Conviction Page #7

Synopsis: Betty Anne Waters (Swank) is a high school dropout who spent nearly two decades working as a single mother while putting herself through law school, tirelessly trying to beat the system and overturn her brother's (Rockwell) unjust murder conviction.
Genre: Biography, Drama
Director(s): Tony Goldwyn
Production: Fox Searchlight
  9 wins & 8 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
61
Rotten Tomatoes:
67%
R
Year:
2010
107 min
$6,783,129
Website
641 Views


I'm very happy for you,

but take your seat.

Okay. My baby sister's

a f***ing genius.

You look great.

They can still kick your ass.

She's getting me

out of here.

Sit down and finish

your visit.

So when? What do you think?

Monday? Tuesday?

No. I have to

hear back from Barry.

As soon as he reaches Martha Coakley

and she vacates the conviction.

Well, you tell Miss

Martha f***ing Coakley

I want a shiny new limousine picking

me up, with a fully stocked bar!

(SIGHS)

You gotta call

Mandy for me.

You gotta call her and tell

her they know I'm innocent.

I will. As soon as I

get out of here, I will.

Tell her

I'm getting out.

Tell her I miss her

and I wanna see her.

Will you tell her that?

I will.

I love you, Kenny.

I love you.

I love you.

Mandy, this is

your Aunt Betty Anne.

You probably

don't remember me,

but I really need to talk

to you about your dad.

It's very important.

it's nothing bad.

I mean,

it's great. We finally found the

evidence that proves he's innocent.

So he wanted me to call

you and let you know.

So he thought...

AUTOMATED VOICES:

You have zero messages.

(HAMMERING)

BETTY:
Hey,

you guys hungry?

I'm gonna throw you a sandwich up.

I've got ham and tuna.

Mom, if you throw a sandwich up

here, the roof will cave in.

Very funny. I'll remember that when

you wanna bring a girl up here.

At least Uncle Kenny'll think

it's nice compared to jail.

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

Barry?

BARRY:
Hr.

Thank God!

I'm going crazy here,

and Kenny's going

absolutely insane.

I know. I'm sorry.

Did you reach

Martha Coakley?

Yes.

What'd she say?

How long is it gonna take?

There 's a problem.

(GLASS SHATTERING)

(THUDDING)

She said...

Thai there was still enough evidence

to try you as an accomplice.

So I'm not getting out?

Not now. But.,.

I'm sorry, Kenny.

It's okay.

I can't do this anymore.

Kenny.

Can't

It's not fair, you know.

It's not fair.

(CRYING)

I gotta go.

Kenny.

I'm gonna kill that f***ing b*tch!

Kenny.

I'm gonna kill her.

Waters. Sit down.

Kenny.

Kenny, Kenny,

listen to me.

We can't give up.

We... We have Barry on our side now.

No, no, no.

And we will fight her

in court.

Hey, you tell Barry

forget it, okay.

We're way past that,

little Sis.

Take care of your boys.

You gotta move on. it's over.

It's not over.

It's over, honey.

It's not over. Why?

it's over, honey.

(CRYING) F*** her.

I f***ing knew it. Motherf***er.

Kenny, sit...

GUARD:
Waters!

Motherf***er.

Sit down,

or you're out of here!

Hey, man. Haven't you heard?

I'm never getting out of here. Never.

I'm here forever, man.

Remain down.

Hey, get out of my face, shithead.

Come on, sit down.

I tell you that it's over.

You understand?

I said, sit down!

I'm talking to

my sister. Move...

Visit's over.

KENNY:
Take your hands off.

BETTY:
Kenny, Kenny...

Kenny, don't.

That's not nice...

Motherf***er. Kenny!

Motherf***er.

I told you to stay out of it.

Kenny!

GUARD:
Take him down.

BETTY:
Don't.

KENNY:
Motherf***er!

Motherf***er!!

Motherfucking b*tch!

I told you. Don't.

Didn't I f***ing tell you?

