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Select Product View: General Info Empire Reviews 2 Customer Comments Suggestions Used Product Box Cover Screen Shots Email a Friend Overall Rating: 4.25 out of 5, including 2 reviews Add your comments on this Title. Synopsis "Newman gives one of his finest performances…" -Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide Sidney Lumet's riveting courtroom drama earned five Oscar® nominations including Best Picture and Best Actor for Paul Newman's towering performance as a down-and-out alcoholic attorney who stumbles onto one last chance to redeem himself. When attorney Frank Calvin (Newman) is given an open-and-shut medical malpractice case that no one thinks he can win, he courageously decides to refuse a settlement from the hospital. Instead he takes the case, and the entire legal system, to court. Cast & Crew Actors:  • Paul Newman  • James Mason  • Charlotte Rampling  • Jack Warden  • Milo O'Shea Writers:  • David Mamet Producers:  • Richard D. Zanuck  • David Brown Directors:  • Sidney Lumet Product Information Features: Commentary by Sidney Lumet and Paul Newman Featurette Theatrical Trailer Interactive Menus Scene Selection Video: Widescreen 1.85:1 Color (Anamorphic) Audio: (more info) ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Stereo [CC] ENGLISH: Dolby Digital Mono [CC] FRENCH: Dolby Digital Mono Subtitles: English, Spanish Studio: 20th Century Fox Production Year: 1982 Release Date: 5/20/2003 Length: 129 mins Rating: R Chapters: 22 Includes: Audio Commentary Packaging: Keep Case Number of Discs: 1 Disc: SS-DL Item Code: 2004216 UPC Code: 024543042167 Browsei Category: Movies Genre: Drama, Lawyers / Legal Issues Bargains: Under $11 Studios: 20th Century Fox Customers who bought this Title also bought Great Race, The  DVD-Video McCabe & Mrs. Miller  DVD-Video Reviews Overall Rating: 4.25 out of 5, including 2 reviews Add your comments on this Title. Customer Review Brilliant Newman, Lumet, Mamet! - 4 out of 5  (12/3/2002) This is one of the very best films of the 1980's next to Raging Bull and Out of Africa. The screenplay is one of Mamet's strongest adaptations ever. Director Sidney Lumet didn't miss a beat. Paul Newman truly was robbed of his Oscar for this performance (Ben Kingsly won that year for Ghandi). This film is a quiet storm and it is absolutely breathtaking. Frank Galvin's fight represents a battle we all face, each and every day. Every now and again... the little guy gives a beating rather tha   more >> Customer Review Excellent! - 4.5 out of 5  (6/6/2002) Produced in 1982, this drama directed by Sidney Lumet staring the great Paul Newman. The Verdict is about alcoholic Boston lawyer Frank Galvin whose best years are behind him. Galvin is given a chance to redeem him legal career by proving medical negligence in the case of a comatose woman. Galvin is in for the fight of his career taking on the political power of the church. The film is an excellent drama worthy studing for both its moral and humanistic view. The Verdict ranks as a signature pe   more >>