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You mean they should have attacked an industry that you disliked, instead of one that they disliked? Or that they should have attacked an industry that everyone hated? But there are not that many industries that everyone hates. Someone has to buy their products, after all. And those people will probably not hate them. Personally, I feel that a film about jury manipulation should be about manipulating juries. The merits of the case should be beside the point. The only real villain should be Gene Hackman.

posted 5 years ago in Runaway Jury (2003)

I gather another anti-tobacco legal film came out around the same time, so they wanted to avoid comparisons. Hence the change. Foolish to pick villains that half the audience in America might see as an attack on them.

posted 5 years ago in Runaway Jury (2003)

I'm not sure Irving has made much money out of libel actions. IIRC, he lost all the ones that went to court. And British courts customarily require the loser to pay the winners legal fees. Probably he just believed his own propaganda. It is amazing how people do.

posted 7 years ago in Denial (2016)

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