Word: lawyerly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...little of the book's simplistic plot. Matt Damon, following in the footsteps of Matthew McConaughey, is Rudy Baylor, a recent law-school grad with a soft spot for people in need. With the help of his diminutive mentor (Danny DeVito), Rudy evolves into an ethics-driven Superman--a lawyer with a heart, out to save the world from evil. First, there is his bold attack on a gargantuan insurance company that has a method of denying claims until policyholders give up. Rudy is astounded by the corruption of such a company that refuses to pay for the medical treatment...
...young, attractive Southern lawyer trying to beat the system. A stunningly beautiful victim turned love interest. A brash villain with dozens of paranoia-fueling spies. Sound familiar? It is the John Grisham recipe for success. Over the past decade, Grisham has shamelessly repackaged and regurgitated the formulaic legal thriller eight times under slightly different veils...
...actors seem so convinced of their respective situations, despite the film's ridiculously skewed reality, that this potential is violently destroyed. For instance, Jon Voight's villainous Southern lawyer (a mainstay in Grisham films) offers ravings so ludicrous and lathered in excess that the courtroom scenes descend into camp. But instead of feeding off Voight's over-acting, Damon is forced into moralistic grandstanding, creating a contradiction of tones that not only confuses, but frustrates...
...committee gathered Wednesday to consider what form the proposed "Diana memorial" will take. More than 7,000 suggestions for a permanant tribute ? ranging from a Diana statue to a Diana Day ? have been received from members of the public. Sifting through them now are Diana's butler, her lawyer, her elder sister, Treasury chief Gordon Brown and film director Richard Attenborough, among others. Fittingly for the Princess' memory, neither Prince Charles nor any other member of the Royal Family have been invited...
...transferred the painting during the war. "It's just obvious that people buying art need to do their homework, just as they would when they purchase real estate, used cars or even livestock," says Thomas Kline, who represents the Goodmans and has emerged as this country's most prominent lawyer in the field of art recovery...