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Synopsis: When teenage son Jacob is being accused of murdering his girlfriend, the well-respected and close-knit Ryan family is in turmoil. Jacob flees, father Ben destroys possible evidence, the village community turns hostile and mother Carolyn is forced to temporarily close her doctor's practice. Then Jacob gets arrested and soon finds himself and his family entangled in a web of truth, trust and lies, all on his way to court.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Director(s): Barbet Schroeder
Production: Disney
 
IMDB:
6.1
Rotten Tomatoes:
32%
PG-13
Year:
1996
108 min
798 Views


including in there.

Let's get the bed.

Put 'em up there.

Finish up in there, will you?

Yeah.

Excuse us.

"The premises, occupant. "

A search...

Now maybe you see

why I didn't just fall into line.

It's so stupid and useless.

Why aren't they out looking for him?

Well, now...

Hidden in his top drawer.

- So?

- So...

That's a link, don't you think?

This proves that they knew each other.

Fran, nobody's pretending they didn't.

Sorry I'm late. I'm so sorry.

If that's even her.

It's her, Wendell.

It is Martha Taverner.

Here's the search warrant.

I want a complete inventory of all

the items you're removing from this house,

with a signed receipt.

Keep going!

Oh, Carolyn...

One more thing.

When did you loan Jacob

your tire jack?

My...?

I'm just wondering why a beat-up

old Chevy has the jack from a '94...

Whoa, hold on.

Don't answer that.

Fran, fishing season starts in April.

Let's you and I go outside and talk.

Look, Jacob may not

even have been there,

but they're puttin' themselves

in front of the law, Wendell.

That does not help anybody.

Carolyn, please.

Please, come here.

- What does he mean?

- Listen to me!

There was blood in the car.

- Blood?

- Her blood on his jack.

How do you know it was her blood?

For God's sake, it might be his.

Show me. I want to see it.

You don't want to. Believe me.

Anyway, it's been taken care of.

- What do you mean, taken care of?

- Whatever would burn, I burned.

The jack, I took apart.

I washed it clean.

There was no time to...

They might find something anyway.

Fibers or some microscopic...

God knows what tests they've got now.

- What are you saying?

- If we just had more time.

You can't just destroy evidence

that might save him.

What if you've destroyed evidence

that would prove he's innocent?

Please, just stop one minute, please.

We have to think.

We have to decide.

What have we got to decide?

Nothing's going to bring that girl back.

I'm sorry, but it's too late.

- We've got to think of Jacob.

- But Jacob's innocent.

Jacob's not a killer.

If anything, he's in danger himself.

How do you know that

they were alone in that car?

Someone else might've been there

and killed that girl and taken Jacob.

You're doing everything you can

to keep the police from finding him.

What if it was just an accident?

And Jacob's off running scared?

We don't know the facts, Ben.

We don't even know

what really happened.

Okay, they're gone. You wanna

tell me whatever it is you know?

Hey, look. I'm your friend.

And I love Jacob, Jesus.

I sat through every damn class play of his.

I gave him $50 last year for the bike-athon.

I'm on your side.

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Ted Tally

Ted Tally (born April 9, 1952) is an American playwright and screenwriter. A graduate of Yale, he has received awards including the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, the Writers Guild of America Award, the Chicago Film Critics Award, and the Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America. more…

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