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* [[Ironic Echo]]: "Well, you're only lead counsel for the defense, Mr. Cable. You shouldn't pretend to know very much about jury selection." |
* [[Ironic Echo]]: "Well, you're only lead counsel for the defense, Mr. Cable. You shouldn't pretend to know very much about jury selection." |
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* [[Pragmatic Adaptation]]: Tobacco in the book was swapped for guns in the movie. [http://smokefreemovies.ucsf.edu/problem/bigtobacco.html Big surprise.] |
* [[Pragmatic Adaptation]]: Tobacco in the book was swapped for guns in the movie. [https://web.archive.org/web/20131215125035/http://smokefreemovies.ucsf.edu/problem/bigtobacco.html Big surprise.] |
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* [[Psycho for Hire]]: Mr. Janovich. He torches Nick's place and then assaults Marlee in her apartment. |
* [[Psycho for Hire]]: Mr. Janovich. He torches Nick's place and then assaults Marlee in her apartment. |
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* [[Shout-Out]]: One replacement juror is named [[Beetlejuice|Lydia Deets]]. |
* [[Shout-Out]]: One replacement juror is named [[Beetlejuice|Lydia Deets]]. |
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Runaway Jury is a film adaptation of a John Grisham novel of the same name.
Tropes used in Runaway Jury include:
- Ironic Echo: "Well, you're only lead counsel for the defense, Mr. Cable. You shouldn't pretend to know very much about jury selection."
- Pragmatic Adaptation: Tobacco in the book was swapped for guns in the movie. Big surprise.
- Psycho for Hire: Mr. Janovich. He torches Nick's place and then assaults Marlee in her apartment.
- Shout-Out: One replacement juror is named Lydia Deets.
- Those would be some Bohrok-Kal in the opening.
- Simple Country Lawyer: Dustin Hoffman plays this as the DA, against Gene Hackman's jury rigger character.