Jury Duty Page #2

Synopsis: When jobless Tommy Collins discovers that sequestered jurors earn free room and board as well as $5-a-day, he gets himself assigned to a jury in a murder trial. Once there, he does everything he can to prolong the trial and deliberations and make the sequestration more comfortable for himself.
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): John Fortenberry
Production: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
4.1
Rotten Tomatoes:
0%
PG-13
Year:
1995
88 min
427 Views


Your mom and I are

going to Las Vegas

to get married.

Alone.

(WHIMPERING)

Wait a minute.

Where are you guys gonna stay?

Honey, we'll be back

before you know it.

It's gonna be

a very quick honeymoon,

right, Jed?

But, Mom,

where will Peanut and I eat,

sleep, and watch TV?

They're gonna take

very good care of you.

I made arrangements

for you to stay

at the Woodalls.

Bye, puddin'.

(HORN HONKING)

The Woodalls?

Oh.

Come on, Tommy.

We won't hurt you.

(BOTH SNARLING)

(YELPING)

Court is in session.

Thanks for the ride,

Uncle Morty.

DRIVER:
Say hi

to your mom for me.

TOMMY:
Whoa! Look

at that erect building.

Okay, Peanut.

Take a deep breath.

Remember, we go

to different courtrooms

until they find the trial

that's right for us.

And the trial

that's right for us

is a very long one

where we get to stay

in a hotel for free,

not to mention $5 a day.

You got that, Peanut?

(BARKS)

Hola, senorita.

It's, uh,

pretty impressive, eh?

Yeah, S and M.

(SPLUTTERING)

Kinky.

You here for jury duty?

Oh, yeah. You?

I couldn't get out of it,

at least not yet.

Give me a hand.

Just around the head?

I'm kind of

faking a head wound.

Excuse me.

Are you two here

for jury duty?

Yeah!

Yeah.

You couldn't

get out of it?

At least not yet.

I'm still trying, though.

I know.

Hey, look,

it's the juice!

Run, O.J., run!

Ahh!

It was a security guard.

Hey, maybe I can help you.

Yeah?

Yeah. I got an idea.

"The People

versus Robert Trenton."

The defendant is accused

of embezzling $2,000.

This trial shouldn't last

more than a day or two.

Three days at most.

Bob, is that you?

Who's this?

I don't know who he is.

Bobby Trenton?

You know the defendant?

Know him?

We cheated our way through

high school together,

didn't we, Bobby?

Remember we had that thing

with the hands, right here.

Then when we put

the thing on the...

And you slammed...

It hurt your right there.

Excused.

This trial should

move quite swiftly.

Dr. Maurice Gaines,

an orthopedic surgeon

has been accused

of malpractice.

Murderer!

I don't know.

I mean, call me crazy,

but I believe

a man has the right

to protect his family.

Say hello to Manson for me.

Ee-eee-eee!

You're out of order!

No, you're out of order!

This whole court

is out of order!

BAILIFF:

Bring him in.

(SNARLING)

JUDGE:

Order! Order!

The defendant,

Carl Wayne Bishop

is accused of

multiple counts of murder.

This trial will be a very long

and involved one.

If you are selected

as a juror,

you will be

sequestered in a hotel.

Unfortunately,

your lives will be disrupted.

Your relationships and jobs

will have to be put on hold.

It will be a true test

of your commitment

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Neil Tolkin

Neil Tolkin is a Canadian screenwriter and film director from Montreal. He attended Westmount High School and Dawson College and McGill University. more…

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