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1999 film by Clint Eastwood

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True Crime is a 1999 American mystery, crime, and drama film directed by Clint Eastwood. The screenplay was written by Larry Gross and Paul Brickman. The cast includes Eastwood, Isaiah Washington, Denis Leary, and LisaGay Hamilton. Eastwood also served as producer alongside Richard D. Zanuck. Production companies involved were Warner Bros. Entertainment, Malpaso Productions, and The Zanuck Company.

The film has a runtime of 127 minutes and was filmed in California. Its narrative location is also California. The main subject is capital punishment, with keywords including journalist, death penalty, and death row. The budget was 55000000. The film was distributed by Warner Bros. Entertainment and Netflix in video on demand format.

Review scores include 54%, 6/10, and 64/100. The vote average is 6.5, with an IMDb rating of 6.6. The tagline states, "An innocent man has only 12 hours to live..." The original language is English. Revenue was 16700000.

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Film · TMDB

6.5

Boozer, skirt chaser, careless father. You could create your own list of reporter Steve Everett's faults but there's no time. A San Quentin Death Row prisoner is slated to die at midnight – a man Everett has suddenly realized is innocent.

Released: 1999-03-19127 minDir: Clint EastwoodCrime, Thriller, MysteryBudget: $55.0MBox office: $16.7M

Cast

  • Clint Eastwood as Steve Everett
  • Isaiah Washington as Frank Louis Beechum
  • LisaGay Hamilton as Bonnie Beechum
  • James Woods as Alan Mann
  • Denis Leary as Bob Findley
  • Bernard Hill as Warden Luther Plunkitt

Themes

  • journalist
  • death penalty
  • death row
  • doomed man
  • ambition
  • recovering alcoholic

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Ratings

IMDb

6.6/10

40,072 votes

Year
1999
Runtime
127 min
Genres
Crime, Drama, Mystery

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
film
Country of origin
United States
Original language
English language
Main subject
capital punishment
Production company
Malpaso Productions
Cinematographer
Jack N. Green
Narrative location
California
Filming location
California
Duration
122
FilmAffinity ID
706255
Distribution format
video on demand
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publication date
1999-04-29
film editor
Joel Cox
title
True Crime
production designer
Henry Bumstead
distributed by
Netflix
review score
64/100
capital cost
55000000
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