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Synopsis: Alan Dershowitz a brilliant professor of law is hired by wealthy socialite Claus von Bulow to attempt to overturn his two convictions for attempted murder of his extremely wealthy wife. Based on a true story the film concentrates not on the trial like other legal thrillers, but on the preparatory work that Dershowitz and his students put in as they attempt to disprove the prosecution's case and achieve the Reversal of Fortune of the title.
Director(s): Barbet Schroeder
Production: Warner Home Video
  Won 1 Oscar. Another 12 wins & 16 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
93
Rotten Tomatoes:
94%
R
Year:
1990
111 min
1,087 Views


It's average for a case like this.

Besides, I do a lot of pro bono work.

You'd pay for that. Plus,

I have to pay students, associates.

Are you saying that if I agree to pay 300,

you will handle my appeal?

No, not so far.

Doesn't look like my kind of case.

I'm not a hired gun. I gotta feel a moral

or constitutional issue is at stake.

But I'm absolutely innocent.

And my civil liberties have

been egregiously violated.

Two black kids are facing the electric

chair for a crime they did not commit.

They are innocent.

Well, before you assume I'm guilty,

won't you hear my story?

No. Never let defendants explain. Puts

most of them in an awkward position.

- How do you mean?

- Lying.

But I give you my word as a gentleman.

Oh. Well...

Won't you at least read the record

and see if you can find something...

constitutional?

You do have one thing in your favor.

Everybody hates you.

Well, that's a start.

Come on, Maxwell.

Yeah! Come on, Max.

It was a hit! Yes!

- So, what do you think?

- Oh, he did it. He did it.

- Of course he did it. Can we win?

- A hundred to one against.

The maid schmeared him on both comas.

Look at this. It says here...

After you realized that Mrs. von Bulow

had not gotten up, what did you do?

I came downstairs,

and Mr. von Bulow said that

Madame had a very sore throat,

and I didn't have to do any work,

and she was in bed all day.

What are you doing? Did we ring for you?

She's ice-cold.

Madame. Mrs. von Bulow!

Leave her alone. She's sleeping. She

drank last night. We didn't get any rest.

She's not sleeping. She's unconscious.

- You must call a doctor.

- Maria!

Go on.

A half-hour later,

she had not moved.

I went back and forth all morning.

Finally, mid-afternoon,

Mr. von Bulow spoke to Dr. Paultees.

But he lied to doctor.

She's sleeping now, but earlier she was

up to the bathroom and had a soft drink,

so there's no cause for alarm...

But she never moved.

Never got up.

She was lying

in the same position all day.

Later her heart stops, and

Dr. Paultees, he comes and saves her.

After they go to the hospital,

I change the sheets.

I find a puddle of urine.

If Madame went to the bathroom,

she would not have peed in her bed.

Right.

Why would Claus lie about that?

It's suspicious but hardly criminal.

How about the second coma?

Maria wasn't in Newport for that one.

But shortly before the second coma...

I'm cleaning up their room

when I find Mr. von Bulow's canvas bag

packed for Newport.

Inside, there's a little black bag.

A bottle of insulin,

a syringe and needles.

Alexander! Alexander, come here!

Insulin? For what, insulin?

My lady's not diabetic.

Three weeks later,

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Nicholas Kazan

Nicholas Kazan (born September 15, 1945) is an American screenwriter, film producer and director. more…

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