This article is about the 1993 film. For the 1988 film of the same name, see The Firm (1988 film)
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| Directed by | Sydney Pollack |
| Produced by | John Davis Sydney Pollack Scott Rudin |
| Written by | John Grisham (book) David Rabe Robert Towne David Rayfiel |
| Starring | Tom Cruise Jeanne Tripplehorn Gene Hackman Ed Harris Holly Hunter Hal Holbrook David Strathairn |
| Music by | Dave Grusin |
| Cinematography | John Seale |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | June 30, 1993 |
| Running time | 154 min. The Firm is a 1988 TV film directed by Alan Clarke and written by Al Ashton. Sydney Irwin Pollack ( July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008) was an American Film director, producer and Actor. John Andrew Davis (born April 7, 1953) is an American Film producer and founder of Davis Entertainment. Sydney Irwin Pollack ( July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008) was an American Film director, producer and Actor. Scott Rudin (born July 14, 1958) is an Academy Award -winning American Film producer and a Tony Award -winning David William Rabe (born March 10 1940) is an American playwright and screenwriter Robert Burton Towne (born November 23, 1934) is an American Screenwriter and director. Thomas Cruise Mapother IV ( born July 3 1962 better known by his screen name Tom Cruise, is an American Actor and Film producer Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn (born June 10, 1963) is an American Film actress. Eugene Allen "Gene" Hackman (born January 30, 1930) is a two-time Academy Award -winning American actor and author Edward Allen "Ed" Harris (born November 28 1950 is a four-time Academy Award -nominated and Golden Globe -winning American actor writer and director Holly P Hunter (born 20 March 1958 is an Oscar -winning American actor best-known for films such as Raising Arizona, Broadcast News Harold Rowe "Hal" Holbrook Jr (born February 17, 1925) is an American Actor. David Russell Strathairn (born January 26 1949) is an Academy Award -nominated American Film, Television, and stage David Grusin (born June 26, 1934) is an Academy Award -winning American Composer, arranger and Pianist. John Seale, ASC ACS (born October 5, 1942 in Warwick Queensland Australia) is an Australian Cinematographer. Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and Distribution company, based in Hollywood California. Events 350 - Roman usurper Nepotianus, of the Constantinian dynasty, is defeated and killed by troops of the Usurper The year 1993 in film involved many significant films (For more about films in foreign languages check sources in those languages |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $42,000,000 US (est. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States ) |
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The Firm is a legal thriller film released in 1993, directed by Sydney Pollack, and starring Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Holly Hunter, Gary Busey, and David Strathairn. The legal thriller is a sub-genre of Crime fiction in which the major characters are Lawyers and their employees The thriller is a broad Genre of Literature, Film, Gaming and Television. The year 1993 in film involved many significant films (For more about films in foreign languages check sources in those languages Sydney Irwin Pollack ( July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008) was an American Film director, producer and Actor. Thomas Cruise Mapother IV ( born July 3 1962 better known by his screen name Tom Cruise, is an American Actor and Film producer Jeanne Marie Tripplehorn (born June 10, 1963) is an American Film actress. Eugene Allen "Gene" Hackman (born January 30, 1930) is a two-time Academy Award -winning American actor and author Edward Allen "Ed" Harris (born November 28 1950 is a four-time Academy Award -nominated and Golden Globe -winning American actor writer and director Holly P Hunter (born 20 March 1958 is an Oscar -winning American actor best-known for films such as Raising Arizona, Broadcast News William Gareth Jacob "Gary" Busey (born June 29, 1944) is an Academy Award - and Golden Globe Award -nominated American David Russell Strathairn (born January 26 1949) is an Academy Award -nominated American Film, Television, and stage The movie is based on the novel, The Firm, by author John Grisham. For the film of the same title please see The Firm (1993 film The Firm is a 1991 Legal thriller and the second novel
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Plot
A new attorney is drawn into a seductive law firm that seems to have many secrets. When he finds out who they are representing and what price has been paid by others who have come across the truth, he risks it all to escape with his law license and his life.
The Novel vs. The Film
The film follows the book in most respects, but changes the ending. Mitch doesn't end up in the Caribbean, as in the book; he and his wife, Abby, simply get into their vehicle and drive away from Memphis. (To Boston, as the ending narration, "Do you think [the car] will make it?. . . to Boston. . . ")
A more fundamental departure from the book is the motives and manner in which Mitch extricates himself from his predicament. In the book, Mitch is unconcerned about scrupulously following the ethics required by lawyers in the United States. By copying certain information and giving it to the FBI, he acknowledges to himself that he is betraying the lawyer-client privilege. Rather than dwell on this fact, accepting that he will not be allowed to practice law anywhere again, he shrewdly swindles $10 million from the mob law firm, along with receiving the $2 million from the FBI for his cooperation. He then disappears with Abby to the Caribbean.
In the film, apparently in order to preserve the personal integrity of the protagonist, Mitch steals no money from the firm. Instead, he exposes a systematic overbilling scheme by the firm, thus driving a wedge between the mob and its law firm. He receives a smaller quantity of money from the FBI, which he hands over to his brother Ray, allowing him to disappear. This alters the character of the Mitch McDeere created by Grisham. Rather than capitalizing on his circumstances for personal gain, as in the book, the movie's McDeere ends up battered and bruised, but with his integrity and professional ethics intact.
McDeere's confession to Abby about his sexual infidelity was also unique to the film. In the novel, McDeere perpetuates this deception right until the very end. This further characterizes the McDeere of the film as having greater integrity.
List of characters
- Mitch McDeere (Tom Cruise) – protagonist; recent Harvard Law graduate
- Abigail "Abby" McDeere (Jeanne Tripplehorn) – Mitch's wife
- Avery Tolar (Gene Hackman) – Mitch's mentor at the Firm
- Lamar Quinn (Terry Kinney) – Mitch's friend that works at the Firm
- Oliver Lambert (Hal Holbrook) – senior partner at the Firm
- Tammy Hemphill (Holly Hunter) – Eddie's old secretary, helps Mitch get and copy the files
- Ray McDeere (David Strathairn) – Mitch's brother, in jail for a manslaughter conviction
- William Devasher (Wilford Brimley) – head of security at the Firm
- Eddie Lomax (Gary Busey) – private investigator, friend of Ray McDeere
- Agent Wayne Terrance (Ed Harris) – the agent in charge of the investigation into the Firm; Mitch's primary contact with the FBI
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- The Nordic Man (Tobin Bell) – William Devasher's cold-blooded henchman. Steven Hill (born February 24, 1922) is an American Film and Television Actor. Tobin Bell (born August 7 1942) is an American film and television Actor. The word henchman (Germanic irregular plural hench men) referred originally to one who attended on a horse that is a Horse groom.
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