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Since news about this film has emerged again on the Internet. Suffice it to say that Marisa'a performance in this film was nothing short of stupendous. She stole the Oscar from among them three A list British actresses, Vanessa Redgrave, her daughter Miranda Richardson and Joan Plowright, who are extremely highly regarded. This alone was quite an achievement.
I saw this story live at a Confrence. It changed my life as a social worker. She said no one ever asked me, “ what happened to me”? That was so powerful..
Vinny's defense was always 'you got the car right, but the wrong drivers'. That's why he was testing the ladies vision, the guy looking thru the window, blah blah blah. He even says at one point "....driving identical metallic mint green Buick Skylark convertibles." He was never questioning a different car, he was trying to prove the real killers had the “identical” car (which is what he thought because he knew these guys didn’t kill anybody and that was the most logical explanation). Then he sees that photo and realizes his defense that there was an identical car is wrong and gets that photo admitted into evidence and then is basically saying: Look at the photo am I right? Do these tracks prove an identical car? And she says, no you (the defense) is WRONG! Which is exactly what he wanted because he can't change what he said earlier in his testimony/defense, that it was an identical vehicle with different drivers - he has to stick with that line of defense. So she disproves his original identical car theory which proves it was not only a different driver, but a different car altogether - thus setting the boys free. DEY WUH!!
Fred Gwyn was battling cancer and in severe pain while filming. He was determined to finish the movie so he tolerated the pain. He died not long after this movie. Great actor.
By far the most sexy moment of cinematography!! When she explains it... Don't care what she looks like (but she is gorgeous), don't care what she wears (or doesn't wear), just listening to that explanation does wonders for my libido...
I understand that voire dire he accepted her as an expert witness, but he could have at least *tried* to counter with his own expert. I mean, nobody in that courtroom could be sure she wasn't full of st with that explanation - it at least needed to be checked out.
Trotter blew it by letting that photo in as evidence. Any other prosecutor would have objected. We never find out if the state had any photo's to back up her claim. I suspect not as we are talking rural Alabama here.
The part about the Tempest (and what the sheriff presents in the next scene) is actually just extra. When he proves his clients' car couldn't be the one used as the getaway car after the murder, he won the case. That's enough to get reasonable doubt.
