Runaway Jury Page #8

Synopsis: Wendell Rohr is a torts lawyer taking on the gun lobby. Rankin Fitch is the jury consultant for the Defendants and between them the battle is for the hearts and minds of the jury. But there is someone on the inside. Nicholas Easter is a juror with a girlfriend, Marlee, on the outside. they have a past ..... and their own agenda.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Director(s): Gary Fleder
Production: 20th Century Fox Distribution
  3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
61
Rotten Tomatoes:
73%
PG-13
Year:
2003
127 min
$49,238,110
Website
1,971 Views


in the brokerage house shootings.

Is that correct?

Yeah, that is correct,

and I did a stretch for that, too.

Now, to your knowledge,

was Vicksburg Firearms aware that

you were out there reselling their product?

No, not to my knowledge.

He flipped on us.

Or endorsed or fostered you

selling their guns in any way.

- Is that correct?

- Yeah, that's correct.

But I wish they had. I wish they had

endorsed me, like they did Kyle,

'cause I saw some pictures

he brought back from the trip he took

down to Cancun,

and, man, livin' it up down there.

I could've gone for some of that.

I wish they had sent me. I'd have been

on the beach right there with him,

looking at some big ol' butt thongs

and sipping on margaritas.

It would've been great.

- Simple answer, please.

- Simple answer is no...

And I want it on record here now, too.

I didn't have any idea what Peltier

was gonna do with that gun

when I sold it to him.

He was a wack job.

I wasn't about trying to get anybody hurt.

OK, I've retrieved some fragments.

I've got two things.

One:
List of registered voters for Cincinnati.

Why would Nicholas Easter want

a list of registered voters in Cincinnati?

Because voter registration lists

lead to potential jury pools.

- What else you got?

- Well, this is from the drive's directory.

It's time-stamped

the day he got his jury summons.

He synchronized the data

on his drive to another device.

That's what you should've snagged.

Doyle, you're going back in, and this time

I want you to take Mr. Janovich.

Oh... Why do I have to take him?

Because Mr. Janovich can find anything.

I'm going for it.

Thank you, thank you. Watch this.

- Nick...

- Got one for me?

What's going on, Eddie?

You seem kind of gloomy. You all right?

Oh, no, no, I'm fine. You know,

I just got a lot on my mind, that's all.

You OK?

You wanna talk about it or anything?

I'm cool.

- Really.

- OK.

- Here's one more for you, Miss.

- Thank you very much.

Sorry, man.

I left my key inside.

Congratulations.

We got it. Let's go.

Janovich, you don't have to do this.

I said you don't have to do this!

Did you hear me?

Hey, guys. There's something

really wrong with Rikki.

I mean it. Come on!

See? Right there.

Come on, Rikki.

- Oh, God!

- Give me a towel.

Give me a paper towel. Paper towel, now!

Oh, that's nasty.

She's had five shooters.

It's no wonder.

- Call for help.

- What? She just had too much to drink.

- Call 911 now!

- OK, OK!

Damn!

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, Rikki.

- Is she breathing, Nick?

- Yeah, she's gonna be OK, I think.

I can't believe this.

Damn lucky the place

is still here and no one was hurt.

People can't move back into this place.

They got to Rikki Coleman.

The woman was president of the PTA.

She bakes cookies for her kids. And

whatever that son of a b*tch had on her,

he brought out the heavy lumber.

She swallowed a fistful of sleeping pills.

- Who's her replacement?

- Who's her...

Did you hear what I just said?

The woman almost killed herself tonight.

I'm sorry.

And they're putting the heat on the others.

Eddie Weese and Millie Dupree.

They torched my place tonight.

Well, at least we know

we have them motivated.

Oh. Here's the fun part.

They got the MP3 player.

Those files are encrypted.

Yeah, they're encrypted, but these guys

are good. They got teams of people.

You don't think they're gonna crack that?

We got three, four days, tops

before the walls cave in.

If we stay.

If we stay?

What do you mean, if we stay?

What are you saying to me, Nicky?

You saying to me you wanna run away?

- Is that what you're saying?

- Listen, Marlee.

- People are getting hurt.

- We're inside.

- People could get killed.

- No.

- No, I'm inside. You're on the street!

- Don't say that to me.

We're in this together, and it is your job -

it is our job - to protect ourselves.

Well, there's only so much

I can do, all right?

It's not just them that I worry about.

I can't protect you.

- Where are we with Rohr?

- He hasn't stepped up yet.

He will.

And Fitch wants to meet.

I mean, we knew I'd have to

go face-to-face with him.

It's OK. I can play him. I can...

- Set a date.

- OK.

We can't afford to lose any more jurors.

I know the math.

And we put Fitch on his heels right now.

This video is from a security camera

inside juror number nine's apartment.

Take a good look.

Oh, hi. The landlord let me in.

Lot of people had been

complaining about their cable,

but, uh, I checked yours out.

I don't think you have...

Gentlemen,

this malfeasance will not stand.

Now, I don't know which of you

this man was working for, and I don't care.

But you are lucky I can't make out his face,

because if I could, I'd be inclined to

turn this matter over to the DA's office.

- Outside.

- Your Honor, I move for a mistrial.

No, Mr. Cable.

There is not gonna be a mistrial here!

Motion denied!

Not because of maneuvers like this!

Now, for the remainder of this trial,

our jury is to be sequestered.

Bailiff, would you please inform...

- The guy in the video...

- Yeah?

Set fire to Nick Easter's place last night.

- What?

- Set fire to his place last night.

- How would you know that?

- Because I was there.

You were there?

You went to a juror's residence...

- Yes, yes.

... without asking me?

I'm gonna tell you what.

Wendall, listen to me.

- We're done. We're finished.

- That's what you pay me for.

No, no, no, no. You're a young punk,

and you should've asked me.

- You're fired. You're...

- Nick Easter is spinning this jury.

That's why Fitch ransacked his place.

There's some kind of twisted power play

going on between these two.

You're afraid, you go to the judge and

you tell him, they're gonna call a mistrial.

- The defense would love nothing more.

- That's right.

Why hasn't the defense

told the judge about Nick Easter?

Because they're really

gonna buy this verdict.

- Bastards.

- Celeste, behind you.

Hey, Celeste! Henry! Wham!

- Mr. Rohr...

- What's going on?

- That reporter just told me...

- Yeah?

She said something about a mistrial.

No, that's nonsense.

Don't worry about that.

- Well, she said the judge is gonna...

- No, no, now listen to me.

Let me explain something.

Everything's fine.

The judge has sequestered the jury.

You understand that?

And it's not unusual

when you have a heated trial.

- You said we had an excellent case.

- Yes.

When I met with you a year ago,

you said that

we could change the way

these people do business,

that my husband's life,

that all of those lives wouldn't be...

What?

- What's the matter, Celeste?

- I just need to hear it.

- Tell me we can win this.

- We can.

- We are gonna win it.

- OK.

- OK?

- Come on, Henry.

- Henry, you going to the park?

- Yeah!

I'll see you later.

How about we walk over

to Jackson Square...

I got Mr. Easter's list of potential jurors.

Boston, Pittsburgh and Cincinnati.

- What are the dates?

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Brian Koppelman

Brian William Koppelman (born April 27, 1966) is an American filmmaker, essayist, podcaster, TV series creator, former music business executive and record producer. Koppelman is the co-writer of Ocean's Thirteen and Rounders, the producer for films including The Illusionist and The Lucky Ones, the director for films including Solitary Man and the documentary This Is What They Want for ESPN as part of their 30 for 30 series, and the co-creator, showrunner, and executive producer of Showtime's Billions. more…

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