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Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)
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Release Date:
21 November 1997 (USA)
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Tagline:
Welcome to Savannah, Georgia. A City Of Hot Nights And Cold Blooded Murder.
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A visiting city reporter's assignment suddenly revolves around the murder trial of a local millionaire, whom he befriends. full summary | add synopsis
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1 win
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2 nominations
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(11 articles)
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Actress Kim Hunter Dies
(From WENN. 12 September 2002)
(From Hitfix. 18 November 2009, 11:30 AM, PST)
Actress Kim Hunter Dies
(From WENN. 12 September 2002)
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Could have been better
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | John Cusack | ... | John Kelso |
 | Kevin Spacey | ... | Jim Williams |
 | Jack Thompson | ... | Sonny Seiler |
 | Irma P. Hall | ... | Minerva |
 | Jude Law | ... | Billy Hanson |
 | Alison Eastwood | ... | Mandy Nicholls |
| Paul Hipp | ... | Joe Odom |
| Lady Chablis | ... | Chablis Deveau (as The Lady Chablis) |
| Dorothy Loudon | ... | Serena Dawes |
| Anne Haney | ... | Margaret Williams |
 | Kim Hunter | ... | Betty Harty |
 | Geoffrey Lewis | ... | Luther Driggers |
 | Richard Herd | ... | Henry Skerridge |
 | Leon Rippy | ... | Detective Boone |
 | Bob Gunton | ... | Finley Largent |
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Rated R for language and brief violence.
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Runtime:
155 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Iceland:12 |
Singapore:PG (original rating) (cut) |
Argentina:13 |
Canada:14A |
Chile:14 |
Finland:K-12 (original rating) |
Finland:K-15 (TV rating) |
France:U |
Germany:12 (bw) |
Mexico:C |
Portugal:M/12 |
Singapore:NC-16 (re-rating) |
Spain:13 |
Sweden:11 |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Geneva) |
Switzerland:12 (canton of Vaud) |
UK:15 |
USA:R
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The judge is played by Sonny Seiler, the attorney for Jim Williams during the trials.
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Continuity: The end of the first day of the trial, the judge tells the jury to go home and not to talk to anybody and come in the next morning and go to the jury room. As Sonny and John leave the courthouse, Sonny explains that he is going away for the weekend, John is shocked that he is going with the trial starting in three days.
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Referenced in Damn Good Dog (2004) (V)
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P.S. I Love You
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It is 4 years since I first saw this movie (and commented on it before reading the book on which it is based). Having since read the book twice, I thought it time to look at the movie again. I can now see why some of those who had read the book are so dismissive of the movie.
I still think it is an interesting, well cast film - but it could have been done better - and that is a pity. There is of course no reason to expect a movie to be an exact replica of a book, but when it is such an excellent book it is a pity that Eastwood chose to alter things unnecessarily. Too much of his daughter (charming though she may be), too much Lady Chablis (fascinating ditto). These additions took up time and space where the actual story could have been fleshed out more.
In spite of these minor quibbles, I still think it is an interesting story - and to fans of the book I say - accept it for what it is - it is a fascinating film, entertaining and well worth watching.