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A Time to Kill is a 1996 American crime, drama, and thriller film directed by Joel Schumacher. The screenplay was written by Akiva Goldsman, based on a work by John Grisham. The cast includes Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Matthew McConaughey, and Kevin Spacey. Production was handled by Arnon Milchan and John Grisham, with Regency Enterprises and Warner Bros. Entertainment serving as production companies. The film was shot on 35 mm film in Florida, with a narrative set in Mississippi.
The movie has a runtime of 149 minutes and was released in 1996. It carries an R rating and features a score by Elliot Goldenthal. Financially, the film had a budget of 40,000,000 and generated 152,266,007 in revenue. Critical reception included an IMDb rating of 7.5, a Metascore of 53, and a Rotten Tomatoes score of 66%. The film received 7 wins and 12 nominations.
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7.4A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.
Cast
- Matthew McConaughey as Jake Brigance
- Sandra Bullock as Ellen Roark
- Samuel L. Jackson as Carl Lee Hailey
- Kevin Spacey as Rufus Buckley
- Ashley Judd as Carla Brigance
- Donald Sutherland as Lucien Wilbanks
Themes
- sniper
- rape
- court
- jurors
- ku klux klan
- mississippi river
- forgiveness
- blackmail
- attempted murder
- trial
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Ratings
IMDb
7.5/10
192,181 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
66%
Metacritic
53/100
- Year
- 1996
- Runtime
- 149 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 7 wins & 12 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Joel Schumacher
- Screenplay by
- Akiva Goldsman
- Based on
- A Time to Kill , 1989 novel, by John Grisham
- Produced by
- Arnon Milchan John Grisham Michael Nathanson Hunt Lowry
- Starring
- Sandra Bullock Samuel L. Jackson Matthew McConaughey Kevin Spacey Brenda Fricker Oliver Platt Charles S. Dutton Ashley Judd Patrick McGoohan Donald Sutherland
- Cinematography
- Peter Menzies Jr.
- Edited by
- William Steinkamp
- Music by
- Elliot Goldenthal
- Production company
- Regency Enterprises
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros.
- Release date
- July 24, 1996 ( 1996-07-24 )
- Running time
- 149 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $40 million
- Box office
- $152.3 million
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Encyclopedic overview
A Time to Kill is a 1996 American legal drama film based on John Grisham's 1989 novel of the same name. Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Matthew McConaughey, and Kevin Spacey star, with Donald and Kiefer Sutherland appearing in supporting roles and Octavia Spencer in her film debut.
The film received mixed reviews but was a commercial success, making $152 million worldwide. It is the second of two films based on Grisham's novels directed by Joel Schumacher, with the other being The Client released two years prior. It marked the final film appearance of Joe Seneca.
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