The Judge

Defend your Honor.
The Judge (2014)
Timing: 2:21 (141 min)
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Budget
$50 000 000
Box office
$84 419 388
Director
Scenario
Producer
Susan Downey, David Dobkin, David Gambino, Bruce Berman, Robert Downey Jr., Jeff Kleeman, Herb Gains
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Mark Ricker
Audition
Kerry Barden, Paul Schnee
Editing
Mark Livolsi, Sara Flamm
Whole Team (40)

Short description

A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder.

What's left behind the scenes

  • Janusz Kamiński shot almost the entire film on film, eschewing digital in favor of a classic look full of light and warm colors.
  • Janusz Kamiński shot almost the entire film on film stock, rejecting digital technology in favor of a classic image full of light and warm colors.
  • On the day of the protagonist's mother's funeral, when the family gathers at a diner, one of the brothers says they have been having breakfast at this place every Saturday for 35 years. Later, when Hank breaks into a similar diner, a sign on the building can be seen reading “Established 1996”.
  • When Hank is in the diner, before going to his mother's funeral, he has stubble above his upper lip, but a few minutes later at the cemetery, he is clean-shaven.
  • The judge tells the defendant to go to Indianapolis in early August to see the largest bull in the world. In fact, the state fair held in that city features not a bull, but the largest pig in the world.
  • This film is the first release from “Team Downey” – the production company of Robert Downey Jr. and his wife Susan Downey.
  • The amount of ice cream in Lauren's waffle cone increases and decreases with each shot change.
  • In the film, all cars from Indiana have license plates located on the front bumper. In reality, this license plate placement is not used in the state of Indiana.
  • Elizabeth Banks was one of the primary contenders for the role that eventually went to Vera Farmiga.
  • Jack Nicholson and Tommy Lee Jones were considered for the role that ultimately went to Robert Duvall.
  • The film crew was unable to find a courtroom anywhere in America that could be occupied for three weeks to work on the film, so the sets had to be built on a huge empty warehouse in Norwood, Massachusetts, USA.
  • This film is the first release from Team Downey, the production company of Robert Downey Jr. and his wife, Susan Downey.
  • Jack Nicholson and Tommy Lee Jones were considered for the role, which ultimately went to Robert Duvall.
  • Elizabeth Banks was one of the main contenders for the role that went to Vera Farmiga.

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