Double Jeopardy

"Murder isn't always a crime."

1999 1h 45m EN

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6.6

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6.5

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★6.6TMDB · 1,562🥫28%Rotten Tomatoes●41Metacritic★6.5IMDB · 102,423

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Synopsis

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Libby Parsons, wrongly convicted of her husband Nick's murder, thinks he is still alive. She survives the long years in prison with two burning desires sustaining her -- finding her son and solving the mystery that destroyed her once-happy life. Standing between her and her quest, however, is her parole officer, Travis Lehman. Libby poses a challenge to the cynical officer, one that forces him to face up to his own failings while pitting him against his superior and law enforcement colleagues, as she plunges into a desperate fight for justice, survival, and revenge.

“Murder isn't always a crime.”

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Cast

Tommy Lee Jones
Travis Lehman
Ashley Judd
Libby Parsons
Benjamin Weir
Four-Year-Old Matty Parsons
Jay Brazeau
Bobby Long
Bruce Greenwood
Nick Parsons
John Maclaren
Rudy
Ed Evanko
Warren
Annabeth Gish
Angie Green

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Bruce Beresford
Writers: David Weisberg, Douglas S. Cook
Languages: English
Countries: Germany, United States of America

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MONEY

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Mid-budget at $70M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.

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ERA

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27 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

WORLD

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International production across 2 countries: Germany, United States of America.

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4 / 8

CAST

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341+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Bruce Beresford, shot by Peter James. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Normand Corbeil. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Mark Warner shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Tommy Lee Jones and Ashley Judd and Benjamin Weir carry the top of the cast.

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The take

Bruce Beresford directs. Peter James behind the camera. Normand Corbeil scores. Mark Warner cuts. Profitable at the box office. Produced in Germany, United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Mid-budget at $70M — the now-extinct middle tier of Hollywood.
227 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3International production across 2 countries: Germany, United States of America.
4341+ people credited in cast and crew — a small city's worth of labour.
5Directed by Bruce Beresford, shot by Peter James. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Normand Corbeil. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Mark Warner shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Tommy Lee Jones and Ashley Judd and Benjamin Weir carry the top of the cast.
9Marketing tagline: "Murder isn't always a crime.".
10IMDB entry: tt0150377 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
11Classified under 30 themes, including "sailboat", "court case", "new orleans, louisiana", "ferry boat".

The technical file

Cinematography: Peter James
Original score: Normand Corbeil
Editing: Mark Warner
Production design: Howard Cummings
Makeup / hair: Gitte Axen
VFX supervisor: Kevin Lingenfelser
Sound: Gary C. Bourgeois
Stunt coordinator: Glenn Randall Jr.
Runtime: 105 min · 1h 45m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $70,000,000
Box office: $177,841,558
Return: 254% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Double Jeopardy (1999)
Rotten Tomatoes: 28% 🥫 Rotten
Metacritic: 41/100
IMDB rating: 6.5/10 · 102,423 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

1 win & 3 nominations total

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Dark Jedi2013-02-28
★ 6/10
This is a movie that we got a very long time ago when we still purchased a paper TV-magazine to know what was on TV every night. The last couple of years when we did that we frequently got a DVD as a “bonus” with it and this is one of those. According to my movie collection database we have had it since 2008 and last evening we finally got around watching it. This is a quite okay movie. It will not blow your socks off but it is fairly okay and worth watching. It is a nice thriller/fugitive style movie to watch on a middle-of-the-week evening. I would probably not have been impressed had I gone to a theater to watch it but watching it as a TV-movie it was quite enjoyable. There are the usual silly moments that tend to be in these kinds of movies of course, starting with the stupid wife who just has to pick up the bloody knife just before the police arrives. Why do all (most) script writers have to put that crap into every movie? I do generally like Tommy Lee Jones even though he tends to look and act pretty much the same no matter which movie he is in. I guess I like stability. The plot is okay. It is a fairly conventional husband frames wife, wife goes after husband kind of story and does not really provide any surprises. One thing that caught my attention was that the car dealer apparently could do a credit check on a woman that was, as was found out later in the movie, dead since three years. I think someone missed the QA-checking of the script in terms of credibility there but then, as I said, the movie will not blow your socks of and the plot is fairly standard Hollywood fare with the usual silly stuff in it.
JPV8522022-03-24
★ 6/10
Weak and from a legal standpoint complete wrong (despite a former lawyer turned murderer and former law professor saying so). Ashley Judd and Tommy Lee Jones are good and Bruce Greenwood plays smarmy well but this isn't a very good thriller. 2.75/5
Andre Gonzales2023-05-14
★ 7/10
Pretty good movie. I wouldn't want to do time for a murder I didn't commit. If I was set up like this movie, I'd probably do the same thing she did.