THE TRIAL
Winner Best Feature – Grand Rapids Film Festival
Based on the Award-Winning Novel from Robert Whitlow
Rediscover the value of life when THE TRIAL, a riveting courtroom drama, arrives on DVD November 9, 2010 from Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment. THE TRIAL follows small-town attorney Kent “Mac” McClain (Matthew Modine; Full Metal Jacket, Any Given Sunday), who is left devastated and purposeless by the horrific death of his wife and two sons in a tragic accident. After concluding that suicide is his only escape, McClain agrees to take on one final case. Defending accused murderer Peter Thomason (Randy Wayne; To Save a Life) against capital punishment, McClain begins the trial that transforms his life and the lives of those around him forever.
Distinguished filmmaker and producer Gary Wheeler (The List) creates a gripping interpretation of the best-selling book as THE TRIAL leaps from page to screen. The result is a legal thriller with a thought-provoking perspective on issues of life, death and the search for meaning in truth. The film also stars Rance Howard (Jonah Hex, Frost/Nixon), Academy Award® nominee** Robert Forster (Jackie Brown) and Bob Gunton (“24”).
The DVD will be available for the suggested retail price of $22.98. U.S. Pre-book is October 13.
About Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, LLC (TCFHE) is a recognized global industry leader and a subsidiary of Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, a News Corporation company. Representing 75 years of innovative and award-winning filmmaking from Twentieth Century Fox, TCFHE is the worldwide marketing, sales and distribution company for all Fox film and television programming, acquisitions and original productions on DVD, Blu-ray Disc Digital Copy, Video On Demand and Digital Download. The company also releases all products globally for MGM Home Entertainment. Each year TCFHE introduces hundreds of new and newly enhanced products, which it services to retail outlets from mass merchants and warehouse clubs to specialty stores and e-commerce throughout the world.
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THE TRIAL
Street Date: November 9, 2010
Prebook Date: October 13, 2010
Audio: English 5.1 Dolby Digital
Subtitles English/French/Spanish
U.S. Rating: PG-13
Total Run Time: 101 minutes
Closed Captioned: Yes
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