A Time to Kill
Experience a time you'll never forget.
Country
Production
Budget
$40 000 000
Box office
$152 266 007
Director
Actors
Scenario
Producer
Arnon Milchan, Michael G. Nathanson, Hunt Lowry, John Grisham
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Larry Fulton, James F. Truesdale
Audition
Editing
William Steinkamp
Whole Team (116)
Whole Team (116)
Short description
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.
What's left behind the scenes
- Matthew McConaughey was previously cast as the KKK member Freddie Lee Cobb, the brother of one of the men killed by Carl Lee Hailey (this role was eventually played by Kiefer Sutherland).
- The film is based on John Grisham's novel "A Time to Kill" (1989).
- Matthew McConaughey was initially cast as Freddy Lee Cobb, a Ku Klux Klan member and brother to one of the men killed by Carl Lee Hailey (a role ultimately played by Kiefer Sutherland).
- Val Kilmer, John Cusack, Robert Downey Jr., Aidan Quinn, Brad Pitt, Woody Harrelson, and Kevin Costner were all considered for the role of Jake Brigance. The latter was very close to being cast, but John Grisham (co-producer and author of the book) opposed it, fearing that Costner would “overpower” the entire film crew and influence the plot of the film.
- The film was met with extremely negative reviews from the French press due to its controversial ideas, which various publications described as "almost fascist, an ultra-right apology for the death penalty" and "exploitation of the themes of racism and violence against children to cover up justification for vigilantism".
- The film is based on the novel "A Time to Kill" (1989) by John Grisham.
- Those who auditioned for the role of Jake Brigance included Val Kilmer, John Cusack, Robert Downey Jr., Aidan Quinn, Brad Pitt, Woody Harrelson, and Kevin Costner. The latter came very close to being cast, but John Grisham (co-producer and author of the book) opposed it, fearing that Costner would "take over" the entire production crew and influence the film's plot.
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