Alcoholism Night
Koolhoven & Simons
Tonight a focus on some of the big screen’s most memorable alcoholics with feature film The Verdict (1982), in which juicer lawyer Frank (Paul Newman) loses his grip on his career and his life.
In Sidney Lumet’s The Verdict (1982), tonight’s feature film, a has-been lawyer takes on two distinguished medical doctors. Serious mistakes were made during a routine operation, as a result of which a pregnant woman has fallen into a coma.
Lawyer Frank Galvin (Paul Newman) refuses to settle and sues the widely respected hospital, which is also associated with a powerful archdiocese. But then Frank takes to drinking, losing his grip on his career and his life.
Programme
Introduction
By Martin Koolhoven & Ronald Simons
Classic alcoholic characters
Een dagje naar het strand (1984)
Shaolin Soccer (2001)
Barfly (1987)The Verdict (1982)
In Sidney Lumet’s The Verdict (1982), tonight’s feature film, a has-been lawyer takes on two distinguished medical doctors. Serious mistakes were made during a routine operation, as a result of which a pregnant woman has fallen into a coma.
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Director
Sidney Lumet
Production year
1982
Event language
Dutch
Moderator
Martin Koolhoven & Ronald Simons
Original title
The Verdict
Language
English
Subtitles
Dutch
Format
35mm
Part of
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