THE JUDGE (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

Robert Downey Jr (Iron Man), Robert Duvall (The Godfather), Vera Farmiga (Up In The Air), Vincent D’Onofrio (Men in Black), Jeremy Strong (Zero Dark Thirty), Billy Bob Thornton (Bad Santa), Sarah Lancaster (Catch Me If You Can), David Krumholtz (Serenity), Emma Tremblay (Elysium), Ken Howard (Michael Clayton), Leighton Meester (The Oranges), Dax Shepard (Without A Paddle)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

David Dobkin (Wedding Crashers), director, producer; Nick Schenk (Gran Torino) and Bill Dubuque (film debut), writers; Susan Downey (Sherlock Holmes) and David Gambino (Whiteout), producers; Thomas Newman (American Beauty), composer; Janusz Kaminski (Saving Private Ryan), cinematographer; Mark Livolsi (Saving Mr. Banks), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Henry “Hank” Palmer (Downey Jr), a successful lawyer, returns to his hometown in Indiana for his mother’s funeral and reluctantly reconciles with his estranged father, Judge Joseph “Joe” (Duvall). However, when he discovers that his father is suspected of murder, Hank is hired to defend his father in court against ruthless prosecutor Dwight Dickham (Thornton)…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Two of the film industry’s biggest Roberts – Downey Jr and Duvall – unite together in a hard-hitting film about doing whatever it takes to defend your family at any cost.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 17TH OCTOBER 2014

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