Mark Sway and his little brother, Ricky, are sneaking cigarettes in the forest near their home when they witness the suicide of mob lawyer Jerome Clifford. Prior to his suicide, Clifford reveals to Mark that he is killing himself to avoid being murdered by Barry "The Blade" Muldanno, the nephew of notorious mob kingpin "Uncle Johnny Sulari". As a result of witnessing the suicide, Ricky goes in to shock and is hospitalized. It soon becomes apparent to authorities - and the mob - that Clifford may have revealed to Mark the location of the body of a Louisiana senator believed to have been murdered by Muldanno. Mark needs to see a lawyer and he finds Reggie Love (Susan Sarandon), a recovering alcoholic, to defend him in court. They quickly run afoul of Roy Foltrigg (Tommy Lee Jones), a celebrated and vain U.S. Attorney, who is attempting to solve the case as a springboard to greater ambitions. In the mean time, it is revealed that Sulari never authorized Muldanno to make the hit on the senator, and is requiring Muldanno to try and figure out how much the kids may know about the location of the body. Muldanno is also required to move the body, but isn't able to immediately because he had buried it in Clifford's boathouse, and the cops are still on the property investigating his suicide. As all parties become increasingly desperate, Foltrigg tries to go to continued legal lengths to get the location of the body through Mark's testimony, while Sulari eventually orders Muldanno to kill the children and their lawyer to avoid any further screw-ups in trying to deal with the case. He also orders the body moved, now that the investigation at Clifford's home is over. Mark and Reggie go to New Orleans to confirm that the body is still where he was told it is, knowing that it is their only bargaining chip to get Ricky the help he needs, and to place the family in protective custody. They arrive the same night as Muldanno and his fellow mafia goons, who begin digging up the body but who are stopped by Mark and Reggie. In the melee that follows, the mafia goons flee when the neighbor's alarm is tripped and the authorities are summoned. Knowing that the body is there, Reggie is able to use the information as a bargaining chip to get the family the full slate of protective custody and medical help for Ricky, as well as a new home and job for the children's mother. Uncle Johnny Sulari, tired of the bumblings of Muldanno, orders his execution by other mobsters in order to bring an end to his mismanagement of the situation. With the body recovered, Foltrigg is a lock-in for the newspaper headlines he craves, and makes mention that he intends to run for governor.Read full review
Interresting story, of a boy in the woods has an encounter with an attorney about to committ suicide, in the process of ther encounter the attorney blabs to the boy about a high profile murder, and tells him where the body is buried, after the attorney committs suicide the boy calls the police, who along with the DA believe he might have the information about the murder, the boy then proceeds to hire a woman attorney to hedge the pressure for the DA, to tell them where the body is, as he believes that this would put him and his family in great danger, this movie is an adaptation of John Grisham's book of the same title.
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This is a well written, well done story that keeps you engaged in the events of a 10 year old boy that witnesses a suicide of a prominent lawyer. The lawyer was involved in some shady dealings with crime bosses...who also had political ties. The child possesses important knowledge of the suicide and is pursued by the FBI as well as the crime syndicate, making for an entertaining tale of "How is this going to turn out and end up??" I watched it several times in a row to get into the details of a very gripping drama!!
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Great movie from several years ago. I recently saw it again on TV and rembered how much I liked it so I bought the DVD. By the way, I answered YES to the questions but the system changed my answers.
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It will not play. There is some sort of debris right near the center. It will not play at all on my machine or my friend's home dvd player. When I get time I will try to polish it clean, but I am not optimistic.
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