"A Civil Action" (1998)
Sunday, January 29, 7:30pm
Bonchek College House Great Room
A real-life legal thriller based on the book by Jonathan Harr, John Travolta stars as a small-time tort lawyer who risks everything in his lawsuit against two of the country’s largest corporations. Did the companies’ toxic waste cause the deaths of several children in the community? F&M alumni (hydrogeologists) were involved in the actual case, which presented complex issues of scientific proof and legal causation.
"Philadelphia" (1993)
"Philadelphia" (1993)
Friday, February 17, 7:30pm
Brooks College House Great Room
A lawyer becomes a client after being fired from his law firm because he has AIDS. Homophobia is on trial in this powerful film directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Tom Hanks (who won the Academy Award for Best Actor) and Denzel Washington. Bruce Springsteen also won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for the title score, "Streets of Philadelphia."
"GATTACA" (1997)
Brooks College House Great Room
A lawyer becomes a client after being fired from his law firm because he has AIDS. Homophobia is on trial in this powerful film directed by Jonathan Demme and starring Tom Hanks (who won the Academy Award for Best Actor) and Denzel Washington. Bruce Springsteen also won the Academy Award for Best Original Song for the title score, "Streets of Philadelphia."
"GATTACA" (1997)
Wednesday, February 22, 7:30pm
Lisa Bonchek Adams Auditorium, Kaufman Hall
What if your options in life were limited by your genes? In this futuristic film starring Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, and Jude Law, the legal system serves society’s interests in protecting “superior DNA,” and not the rights of the individual. Come see why film critic Roger Ebert considered GATTACA “one of the smartest and most provocative of science fiction films, a thriller with ideas.”
"The Paper Chase" (1973)
Lisa Bonchek Adams Auditorium, Kaufman Hall
What if your options in life were limited by your genes? In this futuristic film starring Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, and Jude Law, the legal system serves society’s interests in protecting “superior DNA,” and not the rights of the individual. Come see why film critic Roger Ebert considered GATTACA “one of the smartest and most provocative of science fiction films, a thriller with ideas.”
"The Paper Chase" (1973)
Friday, March 2, 7:30pm
New College House Seminar Room
The experience of being a first-year law student is immortalized in this film starring John Houseman as an intimidating professor of contract law. “You come in here with a skull full of mush,” says Charles W. Kingsfield, Jr., on the first day of class, “and you leave thinking like a lawyer.” Woe to anyone who comes unprepared to Professor Kingsfield’s class!
"To Kill a Mockingbird" (1962)
New College House Seminar Room
The experience of being a first-year law student is immortalized in this film starring John Houseman as an intimidating professor of contract law. “You come in here with a skull full of mush,” says Charles W. Kingsfield, Jr., on the first day of class, “and you leave thinking like a lawyer.” Woe to anyone who comes unprepared to Professor Kingsfield’s class!
"To Kill a Mockingbird" (1962)
Wednesday, March 21, 7:30pm
Ware College House Great Room
Considered by many to be the best legal movie ever made, this film is based on the Pulitzer Prize- winning novel by Harper Lee. Gregory Peck won the Best Actor award for his portrayal of Atticus Finch, a courageous small-town attorney who battles prejudice in the Depression-era south. This film also reminds us that the best lawyers are also great teachers.
Ware College House Great Room
Considered by many to be the best legal movie ever made, this film is based on the Pulitzer Prize- winning novel by Harper Lee. Gregory Peck won the Best Actor award for his portrayal of Atticus Finch, a courageous small-town attorney who battles prejudice in the Depression-era south. This film also reminds us that the best lawyers are also great teachers.
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