...And Justice for All (1979) on Netflix
A Baltimore defense attorney, Arthur Kirkland, sits in jail for contempt after swinging at Judge Henry T. Fleming in court. The judge, accused of rape, wants Kirkland to represent him.
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Plot summary
Arthur Kirkland defends clients in Baltimore, and a hearing leaves him in jail for contempt after swinging at Judge Henry T. Fleming in the case of Jeff McCullaugh. McCullaugh was pulled over for a traffic violation, taken for a killer who shares his name, and has been held without a trial for eighteen months. Fleming will not consider new evidence that arrived late. Kirkland's newest client, Ralph Agee, a young black cross-dresser charged with robbery, is afraid of prison. Kirkland visits his grandfather Sam, who paid for law school and is growing senile, and he has begun seeing Gail Packer of the legal ethics committee. Then Fleming, accused of raping Leah Shepard, asks Kirkland to defend him, and holds an old breach of attorney-client confidentiality over him.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about ...And Justice for All (1979)
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- Al Pacino's "You're out of order!" outburst in the film's climactic courtroom scene became its most famous moment and has been parodied many times, including in The Simpsons, Chappelle's Show, Family Guy, The Mentalist and The Big Bang Theory.
- The film's title lives on in heavy metal: Metallica's 1988 album ...And Justice for All takes its name from the 1979 movie.
- Lee Strasberg took a small role to help his student and friend Al Pacino, whom he worried was being typecast; Strasberg wanted to see Pacino branch out.
- Al Pacino went over the film's "You're out of order!" scene 26 times, practicing the lines at the building ledge.
