Movie |
Coma | Boston, Massachusetts
Disclaimer: All content and media belong to original content streaming platforms/owners like Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar, Amazon Prime Videos, JioCinema, SonyLIV etc. 91mobiles entertainment does not claim any rights to the content and only aggregate the content along with the service providers links.
Best Foreign Actor Migliore Attore Straniero | 1983 | Paul
Best Writing Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium | 1983 | David
Best Picture | 1983 | David
Best Actor in a Leading Role | 1983 | Paul
Best Actor in a Supporting Role | 1983 | James
Best Director | 1983 | Sidney
Best Screenplay Motion Picture | 1983 | David
Best Director Motion Picture | 1983 | Sidney
Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama | 1983 | Paul
Best Actor in a Supporting Role Motion Picture | 1983 | James
Best Motion Picture Drama | 1983
Best Classic DVD | 2009
Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium | 1983 | David
Budget 16,000,000 USD
Box Office Collection 53,977,250 USD
Frank uses eye drops to hide the redness in his eyes caused by alcoholism. According the DVD commentary by Sidney Lumet, this was Paul Newman's own idea.
Among the people in the courtroom during the dramatic closing speech is a young Bruce Willis. When the judge tells the head juror that they are allowed to increase the size of the award, Willis can be seen, behind Newman, grinning.
Robert Redford was originally involved with this film. After writer David Mamet delivered his draft, Redford was uncomfortable with the main character and hired another writer to do another draft, and so on until Redford decided he didn't want to do the film. He was uncomfortable because he did not want to play an alcoholic. Sidney Lumet was offered the project. He read all the drafts and identified the original Mamet version as the one to make. At that point, Paul Newman agreed to star and received a Best Actor Oscar nomination for his performance.
After the verdict was announced in the film, director Sidney Lumet filmed two versions of the ending. In one version, the final shots seen are of Frank Galvin walking away from the courtroom in a series of long shots, never seeing what happens after he leaves the courthouse. In the version that was used, a sequence after he leaves the courthouse is seen.
Though entitled "The Verdict", the original final draft of David Mamet's screenplay had no verdict in it. Producer Richard D. Zanuck commented that the title would require a question mark on advertising materials making it "The Verdict?". It was director Sidney Lumet who convinced Mamet to add in a verdict so the film could have a third act denouement.
"[Frank is giving his summation to the jury] Frank Galvin: You know, so much of the time we're just lost. We say, "Please, God, tell us what is right; tell us what is true." And there is no justice: the rich win, the poor are powerless. We become tired of hearing people lie. And after a time, we become dead... a little dead. We think of ourselves as victims... and we become victims. We become... we become weak. We doubt ourselves, we doubt our beliefs. We doubt our institutions. And we doubt the law. But today you are the law. You ARE the law. Not some book... not the lawyers... not the, a marble statue... or the trappings of the court. See those are just symbols of our desire to be just. They are... they are, in fact, a prayer: a fervent and a frightened prayer. In my religion, they say, "Act as if ye had faith... and faith will be given to you." IF... if we are to have faith in justice, we need only to believe in ourselves. And ACT with justice. See, I believe there is justice in our hearts. [he sits down]"
"[the church has offered a check for $210,000 to settle the case] Frank Galvin: How did you settle on the amount? Bishop Brophy: We thought it was just. Frank Galvin: You thought it was just? Bishop Brophy: Yes. Frank Galvin: Because it struck me, um, how neatly 'three' went into this figure: 210,000. That means I would keep seventy. Bishop Brophy: That was our insurance company's recommendation. Frank Galvin: Yes, that would be. Bishop Brophy: Nothing we can do can make that woman well. Frank Galvin: And no one will know the truth. Bishop Brophy: What is the truth? Frank Galvin: That that poor girl put her trust into the... into the hands of two men who took her life. She's in a coma. Her life is gone. She has no home, no family. She's tied to a machine. She has no friends. And the people who should care for her - her doctors... and you and me - have been bought off to look the other way. We've been paid to look the other way. I came here to take your money. I brought snapshots to show you so I could get your money. I can't do it; I can't take it. 'Cause if I take the money I'm lost. I'll just be a... rich ambulance chaser. I can't do it. I can't take it."
