Find Me Guilty Movie Review 2006

Amusingly cutting mockery of courtroom ritual from master Lumet that's based on a true story. From 1986-88, 20 members of the New Jersey-based Lucchese crime family were prosecuted by the feds; all had attorneys except for low-level goombah Giacomo "Jackie Dee" DiNorscio (Diesel), who represented himself. Jackie wisecracks throughout the trial, garnering unexpected sympathy while causing agita in both the presiding judge (Silver) and mob boss Nick Calabrese (Rocco). Performances are excellent; note Sciorra's cameo as Jackie's bitter ex-wife.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Running time 125 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Order in the Court, True Stories, Law & Lawyers, Period Piece: 1980s, Justice Prevails...?, Disorganized Crime

Screenplay

Sidney Lumet, T.J. Mancini, Robert J. McCrea

Cast

Vin Diesel, Peter Dinklage, Linus Roache, Ron Silver, Alex Rocco, Annabella Sciorra, Richard Portnow, Robert Stanton, Raul Esparza, Domenick Lombardozzi, Paul Borghese, Jerry Adler, Marcia Jean Kurtz

Cinematography

Ron Fortunato

Director

Sidney Lumet

Music

Richard Glasser

Other

Coll Anderson, Tom Swartwout, Emily Beck, Tina Nigro, Christopher Nowak

Producer

Bob Yari, Robert Greenhut, George Zakk, T.J. Mancini, Bob Debrino, One Race Films, Zweite Academy, Yari Film Group, Three Wolves Productions, Freestyle Releasing