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Golden Globe Best Performance By an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture 1997 · Nominated
Golden Globe Best Performance By an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture 1997 · Nominated
Carl Lee Hailey (Samuel L. Jackson) is a heartbroken black father who avenges his daughter's brutal rape by shooting the bigoted men responsible for the crime as they are on their way to trial. He turns to Jake Brigance (Matthew McConaughey), an untested lawyer, to defend him. Brigance struggles to believe that he can get Hailey acquitted in this...