The Exonerated |  | Director: Bob Balaban
Actors: Susan Sarandon, Aidan Quinn, Danny Glover, Brian Dennehy, Delroy Lindo
Studio: Monterey Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 47376
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 95 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 012233140521
UPC: 012233140521
EAN: 0012233140521
ASIN: B000BYW6RA
Theatrical Release Date: January 27, 2005
Release Date: March 7, 2006
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| • | Sixteen years. Imagine everything you could do with sixteen years. Imagine everything you did the last sixteen years. Now take it all away. Sunny Jacobs was convicted and sentenced to death for a crime she did not commit. Sixteen years was just the beginning of what was taken from Sunny Jacobs. Twenty-nine Academy Award nominations, eighty-seven Golden Globe nominations, one hundred and t |
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A stellar cast is the chief appeal of The Exonerated, director Bob Balaban's film adaptation of Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen's true-life stage play. Susan Sarandon, Danny Glover, Brian Dennehy, Aidan Quinn, and Delroy Lindo portray five of the six people (the sixth is played by newcomer David Brown, Jr.) who were convicted of crimes they didn't commit and spent years on various death rows before their cases were re-examined and new evidence led to their being set free. Performing a script pieced together from actual court transcripts, depositions, letters, and interviews, each of the six, some of them accompanied by a spouse, recounts his or her story from beginning (crime, arrest, and conviction) to end (i.e., exculpation and readjustment to the outside world, where they must "practice to be human again"). Some of the material is pretty shocking, reflecting outrageously inept and/or prejudicial work on the part of law enforcement, legal representatives, and/or court officials; for instance, the lawyer for Kerry Max Cook (Quinn), who was locked up for over 20 years on a patently bogus rape-murder conviction, was a former district attorney who had twice prosecuted him in the past. Other characters are introduced via occasional re-enactments of police interrogations, trial testimony, and such, but for the most part it's the six principals who dominate the screen. That's a mixed blessing; although placing the actors against black, blank backdrops and bathing them in holy light is certainly dramatic, the result is somewhat static and, not surprisingly, very theatrical (The Exonerated had over 600 off-Broadway performances, in addition to national tours). Nevertheless, its impact is considerable--especially when the real "exonerees" appear onscreen at the end. Extra features include bios and interviews with the writers and actors. --Sam Graham
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EXONERATED (DVD)
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 "The Exonerated," So Important!! September 19, 2009
Ari Kohn (Seattle, WA, USA)
Imagine being on death row for a crime you did not commit or having a loved one executed only to be exonerated after death. It's happened more than 242 times, and, believe it or not, this country's "judicial system" could do it to you or a loved one. An important DVD and play everyone should be required to read and remind themselves of frequently. Ari Kohn, Post-Prison Education Program, Seattle, WA 98145-0038
 Waste of money and talents.......... July 11, 2009
Cindy Stnaley
Anyone can tell these people's stories. I would be pissed if I have to pay to see this movie in the threater.
I grew bored June 11, 2009
Bradley F. Smith (Miami Beach, FL)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Pure talking heads here. Several wrongly convicted ex-cons, played by actors, tell their stories of woe. You've heard it all before. This is a stage play adaptation that's more play than movie. Maybe the play worked better. This got on my nerves.
King of BOORING !!! May 3, 2008
forrest c posey
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
This HAS to be one of the BORINGEST if not The Most Boring movie i've EVER seen !!!Guess i could tag it A Waste Of Time ?
Good and True August 27, 2007
L. Denise Garner (Harrisburg)
True. No one innocent should be killed. This shows that there are people that are innocent that are executed. What about before there there was DNA testing? At least let ther be a moratorium to study the biasness of who is on death row.
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