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The Chamber is a 1996 American thriller and drama film directed by James Foley. Based on the novel by John Grisham, the screenplay was written by William Goldman, John Grisham, and Robert Towne. The film stars Gene Hackman, Chris O'Donnell, Faye Dunaway, and Robert Prosky. It was produced by Brian Grazer and Ron Howard through Universal Pictures, Imagine Entertainment, and Davis Entertainment.
The narrative is set in Mississippi, where filming also took place. The story involves a ku klux klan reference and centers on a doomed man within a legal drama context. Carter Burwell composed the score, and Mark Warner served as the film editor. Ian Baker handled the director of photography. The movie has a runtime of 113 minutes and was distributed by Universal Pictures and Netflix in video on demand format.
Critical reception included review scores of 4.5 out of 10, 45 out of 100, and 13 percent. Audience ratings listed a vote average of 5.996 on TMDb and a rating of 6.0 on IMDb. The production had a budget of 50,000,000 and generated revenue of 22,540,359. The film was released in 1996, with specific dates including January 1, June 5, and October 11.
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6.0Idealistic young attorney Adam Hall takes on the death row clemency case of his racist grandfather, Sam Cayhall, a former Ku Klux Klan member he has never met.
Cast
- Chris O'Donnell as Adam Hall
- Gene Hackman as Sam Cayhall
- Faye Dunaway as Lee Cayhall Bowen
- Robert Prosky as E. Garner Goodman
- Lela Rochon as Nora Stark
- Bo Jackson as Sgt. Clyde Packer
Themes
- ku klux klan
- doomed man
- legal drama
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- prison film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- The Chamber
- Main subject
- capital punishment
- Director
- James Foley
- Screenwriter
- Robert Towne
- Cast member
- Jack Conley
- Composer
- Carter Burwell
- Producer
- Ron Howard
- Production company
- Universal Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Ian Baker
- Narrative location
- Mississippi
- Filming location
- Mississippi
- Duration
- 113
- FilmAffinity ID
- 339057
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1997-06-05
- title
- The Chamber
- after a work by
- John Grisham
- distributed by
- Netflix
- film editor
- Mark Warner
- review score
- 13%
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