law did you break in Spain?
I killed a man.
Just now you almost killed a girl.
Is there a law against that?
Try it, you won like the jails.
They put you in jail for murder?
I didn think so.
A man killed his
wife in Frisco last week.
She gone to the icebox for supper.
He thought she was a burglar, he said.
He shot her five times in the head.
-He had a good lawyer.
-Evidently. I saw his picture.
-B
Law school is a completely different world...
and I need to be serious.
Of course.
My family expects a lot from me.
- Right. - I expect a lot from me.
I plan on running for office someday.
I fully support that. You know that.
Absolutely. But the thing is...
if Im going to be a senator by the time Im thirty...
I need to stop dicking around.
Warner, I completely agree.
Thats why I think its time fo
examined and the results...
Behind his back, Andrew wiggles his fingers. Jamey stuffs
a document into Andrews hand.
ANDREW (CONT.)
Limestone. Messy, but innocuous.
Andrew submits the report to the Judge.
JOE
Innocuous?
ANDREW
Defined by Websters as harmless.
JOE
I know what it means. Your
Honor, imagine how the children
in this neighborhood have been
made to feel. The pounding of
construction rin
THE VERDICT
by David Mamet
INT. FIRST FUNERAL PARLOR - DAY
A working-class funeral in progress. THIRTY PEOPLE and an
inexpensive bier SEEN from the back of the hall.
ANGLE
A MANs back FILLS the SCREEN. He is dressed in a black suit;
his hands are clasped behind him. ANOTHER MAN stands next to
him. The Second Man reaches behind the First Mans back and
puts a discreetly folded ten-dollar bill into
"BLIND TRUST"
FADE IN:
??
EXT. SUBURBAN HOUSE, 1983 -- EVENING
A typical house in a pleasant suburban neighborhood.
Spielberg country.
??
INT. BENOIT HOME -- EVENING
Whack!
A pick axe slams into a sofa, barely missing MELINDA BENOIT.
Sixteen, pretty, and athletic, Melinda scrambles over the
sofa, escapes the swinging pick axe. She runs to...
??
INT. BEDROOM -- EVENING
Slams the door closed, no lo
law.
And in court we have to deal with the facts.
The defense says this was a birthday party.
We"ve all been to birthday parties. We"ve had our share of birthday presents.
But all known generosity pales when compared to the attention...
...lavished on Mr. Marchek by his adoring relatives.
This must have been some birthday party.
Detectives said they found TV sets, stereos, microwaves, typewriters
law, but by science.
Florida spent eight million dollars
to execute Ted Bundy. It would
have been better spent building a
forensic penal facility devoted to
research.
Once again her eyes fix on the balcony to reassure herself
that the smiling man is not there...
HELEN
Confined for life, without parole,
and subjected to scientific study,
these mens lives might finally, in
some small measure, educa
law school
at Harvard.
How long?
Alcatraz was opened as
a federal penitentiary in the spring of .
In the era of the gangster...
...it was opened more for
the publicity value than the incarceration.
Alcatraz was the most feared prison
in the world...
...and the most expensive.
There were only so many Al Capones
and Machine Gun Kellys...
...so the prison had empty cells.
To justify the costs, the g
examination!
Your Honour, the applicability
of societal intent...
vis-a-vis individual action
is well established.
Im citing
Minneapolis V. Higgins.
The appellant court overruled a judge
who disallowed similar testimony.
Now, if Im not mistaken,
that was... you.
Wasnt it,Judge Weathers?
I stand corrected, counsellor.
Objection overruled.
Oh,you really stooped
to an all-time low on this, Bombay.
I
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Mr. Deeds Goes To Town Script
Corny, who do you think
youre talking to?
If the Semple attorneys dont know
who the heir is, who does?
Come on, Corny. Ive done you a lot of
favors. Whos getting the Semple dough?
Youre asking the wrong guy, Mac.
Im only a press agent.
- Newspaperman?
- Wants to know who the heir is.
- Hang up.
- Sorry, Mac, l cant--
- Yeah, sure, but I aint the attorney.
- Hang