The Verdict (5/5) Movie CLIP - Frank's Closing Statement (1982) HD

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CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Frank (Paul Newman) gives a moving statement to the jury about faith and justice.

FILM DESCRIPTION:
In Sidney Lumet's powerful courtroom drama The Verdict, Paul Newman stars as Frank Galvin, an alcoholic Boston lawyer who tries to redeem his personal and professional reputation by winning a difficult medical malpractice case. Frank, down on his luck, is presented with the case of his life when he is approached by the family of a woman who has been left in a coma following an operation in a large Catholic hospital. Helped by his assistant Mickey (Jack Warden), he agrees to take the case, hoping for a fast settlement. When he visits the victim in the hospital, he becomes emotionally involved, turns down a sizable settlement offer made by the hospital, and decides to bring the case to trial despite the formidable opposition of the Church and its lawyer, Newman (James Mason). He is also assisted by his new girlfriend, Laura (Charlotte Rampling), a woman who turns out to have an unusual past. Oscar-nominated for "Best Picture" and "Best Director" (Lumet) as well as for "Best Adapted Screenplay" (David Mamet from a novel by Barry Reed), The Verdict is an outstanding, if not very legally accurate, courtroom drama; Frank's decision to try the case without telling the family of the victim of the settlement offer would probably lead to his real-life disbarment. Paul Newman and James Mason give fine, Oscar-nominated performances, and Charlotte Rampling is quite good as the deceitful Laura, who never seems to turn down a drink.

CREDITS:
TM & © Fox (1982)
Courtesy of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Cast: Paul Newman, Jack Warden
Director: Sidney Lumet
Producers: Burtt Harris, Richard D. Zanuck, David Brown
Screenwriters: Barry Reed, David Mamet

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[peterobrien]

"You are not bound by anything, other than your good judgment, based on the evidence." -- I love this line.

[michaelhegyan]

Without a doubt, this was Paul Newman`s greatest performance. He really should of won the Oscar for best actor, in my opinion.

[georgekouremenos]

a very young Bruce Willis is in the audience behind Newman. What a great movie, not praised enough. I am sure Newman was proud of that movie.

[jackspry]

RIP Jack Warden (September 18, 1920 – July 19, 2006), aged 85
And
RIP Paul Newman (January 26, 1925 – September 26, 2008), aged 83
You both will always be remembered as legends.

[m.c.b.]

The SCENE where Newman sits and takes several snapshots of his dead-in-life client lying in bed, tied to the machine in her irreversible coma. Newman realizing just then, pic after pic, that she is not an object, not just a quick way to get a lot of easy money, but a helpless woman without a single friend to fight for her rights. Newman realizing, with deep grief, that he has been an asshole for years and years, until that moment of illumination. Newman realizing, suddenly, that she deserves Respect and Help. Script by David Mamet and Sidney Lumet directing one of the most memorable films about human dignity and about the true search for Justice. I'm full of tears everytime I watch Newman's eyes in that brief scene at the hospital. They contain what I believe is the most important clue about what EMPATHY means.

[m.e.d.]

One of Paul Newman's finest roles IMO. He was excellent as Frank Galvin! Handsome as ever here too.When I see him here I feel sad he no longer walks the earth. One of the BEST.

[anilles]

I've seen this movie many times over my up to this point and this scene without a doubt is Newmans greatest performance, ever.

[johnmcfarlane]

my god this scene is monumental, newman was subliminal in this movie, along with hud and cool hand luke his best. What an actor paul newman was. Like all truly great movies you feel mentally exhausted, yet emotionally fulfilled at the end of it.

[allanC]

One of the great courtroom scenes in movie history---outstanding performance.

[daveconleyportfolio]

Great scene. No grandstanding, no soaring rhetoric, no self-righteous demand for justice. Frank Galvin had been on the losing end of life from Minute 1 of this movie, and even at the end you don't know if he has won anything. But he had come to terms with something important, and all he could ask of the jury was to try and do the same.

[thomastammaro]

I will stop what ever I'm doing to watch this movie. Awesome redemption.

[garrison]

All in one take. Very nicely framed and lighted. Paul Newman could not have been better.

[garrison]

One of Newman's finest performances. And the film is wonderfully cast throughout, all the way down to Julie Bovasso and Lindsay Crouse as nurses. I read the book, and David Mamet performed a miracle by getting a first rate script out of a bad novel.

[abcable]

One of greatest scenes in a legal movie--of all time.

[dbaa]

This speech is very relevant to today.

[vegetasolo]

Bruce Willis has an uncredited background appearance as an extra in the final courtroom scene, in one of his first film appearances. Tobin Bell also appears, to Willis' right

[jamesdrynan]

Love that slow zoom in to Newman! Lumet's one of the best directors, ( 12 Angry Men, Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, ) and a screenplay by David Mamet. Sublime supporting cast! Most memorable line? " There are no other cases..." Brilliant film!

[anthonyjona]

A powerful performance by Paul Newman in the Verdict. This is a great film packed with powerful performances by all.

[phimseto]

Jigsaw and John McClane, observing this trial in-person, both processed the injustice of this case in their own ways.

[bmelvin]

Great directing, great script, great characters, and of course great acting. This film has all of them.