They made fools

out of both of us.

They made fools

out of both of us,

Betty Anne.

GUARD:
Settle down now.

We're f***ing chumps.

We're f***ing chumps.

I told you.

Kenny's in solitary,

for Chrissakes!

Why is everyone

congratulating me?

You proved

he's innocent.

Yeah, well, not to

Martha Coakley, I didn't.

We'll fight her.

We are not going

back to court.

Kenny will not survive

another trial!

And I'll be damned if we have to

prove his innocence all over again

just because of

that evil b*tch.

There won't be atrial

if we gather new evidence.

How are we

gonna do that?

Think about it.

The DNA doesn't just prove

that Kenny's innocent...

It proves all those

witnesses were lying.

Rosseanna?

Oh, sh*t.

ROSEANNA:
Well,

see, what happened was

I was threatened, okay?

Who threatened you?

Don't I know you from TV?

Oh, yeah! I know!

You're that famous Jew lawyer.

Roseanna,

who threatened you?

You know, that f***ing cop, Nancy

Taylor, had it out for Kenny.

She kidnaps me, right?

Her and this Chief of Police.

And they take me to this room,

this hotel, against my will.

That ain't legal.

And they get me drunk.

You know, am I gonna argue?

And the Chief of Police, he's

wanting me to pray with him.

You know?

So I get down, I pray,

for forgiveness, forgiveness...

Forgiveness for what?

'Cause they

f***ing lied,

saying they had all this

evidence they didn't have,

telling me that I'm

gonna be an accessory,

and threatening to take

my daughters away.

I was absolutely,

totally sick.

I mean, I puked. I mean,

you should have seen it.

I never seen pictures

like that before in my life.

Oh, my God.

This is the part.

(TV VOLUME INCREASING)

Pictures of Mrs. Brow?

WOMAN ON TV:

...just happened.

MAN ON TV:
He's your

husband's best friend.

(TV TURNS OFF)

Yeah, the pictures.

You know,

the f***ing pictures.

You know,

you've seen them.

She had stab wounds

all over her body,

and her brains are coming

out and everything.

And I just went...

You know, I went hysterical.

I was hysterical.

And I broke down

and, you know,

they were

talking at me, like,

"You want this

to happen to you?"

You know, "You want a f***ing

murderer walking out on the street?

"It could happen

to anybody.

"Your mother, your kids, you.

" You, meaning me.

So Nancy Taylor said that Kenny could

murder you or your mother or your girls?

Yeah, she f***ing did.

That's exactly right.

Excuse my French.

I mean, there was a lot of thing

that wasn't quite right in Denmark.

And I was trying to put

it together, I just...

I mean,

I was telling them.

I was, like, I was f***ing

plastered at the time.

I don't remember

what Kenny said.

And you'll sign this

affidavit once we're done?

(CRYING)

I can't live

like this any longer.

Betty Anne, I'm sorry.

I know I put your brother in there.

I know I did, I did.

I'm sorry.

But I was up against a wall,

you know, I was railroad.

I told them

Kenny is innocent.

You know?

Nancy Taylor,

she f***ing...

She says, "Once I get my

lead, I never let it go."

So, I just need to know, you'll

sign this affidavit, then?

Yeah.

So, after we leave here,

we'll just...

You can come with us, we'll

just quickly get it notarized.

(SCOFFS)

Oh.

What about perjury, then?

What about perjury?

Yeah. If I sign this,

then everybody's

gonna know I lied before.

What's the statute of limitations?

I didn't know she could

say so many syllables.

I'd like to knock out

the rest of her teeth.

Taste in women was not one of

your brother's strong points.

(DOORBELL RINGS)

Mandy?

Yeah.

I'm your Aunt Betty Anne.

You r father's sister.

What do you want?

Did you get

my messages?

I... I gotta go.

I really need to

talk to your mother.

She's not home.

Please,

your father's innocent.

My father's a murderer.

No. The DNA test

proved he's not.

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