough to make up for the indulgent length (2 1/2 hours) and one-dimensional characters.
- Gene Hackman, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Tom Cruise
- Sydney Pollack
- Paramount Pictures
Jun 30, 1993 · At the time it was published in 1991, "The Firm," John Grisham's best-selling suspense novel, was described by one critic as "mean and lean." Mean, possibly, but lean? The book is 501 pages.
- Sydney Pollack
Budget. $42 million. Box office. $270.2 million [1] The Firm is a 1993 American legal thriller film directed by Sydney Pollack, and starring Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Holly Hunter, Hal Holbrook, David Strathairn and Gary Busey. The film is based on the 1991 novel of the same name by author John Grisham.
Jun 30, 1993 · The Firm: Directed by Sydney Pollack. With Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman, Hal Holbrook. A young lawyer joins a prestigious law firm only to discover that it has a sinister dark side.
