Absolute power : True crime

Resource Information

The work Absolute power : True crime represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in George F. Johnson Memorial Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Absolute power : True crime

Title remainder

True crime

Statement of responsibility

a Malpaso production

Contributor

• Gross, Larry, 1953-
• Hackman, Gene
• Hamilton, Lisa Gay, 1964-
• Harris, Ed, 1950-
• Haysbert, Dennis
• Hill, Bernard, 1944-
• Leary, Denis
• Linney, Laura
• Marshall, E. G., 1914-1998
• Niehaus, Lennie
• Schiff, Stephen
• Spiegel, Karen
• Washington, Isaiah
• Woods, James, 1947-
• Zanuck, Lili Fini
• Zanuck, Richard D
• Venora, Diane
• Castle Rock Entertainment (Firm)
• Malpaso (Company)
• Warner Bros. Entertainment
• Warner Home Video (Firm)
• Zanuck Company
• Brickman, Paul
• Cox, Joel
• Davis, Judy, 1955 April 23-
• Eastwood, Clint, 1930-
• Glenn, Scott, 1942-
• Goldman, William, 1931-2018
• Green, Jack N., 1946-

Subject

• Presidents -- United States -- Drama
• Reporters and reporting -- United States -- Drama
• Thieves -- Drama
• Klavan, Andrew -- Film adaptation
• Man-woman relationships -- Drama
• Murder -- United States -- Drama
• DVD collection
• Death row inmates -- United States -- Drama
• Baldacci, David -- Film adaptation
• Detective and mystery films

Genre

• Drama
• Film adaptation

Language

• eng
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng
• eng
• eng
• eng

Summary

• Absolute Power: Luther Whitney was where he shouldn't have been and saw what he shouldn't have seen. Now, who will believe the word of a career thief and ex-con? Who will trust Luther Whitney when he says he saw a woman killed and that the man responsible for her death is the President of the United States?
• True Crime: Boozer. Skirt chaser. Careless father. Fault-ridden veteran reporter Steve Everett must beat the clock when he realizes a death row prisoner slated to die at midnight is innocent

Related

• True crime

Cataloging source

EYP

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

• Absolute Power: Castle Rock Entertainment; music by Lennie Niehaus; edited by Joel Cox; production design by Henry Bumstead; director of photography, Jack N. Green; produced by Karen Spiegel ; based on the novel by David Baldacci ; screenplay by William Goldman ; produced and directed by Clint Eastwood
• True Crime: Warner Bros. Pictures; Zanuck Company; music by Lennie Niehaus; edited by Joel Cox; production design by Henry Bumstead; director of photography, Jack N. Green; based upon the novel by Andrew Klavan ; screenplay by Larry Gross, Paul Brickman and Stephen Schiff ; produced by Richard D. Zanuck & Lili Fini Zanuck ; produced and directed by Clint Eastwood

Intended audience

• Absolute Power: MPAA rating: R, restricted (violence, sexuality and language)
• True Crime: MPAA rating: R, restricted (language and some violence)

Language note

Audio: English; Subtitles: English, French, Spanish (Absolute Power); English (True Crime); closed captioned

LC call number

PN1997.A1

LC item number

E27 2010e disc 7

PerformerNote

• Absolute Power: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Judy Davis, Scott Glenn, E.G. Marshall, Dennis Haysbert
• True Crime: Clint Eastwood, Isaiah Washington, Denis Leary, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Diane Venora, Bernard Hill, James Woods

Runtime

248

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action