Product Details

• Actors: Julia Ormond, Mahershala Ali, Lisa Arrindell Anderson, Bruce McKinnon, Omar J. Dorsey
• Directors: Tom McLoughlin
• Writers: Andrew Corsello, Teena Booth
• Producers: Beth Tashjian, Gale Anne Hurd, Gary Ventimiglia
• Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English, Portuguese
• Subtitles: English, Portuguese
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: July 20, 2010
• Run Time: 89 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B003IKMREQ
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #31,573 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "The Wronged Man" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Top-rated movie based on the true story of Calvin Willis (Mahershalalhashbaz Ali), who spent over 20 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of raping a 10-year-old girl. Certain of her client’s innocence, legal secretary Janet Gregory (Julia Ormond ) works tirelessly to see that justice is finally served in this gripping true story.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Julia Ormond gives a fine performance in the Wronged Man., February 2, 2011

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Russell Fanelli (Longmeadow, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Wronged Man (DVD)

The Wronged Man features Julia Ormond in a fine performance as a paralegal who works for over fifteen years to help accused child rapist Calvin Willis prove his innocence of this crime. "Based on a true story" is what we are told at the beginning of the film. Willis spends twenty-two years in a Lousiana jail for a crime DNA evidence eventually proves he did not commit. That much is certainly true. It is also true that Janet Gregory, the paralegal played by Ormond, works tirelessly to exonerate Willis. Year after year her appeals are denied, yet she never gives up. Her patience and hard work are rewarded. At the end of the film we see Willis and Gregory walk out of prison together as family and friends gather around them.

From beginning to end this is Julia Ormond's film and she does not disappoint. She plays Janet Gregory as a person who has few resources other than her own intelligence, hard work, and determination. Ormond is a skilled actor who shows us a woman who is almost broken by frustration and disappointment with a court system which opposes her at every turn. Even when DNA testing becomes available to establish Willis's innocence, years pass before the tests are taken and the results set Willis free. Watching this film is often difficult because we become angry and frustrated ourselves at a system that does not seem to care about guilt or innocence, only convictions. Recommended.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Tragic story, great movie., October 2, 2010

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Chandler (Georgia) - See all my reviews

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Being falsely accused of anything you are not guilty of is a difficult situation. To be punished and lose most of your life because of the accusation is tragic. This movie does a great job of showing the difficulties faced when attempting to rectify such a scenario. It is not an action-packed flick, but one that shows how slowly the wheels of justice can turn in this great country.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Julia Ormond is great in the Wronged Man, December 2, 2010

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First, this is not a depressing movie but one of hope and determination by a paralegal, Prissy (Julia Ormond). The setting of the movie is in the state of Louisiana and Prissy fights with the Louisiana legal system, at a great personal cost to her, for over twenty to free a wrongly imprisoned black man. I enjoyed this movie and would recommend to anyone and in my opinion this is a five star for me. Julia Ormond is a great actress and she never disappoints. I become a big fan of her work.