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The Client is a 1994 American legal thriller and drama film directed by Joel Schumacher. The screenplay was written by Akiva Goldsman, Robert Getchell, and John Grisham, based on a work by Grisham. The cast includes Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, Mary-Louise Parker, and Anthony LaPaglia. Production was handled by Regency Enterprises, Alcor Films, and Warner Bros. Pictures, with Arnon Milchan and Guy Ferland serving as producers. The film was shot in New Orleans and set in Tennessee.
Howard Shore composed the score, while Tony Pierce-Roberts served as director of photography and Bruno Rubeo as production designer. Distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment and Netflix, the movie has a runtime of 119 minutes and is rated PG-13. It was released in 1994 with a budget of 45,000,000 and generated revenue of 117,615,211.
The film received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress. It holds a Metascore of 65 and a Rotten Tomatoes rating of 78%. On IMDb, it has a rating of 6.7 based on 85,947 votes. The tagline describes the plot as involving a district attorney seeking a conviction, a new lawyer, and a young boy who knew too much.
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Film · TMDB
6.7A street-wise kid, Mark Sway, sees the suicide of Jerome Clifford, a prominent Louisiana lawyer, whose current client is Barry 'The Blade' Muldano, a Mafia hit-man. Before Jerome shoots himself, he tells Mark where the body of a Senator is buried. Clifford shoots himself and Mark is found at the scene, and both the FBI and the Mafia quickly realize that Mark probably knows more than he says.
Cast
- Brad Renfro as Mark Sway
- Susan Sarandon as Reggie Love
- Tommy Lee Jones as Roy Foltrigg
- Mary-Louise Parker as Dianne Sway
- Anthony LaPaglia as Barry Muldano
- Bradley Whitford as Thomas Fink
Themes
- suicide
- sibling relationship
- brother
- gangster
- investigation
- witness protection
- principal witness
- search for witnesses
- lawyer
- anxious
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Ratings
IMDb
6.7/10
84,205 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
78%
Metacritic
65/100
- Year
- 1994
- Runtime
- 119 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 3 wins & 4 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Joel Schumacher
- Screenplay by
- Akiva Goldsman Robert Getchell
- Based on
- The Client , by John Grisham
- Produced by
- Arnon Milchan Steven Reuther
- Starring
- Susan Sarandon Tommy Lee Jones Brad Renfro Mary-Louise Parker Anthony LaPaglia Anthony Edwards Ossie Davis
- Cinematography
- Tony Pierce-Roberts
- Edited by
- Robert Brown
- Music by
- Howard Shore
- Production companies
- Regency Enterprises Alcor Films
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros.
- Release date
- July 20, 1994 ( 1994-07-20 )
- Running time
- 121 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $45 million
- Box office
- $117.6 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- mystery film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- The Client
- Director
- Joel Schumacher
- Screenwriter
- John Grisham
- Cast member
- John Diehl
- Composer
- Howard Shore
- Producer
- Guy Ferland
- Production company
- Regency Enterprises
- Cinematographer
- Tony Pierce-Roberts
- Narrative location
- Tennessee
- Filming location
- New Orleans
- Duration
- 116
- FilmAffinity ID
- 979834
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 1994-01-01
- title
- The Client
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Actress
- production designer
- Bruno Rubeo
- distributed by
- Netflix
- after a work by
- John Grisham
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 65/100
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Encyclopedic overview
The Client is a 1994 American legal thriller film directed by Joel Schumacher, and starring Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, Mary-Louise Parker, Anthony LaPaglia, Anthony Edwards, Ossie Davis, and introducing Brad Renfro in his film debut. It is based on the 1993 novel by John Grisham. It was filmed in Memphis, Tennessee.
The Client was theatrically released in the United States by Warner Bros. on July 20, 1994, and was a box-office hit, grossing $117.6 million against a $45 million budget. It received positive reviews from critics, with the performances of Sarandon, Jones and Renfro in particular earning high praise.
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