John Cusack
Nicholas Easter
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Runaway Jury is a 2003 American legal thriller film directed by Gary Fleder and starring John Cusack, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman and Rachel Weisz.
Oct 17, 2003 · Runaway Jury. The case involves a widow who is suing a gun manufacturer because her husband was killed in an office massacre involving an easily-obtained weapon.
Synopsis. In New Orleans, Louisiana, Celeste Wood's life is changed in a blinding flash when a failed day trader at her husband's stock brokerage firm shows up at his former workplace with a semiautomatic handgun and opens fire on his former colleagues, including Celeste's husband.
The Runaway Jury explores the theme of jury corruption during a high-profile tobacco trial. In a small town in Mississippi, Celeste Wood, widow of a lifelong smoker, is suing a tobacco company for his premature death at age fifty-three.
Oct 17, 2003 · Runaway Jury: Directed by Gary Fleder. With John Cusack, Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, Rachel Weisz. A juror on the inside and a woman on the outside manipulate a court trial involving a major gun manufacturer.
After a workplace shooting in New Orleans, a trial against the gun manufacturer pits lawyer Wendell Rohr (Dustin Hoffman) against shady jury consultant Rankin Fitch (Gene Hackman), who uses...
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- Mystery & Thriller, Drama
- PG-13
The ending of “Runaway Jury” revolves around the jury’s decision and the revelation of a carefully orchestrated plan to manipulate the trial. Throughout the film, we follow a seemingly ordinary juror, Nicholas Easter, who turns out to be a brilliant mastermind playing both sides of the courtroom.
