Wealthy Sunny von Bülow lies brain-dead, husband Claus guilty of attempted murder; but he says he’s innocent and hires Alan Dershowitz for his appeal. (111 mins.)
| Reversal of Fortune (1990) | |
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Rating: 7.3/10 (12,796 votes) Director: Barbet Schroeder Writer: Alan M. Dershowitz (book), Nicholas Kazan (screenplay) Stars: Glenn Close, Jeremy Irons, Ron Silver, Annabella Sciorra Runtime: 111 min Rated: R Genre: Biography, Drama, Mystery Released: 09 Nov 1990 |
| Plot: Alan Dershowitz a brilliant professor of law is hired by wealthy socialite Claus von Bulow to attempt to overturn his two convictions for attempted murder of his extremely wealthy wife. Based on a true story the film concentrates not on the trial like other legal thrillers, but on the preparatory work that Dershowitz and his students put in as they attempt to disprove the prosecution's case and achieve the Reversal of Fortune of the title. | |
