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The Judge is a 2014 American comedy drama and trial film directed by David Dobkin. The screenwriters were David Dobkin and Nick Schenk, with Susan Downey serving as producer and Robert Downey Jr. as executive producer. The cast includes Billy Bob Thornton, Balthazar Getty, David Krumholtz, and Dax Shepard. The film was produced by Warner Bros. Entertainment, Team Downey, and Village Roadshow Pictures, and distributed by 20th Century Studios and Warner Bros. Entertainment.
Set in Chicago, the movie has a runtime of 141 minutes and was released in English. Thomas Newman composed the score, while Janusz Kamiński served as director of photography and Mark Livolsi as film editor. The production had a budget of 40000000 and generated revenue of 84419388. The film received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Audience ratings include a 7.4 score from 219636 votes on IMDb and a 7.331 average from 4420 votes on TMDb.
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Film · TMDB
7.3A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder.
Cast
- Robert Downey Jr. as Hank Palmer
- Robert Duvall as Joseph Palmer
- Vera Farmiga as Samantha Powell
- Vincent D'Onofrio as Glen Palmer
- Jeremy Strong as Dale Palmer
- Dax Shepard as C.P. Kennedy
Themes
- small town
- indiana, usa
- judge
- parent child relationship
- dysfunctional family
- trial
- family relationships
- lawyer
- courtroom
- courtroom drama
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Key facts
- Directed by
- David Dobkin
- Screenplay by
- Nick Schenk Bill Dubuque
- Story by
- Nick Schenk David Dobkin
- Produced by
- Susan Downey David Gambino David Dobkin
- Starring
- Robert Downey Jr. Robert Duvall Vera Farmiga Vincent D'Onofrio Jeremy Strong Dax Shepard Billy Bob Thornton
- Cinematography
- Janusz Kamiński
- Edited by
- Mark Livolsi
- Music by
- Thomas Newman
- Production companies
- Village Roadshow Pictures RatPac-Dune Entertainment Team Downey Big Kid Pictures
- Distributed by
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Release dates
- September 4, 2014 ( 2014-09-04 ) ( TIFF ) October 10, 2014 ( 2014-10-10 ) (United States)
- Running time
- 141 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $45–50 million
- Box office
- $84.4 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- crime film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- David Dobkin
- Screenwriter
- Nick Schenk
- Cast member
- Denis O'Hare
- Composer
- Thomas Newman
- Producer
- Susan Downey
- Cinematographer
- Janusz Kamiński
- Narrative location
- Chicago
- Filming location
- Shelburne Falls
- Duration
- 141
- FilmAffinity ID
- 934433
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.thejudgemovie.com
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- publication date
- 2014-10-23
- title
- The Judge
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
- distributed by
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- executive producer
- Robert Downey Jr.
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 49%
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Encyclopedic overview
The Judge is a 2014 American legal drama film directed by David Dobkin. The film stars Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall with Vera Farmiga, Vincent D'Onofrio, Jeremy Strong, Dax Shepard and Billy Bob Thornton in supporting roles.
The film was released in the United States on October 10, 2014 by Warner Bros. Pictures. It received mixed reviews from critics, but was praised for the performances of Duvall and Downey and Thomas Newman's score. The film grossed $84.4 million against a $45–50 million budget. Duvall received multiple award nominations for his performance as Judge Joseph Palmer, including the Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Screen Actors Guild Award and Satellite Award for Best Supporting Actor. Thomas Newman received a Satellite Award nomination for Best Original Score.
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