Product Details

• Actors: Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman, Hal Holbrook, Terry Kinney
• Directors: Sydney Pollack
• Writers: David Rabe, David Rayfiel, John Grisham, Robert Towne
• Producers: John Davis, Lindsay Doran, Michael Hausman
• Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: French (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), English (Dolby Digital 5.1)
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Paramount
• DVD Release Date: May 23, 2000
• Run Time: 154 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (86 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0792164962
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,618 in Movies & TV (See Bestsellers in Movies & TV)

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By far the best adaptation of a John Grisham bestseller, this smart, fast-paced 1993 film--directed by Sydney Pollack (Out of Africa)--offers up the dilemma of a young lawyer whose life is turned upside down when he takes a job at a Southern law firm owned by the mob. Mitch McDeere (Tom Cruise), having just graduated from Harvard Law, is besieged with offers but takes a job, too good to be true, with a small Memphis firm. He and his wife, Abby (Jeanne Tripplehorn), are sucked in by the seemingly close-knit, collegial nature of the firm's partners and the expensive perks that come with the job. His mentor, Avery (Gene Hackman), teaches him the ropes, but Mitch and Abby begin to sense there's something wrong with this idyllic life. When a couple of associates turn up dead, Mitch begins to investigate the history of the firm; and when the FBI asks him to spy on the firm for them, Mitch realizes his life will never be the same and that, if discovered, he, his wife, and his long-lost brother will be in mortal danger. Mitch must use all his talents as a lawyer to outsmart the firm, the FBI, and the mob in order to reclaim control over his life. A very entertaining thriller that engages the audience at a breakneck pace while not taking itself too seriously. It also features some fine writing and strong performances from a large cast of exceptional actors. --Robert Lane

Product Description
A YOUNG LAWYER JOINS A MEMPHIS FIRM WHERE THE PEOPLE ARE FRIENDLY, THE MONEY IS FANTASTIC AND NO ONE EVER LEAVES ALIVE. WHEN MITCH DISCOVERS THE TRUTH ABOUT THE FIRM, HE BEGINS A DESPERATE RACE AGAINST TIME TO SURVIVE. SPECIAL FEATURES: ENGLISH SUBTITLES FOR THE DEAF, SCENE SELECTION AND MUCH MORE.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

32 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Highly Entertaining--Great Acting, May 10, 2002

By	Craig Clarke (New England) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

This review is from: The Firm [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Okay, so Tom Cruise gets a job at a Memphis law firm, right? We've all read the book or seen the movie, so how does one recommend this to one uninitiated?

Cruise puts in a solid performance, again playing his guy-who-doesn't-catch-on-for-a-while character he does so well. Sydney Pollack is a great mainstream director, and he pushes all the buttons, as well as giving us a great cast including Gene Hackman, Holly Hunter, Ed Harris, Jeanne Tripplehorn, David Straithairn, Gary Busey, Hal Holbrook, and Wilford Brimley.

Top-notch acting all around, with especially good turns by Brimley and Hunter, playing against type. Hackman is always good to watch and he does a terrific job of making Avery Tolar a likeable guy in spite of his faults. I suppose the most amazing job was done by David Straithairn, who, with less than ten minutes of screen time, paints an indelible portrait of Ray McDeere, Cruise's convict brother. He is the most likeable character in the film.

The plot is the standard rising-above-conflict stuff. Watch this movie (again) for the performances, or for the fine score from Dave Grusin and try to ignore the changes from the book (which I think were justified in making the ending more cinematic and Hollywood).

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Better than a book!, February 16, 2006

By	A. Chopra - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Nothing can be better than "The Firm" written by John Grisham, who himself is a lawyer. The attentions to details that Grisham manages to pull are just fantastic. I read the book before watching the movie, and hence can compare and tell that the movie has been directed perfectly and in fact a lot more interesting than the book, as the book gets slow in between, but not the movie.

Cruise's is superb, so are the other actors in this movie. I don't know why people have given negative reviews by comparing it with real life scenarios. This is a movie based on a fiction novel, and as rightly said by one of reviewer here;it does its job by entertaining the audiences.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THIS WORKS, January 30, 2007

By	T. Bellows "soul9" - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

And I'll never forget the innovative sound track - all solo piano. Powerful, driving piano at times. Love it. Where is that sound track CD of this hot ride of a film?