A Time to Kill

"Experience a time you'll never forget."

R 1996 · 2h 29m · Drama, Thriller, Crime
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A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK.

Theatrical
Jul 24, 1996
Box Office
$152.3M
Budget
$40.0M
Return
3.8x
DVD / Blu-ray
Feb 10, 2009
Theaters
3
Director
Joel Schumacher
Writer
Akiva Goldsman
Producers
Michael G. Nathanson, John Grisham, Hunt Lowry
Music
Elliot Goldenthal
Studio
Regency Enterprises, Warner Bros. Pictures
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Legal Dilemmas in a Courtroom Drama
Carl Lee Hailey Ask if he thinks I should go to jail.
Jake Tyler Brigance Carl Lee, they amputated his leg because you shot him. He's the prosecution's witness.
Carl Lee Hailey You're my lawyer ain't ya? Ask him.
Jake Tyler Brigance Your Honor, one question.
Judge Omar Noose Make up your mind, Mr. Brigance.
Jake Tyler Brigance Deputy Looney, do you think Carl Lee shooting you was intentional?
Deputy Dwayne Powell Looney No sir. It was an accident.
Carl Lee Hailey Ask him!
Racial Tensions and Violent Threats in Dialogue
Freddie Lee Cobb You can't blame a nigger for being a nigger, no more than you can blame a dog for being a dog. But a whore like you, co-mingling with mongrels, betraying your own. That makes you worse than a nigger. I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll leave you tied up here naked. First, it'll just be bugs eating at ya. One day, maybe two. That sun's gonna be cooking you. And animals... they're gonna pick on your stink. They'll come looking for something to eat.
Ellen Roark Carl Lee Hailey should've shot you too.
Medical Update on Injured Daughter
Carl Lee Hailey What that Memphis doctor say about her?
Gwen Hailey She's doing good. Her jaw is healing. She can't run and jump yet, but it won't be long.
Carl Lee Hailey How about the other?
Gwen Hailey There was too much damage. She ain't never gonna have kids.
Carl Lee Hailey You know, I think about them too boys. Dead, buried, probably starting to rot. And I remember them walking into court... one proud, the other scared. I remember how they fell. One on top of the other, screaming and squirming and not going nowhere. God help me Gwen, but that's the only thought that give me comfort.
Racial Tensions and Historical Perspectives in Dialogue
Tim Nunley Sure am sorry about your brother, Freddie. Ol Willard too... good boys both.
Freddie Lee Cobb Ten years ago, that nigger'd be hanging by the end of a rope with his balls in his mouth. Now you tell me what's wrong with this country.
Winston Klan would know what to do.
Freddie Lee Cobb My granddaddy, he was Klan.
Tim Nunley Ain't been no Klan around here for years.
Winston Ah they's still some boys around.
Tim Nunley What you mean them skinheads that want to blow up the government?
Winston No sir, good god-fearing Klan... I got a friend, used to be active, could give him a call.

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