Fracture /
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| Imprint: | Burbank, CA : New Line Home Entertainment : Distributed by Warner Home Video, c2007. |
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| Description: | 1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | DVD Video |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6858697 |
| Summary: | A structural engineer (Anthony Hopkins) and an ambitious young district attorney (Ryan Gosling) become locked in a deadly battle of wits when the former is found innocent in the attempted murder of his wife in director Gregory Hoblit's tense tale of courtroom mind games. Ted Crawford (Hopkins) is an engineer who lives with his wife, Jennifer (Embeth Davidtz), in the couple's lavish Southern California home. One day, after carefully planning out the details to ensure that there is no way he can be convicted of murder, Ted shoots his wife in a blatant attempt to kill the woman. When head hostage negotiator Rob Nunally (Billy Burke) arrives on the scene to speak with Ted, he is shocked to find that the victim of the shooting is in fact his longtime lover. Though Jennifer survives the trauma of being shot in the head at close range, she hovers comatose between life and death as star prosecutor Willy Beachum (Gosling) reluctantly accepts the case while preparing to leave the Los Angeles criminal court system behind for a more promising career at a posh private law firm. Though the DA (David Strathairn) vehemently resents Beachum's lofty plan for departure, the hotshot young lawyer remains convinced that he can expedite the apparently open-and-shut case and be on his way to greener pastures in one week's time at the very most. Beachum's swelling ego betrays him, however, as his future boss Nikki Gardner (Rosamund Pike) begins to turn up the heat and fracture mechanics specialist Ted chooses to represent himself at the trial knowing well that a career spent spotting structural flaws in aeronautical systems has instilled him with just the kind of argumentative skills needed to riddle the swaggering young lawyer's "foolproof" case with doubt. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling star in the dramatic thriller Fracture. When a meticulous structural engineer (Hopkins) is found innocent of the attempted murder of his wife (Embeth Davidtz), the young district attorney (Gosling) who is prosecuting him becomes a crusader for justice. Fracture is packed with twists and turns that weave in and out of the courtroom as the pair try to outwit each other. |
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| Item Description: | DVD release of the 2007 motion picture. Special features: 2 alternate endings ; deleted scenes. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD ; region 1 ; full screen (1.33:1) presentation ; Dolby Digital. |
| Audience: | MPAA rating: R; for language and some violent content. |
| Production Credits: | Director of photography, Kramer Morgenthau ; editor, David Rosenbloom ; music, Jeff Danna, Mychael Danna ; costume designers, Elisabetta Beraldo, Nava R. Sadan ; production designer, Paul Eads. |
| ISBN: | 0780658094 9780780658097 |
