One of AFI’s Top 10 Courtroom Dramas
Starring Paul Newman, directed by Sidney Lumet, adapted by David Mamet
Wednesday, April 11th, at 8:30 PM
BLB Room 245
Free popcorn & pop!
Watch the trailer!
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Wednesday, April 4, 2012
Law Movie Night: The Verdict
One of AFI’s Top 10 Courtroom Dramas
Starring Paul Newman, directed by Sidney Lumet, adapted by David Mamet
Wednesday, April 11th, at 8:30 PM
BLB Room 245
Free popcorn & pop!
Watch the trailer!
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Law Movie Night: Law in the Year 3000
The Legal Cinema Studies Society presents a special screening of legal episodes of Futurama.
Wednesday, March 28, at 8:30 PM
BLB Room 245
Featuring Hyper-Chicken, Old Man Waterfall, Judge Whitey, Antonin Scalia's head, and Jenny McNeal of Single Female Lawyer
Episodes include:
"Fear of a Bot Planet" (1ACV05)
"When Aliens Attack" (1ACV12)
"Brannigan, Begin Again" (2ACV02)
"Put Your Head on My Shoulder" (2ACV07)
"A Tale of Two Santas" (3ACV03)
"The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz" (3ACV05)
"Insane in the Mainframe" (3ACV11)
"A Taste of Freedom" (4ACV05)
"Where No Fan Has Gone Before" (4ACV11)
The Beast with a Billion Backs (portions)
Into the Wild Green Yonder (portions)
"Proposition Infinity" (6ACV04)
"A Clockwork Origin" (6ACV09)
"The Silence of the Clamps" (6ACV14)
"Law and Oracle" (6ACV16)
"Cold Warriors" (6ACV24)
"Overclockwise" (6ACV25)
Free popcorn & pop!
Wednesday, March 28, at 8:30 PM
BLB Room 245
Featuring Hyper-Chicken, Old Man Waterfall, Judge Whitey, Antonin Scalia's head, and Jenny McNeal of Single Female Lawyer
Episodes include:
"Fear of a Bot Planet" (1ACV05)
"When Aliens Attack" (1ACV12)
"Brannigan, Begin Again" (2ACV02)
"Put Your Head on My Shoulder" (2ACV07)
"A Tale of Two Santas" (3ACV03)
"The Birdbot of Ice-Catraz" (3ACV05)
"Insane in the Mainframe" (3ACV11)
"A Taste of Freedom" (4ACV05)
"Where No Fan Has Gone Before" (4ACV11)
The Beast with a Billion Backs (portions)
Into the Wild Green Yonder (portions)
"Proposition Infinity" (6ACV04)
"A Clockwork Origin" (6ACV09)
"The Silence of the Clamps" (6ACV14)
"Law and Oracle" (6ACV16)
"Cold Warriors" (6ACV24)
"Overclockwise" (6ACV25)
Free popcorn & pop!
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Law Movie Night: Rules of Engagement
Wednesday, Feb. 29, at 8:30 PM
BLB Room 245
More info from IMDb
Directed by William Friedkin
Starring Tommy Lee Jones, Samuel L. Jackson, and Guy Pearce
Free popcorn and pop!
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Law Movie Night: Amistad
Directed by Steven Spielberg, and starring Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins, Djimon Hounsou, and Matthew McConaughey
Wednesday, Feb. 22, at 8:30 pm
BLB Room 245
Free popcorn and pop!
Monday, February 13, 2012
Law Movie Night: Death and the Maiden
The Legal Cinema Studies Society and the Latino Law Student Association present a screening of this dramatic thriller that addresses the topic of torture and human rights.
Directed by Roman Polanski and starring Sigourney Weaver, Ben Kingsley, and Stuart Wilson
Wednesday, February 15th , at 8:30 p.m. in BLB room 245
Free popcorn & pop!
Thursday, February 2, 2012
Law Movie Night: Courthouse on Horseback
The Legal Cinema Studies Society presents a screening of this award winning film about a judge in rural China who must train a naïve law school graduate and settle disputes in villages suspicious of the rule of law.
Wednesday, February 8, at 8:30 PM, in Room 245
Free popcorn and pop!
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Law Movie Night: A Few Good Men
Wednesday, Feb. 1, at 8:30 PM in BLB Room 245
Free popcorn and pop!
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Law Movie Night: Call Northside 777
The Legal Cinema Studies Society presents a screening of this film noir starring James Stewart!
The film is based on the true story of Joseph Majczek who was wrongly convicted of murder for 11 years before a Chicago journalist investigated.
Wednesday, Jan. 18, at 8:30pm Room 245
Free popcorn and pop!
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Law Movie Night: Liar Liar
The winner of the poll is Liar Liar by a single vote!
Thanks to everyone in the Iowa community who voted!
