Runaway Jury (2003) on Netflix
A widow sues a gun manufacturer in New Orleans. Jury consultant Rankin Fitch works to shape the panel, while juror Nicholas Easter and his girlfriend Marlee have their own plans.
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- IMDb7.1/10122,696 votes
- Rotten Tomatoes73%
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Plot summary
A former employee opens fire with a machine pistol at a New Orleans stock brokerage, killing eleven people and wounding others. Jacob Wood is among the dead. Two years later his widow, Celeste Wood, sues Vicksburg Firearms over his death, and attorney Wendell Rohr argues that the company's negligence is to blame. During jury selection, defense attorney Durwood Cable receives background on the candidates by electronic surveillance from Rankin Fitch, a jury consultant, and his team. One prospective juror, Nick Easter, has a girlfriend, Marlee, who phones both sides with an offer.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Runaway Jury (2003)
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- Warner Bros. and producer Arnon Milchan paid a record $8 million in 1996 for the rights to John Grisham's novel, a deal that also included first-look rights to Grisham's next book; director Joel Schumacher was originally attached with Edward Norton, Gwyneth Paltrow and Sean Connery, but all dropped out in 1997.
- When Alfonso Cuarón was attached to direct in 1999, he and Grisham reworked the story so the plaintiff sued a gun manufacturer instead of a tobacco company, a change made because of the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement and the similar premise of the film The Insider.
- In 2001, Mike Newell was considered to direct the adaptation with Will Smith attached to star, but a deal was unable to be met and the pairing never happened.
- Naomi Watts had been considered for the female lead in the film, but she did not commit to the part, and Rachel Weisz signed on in June instead.
