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A Time to Kill is the name of a 1996 feature film adaptation of the 1989 legal thriller A Time to Kill by John Grisham. The movie made $108,766,007, including $19,628,271 for the first five days of its theatrical release.

The movie was filmed in Canton, Mississippi; "Clanton", where the book is set, is a fictional location.

Cast

Jake Brigance (Matthew McConaughey
) — Defense attorney for Carl Lee Hailey
Ellen Roark (Sandra Bullock
) — Freelance paralegal working for the defense
Carl Lee Hailey (Samuel L. Jackson
) — Defendant
Rufus Buckley (Kevin Spacey
) — Prosecuting attorney
Ozzie Walls (Charles S. Dutton
) — Clanton town Sheriff
Lucien Wilbanks (Donald Sutherland
) — Retired lawyer; Jake's mentor
Freddie Lee Cobb (Kiefer Sutherland
) — KKK member; brother to one of the shooting victims
Judge Omar Noose (Patrick McGoohan
) — Presiding judge
Carla Brigance (Ashley Judd
) — Jake's wife

Other credits

Joel Schumacher
— Director
Akiva Goldsman
— Screenwriter

Trivia

Paul Newman
was offered the part of Lucien Wilbanks, but declined since he doesn't like being in films with violence. Donald Sutherland
was then cast as the hard drinking, retired law school professor and unofficial father figure to Jake Brigance.

John Grisham has worked with director Joel Schumacher
before on the film adaptation of The Client with Susan Sarandon
and Tommy Lee Jones
. While only his book was the basis for his involvement with that film, Grisham took an active role in this film's production as a producer. The reason, as Grisham explained it, was that A Time to Kill was his first book and the favorite one out of all of his works, and he wanted to see its adaptation done to his standards.

There were several names being mentioned for the part of Jake Brigance before it went to Matthew McConaughey
such as Val Kilmer
, Robert Downey Jr.
, Aidan Quinn
and Brad Pitt
. Woody Harrelson
had lobbied for the part and Kevin Costner
was close to being cast, but Grisham axed Costner since the actor wanted complete control of the project. McConaughey was originally going to play Freddie Lee Cobb, but put his hat in the ring by speaking to Joel Schumacher
and convincing him for an audition. Schumacher videotaped the audition and decided that McConaughey was right for the part. He then approached Grisham and showed him the audition, which sold Grisham on casting the then unknown actor. Donald Sutherland
's son Kiefer was then cast as the villain.

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