The Judge (2014) on Netflix
Hank Palmer, a Chicago defense attorney, returns to Carlinville, Indiana for his mother's funeral. His estranged father, Judge Joseph Palmer, is suspected in a fatal hit-and-run.
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Plot summary
Hank Palmer works as a defense attorney in Chicago, where he defends clients he knows to be guilty. He travels to Carlinville, Indiana for his mother's funeral and sees his brothers Glen, who owns a tire shop, and Dale, who films everything on a camera. Their father, Judge Joseph Palmer, presides over the town's criminal court and has not gotten along with Hank. After the funeral, Hank finds the Judge's car damaged, though the Judge remembers no accident. When Mark Blackwell, recently released from prison, dies in a hit-and-run, police question the Judge.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Judge (2014)
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- The studios had expressed an interest in Jack Nicholson playing Joseph, but Nicholson turned down the role and it was given to Duvall in the finished film.
- Duvall was initially hesitant to star in the film due to the explicit and emotionally tested scenes, but he was convinced to join after a second meeting.
- The script was originally written by Nick Schenk; in March 2011 it was to be rewritten by David Seidler, and in April 2013 Bill Dubuque was enlisted to rewrite it again.
- The film's closing titles feature Willie Nelson's version of the Coldplay song "The Scientist", and Bon Iver's song "Holocene" is also featured prominently in the film.