Liar, Liar will be screened on Wednesday, Nov. 9th, at 8pm in BLB room 285!
Free popcorn and pop!
Monday, November 7, 2011
The poll has been skewed by someone called "Joan aka HazelP" who posted a link to the poll on a Jeremy Northam fan discussion page. So very, very bizarre.
The purpose of the poll was to find out what people who will actually come to the event want to see. This person's IP address (66.159.173.251) places her in Connecticut, so I don't think she's actually intending to come to Law Movie Night. But for some reason she voted for The Winslow Boy and encouraged others to do so to skew the poll results.
As such, I am going to ignore all votes for The Winslow Boy. If it received any votes from anyone in the Iowa community, it was certainly fewer than several of the other candidates.
Right now, Liar, Liar and The Verdict are tied! Keep voting!
Monday, October 31, 2011
Vote for the next Law Movie Night!
Theme: 1L courses
What movie do you want to see at Law Movie Night on 11/9?
Info about the movies:
Baron of Arizona (1950) - directed by Samuel Fuller and starring Vincent Price. A master forger attempts to lay claim to the territory of Arizona late in the 19th Century using the chain of title from Spanish land grants, based on the real life case of James Reavis,
Body Heat (1981) - a neo-noir film written and directed by Lawrence Kasdan, starring William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna, Ted Danson, J.A. Preston, and Mickey Rourke. In the midst of a searing Florida heat wave, a woman convinces her lover, a small-town lawyer, to murder her rich husband. The only film I know of that involves the Rule Against Perpetuities.
Liar Liar (1997) - Jim Carrey plays a lawyer who loses the ability to lie. He must argue that his client's prenuptial agreement is invalid without lying.
The Paper Chase (1973) - We screened this already, but it largely revolves around Prof. Kingsfield's contracts class. If you want to watch it again, I'm cool with that.
The Merchant of Venice (2004) - Shylock lends Antonio 3,000 ducats. When Antonio is unable to repay the loan, Shylock goes to court to enforce the terms of the contract, demanding a pound of flesh, leading to a dramatic court scene. The 2004 film stars Al Pacino as Shylock. Will he yell "hoo-ha" at any point in the film?
The Winslow Boy (1999) - a 14-year-old boy is expelled from the Royal Naval Academy after being accused of theft. His wealthy father hires a brilliant barrister to sue the Crown to prove the boy's innocence and have him reinstated. Directed by David Mamet. Starring Nigel Hawthorne, Rebecca Pidgeon, Jeremy Northam and Gemma Jones.
A Civil Action (1998) - Environmental toxins have contaminated the local water supply in a small town, leading to several deaths. John Travolta plays a lawyer who takes legal action against the giant corporations responsible.
Class Action (1991) - Gene Hackman and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio star as a father and daughter on opposite sides in a case about injuries caused by a defective automobile.
The Verdict (1982) - Directed by Sidney Lumet, screenplay adapted by David Mamet. A down-on-his-luck alcoholic lawyer who take a medical malpractice case to trial in order to salvage his career, but discovers along the way that he is doing the right thing. The movie stars Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, and Jack Warden.
The Fortune Cookie (1966) - directed by Billy Wilder, starring Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon in their first on-screen collaboration. A crooked lawyer persuades his brother-in-law to feign a serious injury after being knocked down at a football game in order to pursue a $1 million lawsuit.
Voting is open until 11/8! (so we have time to get the DVD for the winning movie). Vote! Spread the word! You can vote for as choices as you like, and as many times as the poll will let you.
Have another movie you want to see? Enter your write-in vote by commenting below!
What movie do you want to see at Law Movie Night on 11/9?
Info about the movies:
Baron of Arizona (1950) - directed by Samuel Fuller and starring Vincent Price. A master forger attempts to lay claim to the territory of Arizona late in the 19th Century using the chain of title from Spanish land grants, based on the real life case of James Reavis,
Body Heat (1981) - a neo-noir film written and directed by Lawrence Kasdan, starring William Hurt, Kathleen Turner, Richard Crenna, Ted Danson, J.A. Preston, and Mickey Rourke. In the midst of a searing Florida heat wave, a woman convinces her lover, a small-town lawyer, to murder her rich husband. The only film I know of that involves the Rule Against Perpetuities.
Liar Liar (1997) - Jim Carrey plays a lawyer who loses the ability to lie. He must argue that his client's prenuptial agreement is invalid without lying.
The Paper Chase (1973) - We screened this already, but it largely revolves around Prof. Kingsfield's contracts class. If you want to watch it again, I'm cool with that.
The Merchant of Venice (2004) - Shylock lends Antonio 3,000 ducats. When Antonio is unable to repay the loan, Shylock goes to court to enforce the terms of the contract, demanding a pound of flesh, leading to a dramatic court scene. The 2004 film stars Al Pacino as Shylock. Will he yell "hoo-ha" at any point in the film?
