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High Crimes (2002)
IMDb Rating 6.1
Front Cover Actor Back Cover
Ashley Judd Claire Kubic
Morgan Freeman Charles Grimes
James Caviezel Ron Chapman alias Tom Kubic
Amanda Peet Jackie Heller
Tom Bower Mullins
Adam Scott Embry
Bruce Davison Brig. General Marks
Juan Carlos Hernandez Major Hernandez
Michael Gaston Major Waldron
Jude Ciccolella Colonel Farrell
Juan Carlos Hernández Maj. James Hernandez
Jim Caviezel
Plot
Defense attorney Claire Kubik ( Ashley Judd ) seems to have the perfect life. She has a high profile job at a big firm, a beautiful home outside San Francisco, and a husband, Tom ( James Caviezel of The Thin Red Line ), who loves her. Claire's biggest problem appears to be that she wants to have a baby, and she's having trouble getting pregnant. But when the police investigate a routine break-in at her home, they uncover the truth about her husband's identity, and her life is thrown into turmoil. Claire finds out that her husband's name is actually Ron Chapman, and that he's an ex-marine accused of murdering seven innocent civilians in El Salvador during a raid in the late '80s. He admits that he was there, and that he changed his identity to escape prosecution for the crimes, but he insists that he's innocent, and that the massacre was committed by another soldier under the orders of a powerful general ( Bruce Davison ), who is using Ron as a patsy to cover it up. Claire is eventually convinced that Ron's telling the truth. Faced with defending her husband in an unfamiliar military courtroom, Claire enlists the aid of Charles Grimes ( Morgan Freeman ), an ex-Army judge advocate with an axe to grind. Stonewalled by the military bureaucracy at every turn, they uncover a web of deception and disappearing witnesses, and they soon find their own lives in danger. High Crimes was adapted from Joseph Finder's novel by the husband and wife screenwriting team of Yuri Zeltser and Cary Bickley . The film was directed by Carl Franklin ( One False Move ), and co-stars Amanda Peet and Adam Scott . — Josh Ralske
Movie Details
Genre Crime; Drama; Thriller
Director Carl Franklin
Producer Jesse Beaton; Arnon Milchan; Janet Yang
Writer Joseph Finder; Yuri Zeltser; Cary Bickley
Studio 20th Century Fox
Country USA
Language English
Audience Rating PG-13
Running Time 115 mins
Movie Release Date 4/5/2002
Color Color
Personal Details
Format DVD
Seen It Yes
Index 42
Collection Status In Collection
Purchase Date 9/1/2003
Product Details
Edition Widescreen Edition
Region Region 1
Screen Ratio 2.35:1
Layers Single Side, Dual Layer
UPC (Barcode) 024543051442
Chapters 36
Release Date 2004
Subtitles English; Spanish
Packaging Keep Case
Audio Tracks English Dolby Digital 5.1
French Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1
Extra Features
Color Closed-captioned Widescreen
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