A Time to Kill
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Film · TMDB
7.4A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.
Released: 1996-07-24149 minDir: Joel SchumacherCrime, Drama, Thriller
Cast
- Matthew McConaughey as Jake Brigance
- Sandra Bullock as Ellen Roark
- Samuel L. Jackson as Carl Lee Hailey
- Kevin Spacey as Rufus Buckley
- Ashley Judd as Carla Brigance
- Donald Sutherland as Lucien Wilbanks
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Ratings · OMDb
IMDb
7.5/10
192,181 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
66%
Metacritic
53/100
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 7 wins & 12 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Joel Schumacher
- Screenplay by
- Akiva Goldsman
- Based on
- A Time to Kill , 1989 novel, by John Grisham
- Produced by
- Arnon Milchan John Grisham Michael Nathanson Hunt Lowry
- Starring
- Sandra Bullock Samuel L. Jackson Matthew McConaughey Kevin Spacey Brenda Fricker Oliver Platt Charles S. Dutton Ashley Judd Patrick McGoohan Donald Sutherland
- Cinematography
- Peter Menzies Jr.
- Edited by
- William Steinkamp
- Music by
- Elliot Goldenthal
- Production company
- Regency Enterprises
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros.
- Release date
- July 24, 1996 ( 1996-07-24 )
- Running time
- 149 minutes
Key dates
- Published
- 13 September 1996
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- vigilante film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- A Time to Kill
- Main subject
- capital punishment
- Director
- Joel Schumacher
- Screenwriter
- Akiva Goldsman
- Cast member
- John Diehl
- Composer
- Elliot Goldenthal
Article
A Time to Kill is a 1996 American legal drama film based on John Grisham's 1989 novel of the same name. Sandra Bullock, Samuel L. Jackson, Matthew McConaughey, and Kevin Spacey star, with Donald and Kiefer Sutherland appearing in supporting roles and Octavia Spencer in her film debut.
The film received mixed reviews but was a commercial success, making $152 million worldwide. It is the second of two films based on Grisham's novels directed by Joel Schumacher, with the other being The Client released two years prior. It marked the final film appearance of Joe Seneca.