The Winslow Boy (1999) - a 14-year-old boy is expelled from the Royal Naval Academy after being accused of theft. His wealthy father hires a brilliant barrister to sue the Crown to prove the boy's innocence and have him reinstated. Directed by David Mamet. Starring Nigel Hawthorne, Rebecca Pidgeon, Jeremy Northam and Gemma Jones.
A Civil Action (1998) - Environmental toxins have contaminated the local water supply in a small town, leading to several deaths. John Travolta plays a lawyer who takes legal action against the giant corporations responsible.
Class Action (1991) - Gene Hackman and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio star as a father and daughter on opposite sides in a case about injuries caused by a defective automobile.
The Verdict (1982) - Directed by Sidney Lumet, screenplay adapted by David Mamet. A down-on-his-luck alcoholic lawyer who take a medical malpractice case to trial in order to salvage his career, but discovers along the way that he is doing the right thing. The movie stars Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, and Jack Warden.
The Fortune Cookie (1966) - directed by Billy Wilder, starring Walter Matthau and Jack Lemmon in their first on-screen collaboration. A crooked lawyer persuades his brother-in-law to feign a serious injury after being knocked down at a football game in order to pursue a $1 million lawsuit.
Voting is open until 11/8! (so we have time to get the DVD for the winning movie). Vote! Spread the word! You can vote for as choices as you like, and as many times as the poll will let you.
Have another movie you want to see? Enter your write-in vote by commenting below!
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Law Movie Night: The Devil's Advocate
The Legal Cinema Studies Society presents a special Halloween screening of this supernatural legal thriller, starring Keanu Reeves, Al Pacino, and Charlize Theron
Wednesday, October 26th at 8 PM
BLB room 285
Kevin Lomax, an arrogant young attorney who has never lost a case, is recruited by a powerful Manhattan law firm. He becomes the protégé of his mysterious new boss, John Milton.
"Embarrassingly entertaining" - Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
"If you don't love Devil's Advocate, rush to your cardiologist, because there is no pulse." - Larry King
"Hoo-Ha!" - Al Pacino
Free popcorn & candy!
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Law Movie Night with LSRJ: Erin Brockovich
The Legal Cinema Studies Society and Law Students for Reproductive Justice present a free screening of this film, depicting the true story behind the legal case over ground water contamination in Hinkley, California.
Julia Roberts won the Oscar for her performance in this film!
Wednesday, Oct. 12, 8:00 pm
BLB Room 285
Free popcorn and pop and pizza!!
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Law Movie Night: Gideon's Trumpet
The Legal Cinema Studies Society presents a screening of this film depicting the true story of the landmark Supreme Court case Gideon v. Wainwright
Starring Henry Fonda as Clarence Earl Gideon, José Ferrer as Abe Fortas, and John Houseman as Earl Warren.
Wednesday, September 28th at 8 pm
BLB room 285
Free popcorn and pop provided!
Monday, September 5, 2011
Law Movie Night: Presumed Innocent
The Legal Cinema Studies Society presents a screening of this adaptation of the best selling novel by Scott Turow, starring Harrison Ford.
Wednesday, September 14, at 8 PM
BLB Room 285
Harrison Ford plays prosecutor R.K. "Rusty" Sabich. When his colleague and mistress, deputy prosecutor Carolyn Polhemus, is found murdered, Sabich first leads the investigation, then finds himself charged with the crime.
Peter Travers of Rolling Stone writes, Ford "is astonishingly fine in a performance of controlled intensity" in this film adaptation of Turow's "novel that was equal parts whodunit, courtroom drama, warped love story and insightful take on the limits of the legal system."
Free popcorn and pop provided!
Thursday, August 25, 2011
Law Movie Night: The Paper Chase
By popular demand, the Legal Cinema Studies Society presents a screening of the film classic The Paper Chase, starring Timothy Bottoms, Lindsay Wagner, and John Houseman.
James Hart is a struggling first-year Harvard law student, desperately trying to impress his strict and intimidating contracts professor, Charles Kingsfield.
Wednesday, August 31, at 8:00 PM, in room 285
Free popcorn and pop will be provided!
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
Landlocked Film Festival
Like movies? Well, there's this film festival going on here in Iowa City. It features more than just legal films, but sometimes those are good too.
http://www.landlockedfilmfestival.org/
http://www.landlockedfilmfestival.org/
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Sunday, April 10, 2011
Law Movie Night: Legally Blonde
Join the Legal Cinema Studies Society for a pre-finals study break on Thursday, April 14th at 7 PM in BLB Room 245.
Free popcorn and soda will be provided!
Omigod, you guys, I am so excited for this Law Movie Night. To get ready, I offer this song from the musical adapted from the movie:
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