Product Details

• Actors: Hector Elizondo, Brian Dennehy, Mel Harris, Adrienne Barbeau, Concetta Tomei
• Directors: Mike Robe
• Writers: John Gay, Scott Turow
• Producers: Mike Robe, Benjamin A. Weissman, John Perrin Flynn, Preston Fischer
• Format: Color, EP, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Anchor Bay
• VHS Release Date: January 15, 1996
• Run Time: 184 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303954170
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #124,103 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars First-Rate Adaption, January 29, 2003

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This review is from: The Burden of Proof [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is a very good interpretation of the Scott Turow book. 'Burden of Proof' has always been my favorite work from this author. This time Turow makes a lead character out of a terrific supporting character from the previous book ('Presumed Innocent'), the elegant and cunning defense lawyer Sandy Stern. It has a fairly complicated plot which must be handled judiciously in a movie to be understandable, and this movie does it well. The casting is top-notch, especially for Stern and his brother-in-law, who is under federal indictment. This is definitely worth your time.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Surprisingly entertaining, January 21, 2002

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This review is from: The Burden of Proof [VHS] (VHS Tape)

At first glance this looks like a vehicle for between work actors. You spend the first few minutes saying where have I seen that person before. Then all of a sudden you are into the story. You say "Oh yeah I have seen that formula." They give you enough overt clues to predict ahead of time what is going to happen. Then somewhere along the line the actors melt out and the characters are real. Every so often they throw in a ringer or a herring. And just as you figure it out "you are wrong!"

The whole experience is over too soon and your are left thinking what could of happened "if only."

The Girls in Their Summer Dresses and Other Stories (Broadway Theatre Archive) ~ Brian Dennehy