Word: wyler
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...William Wyler, the auteur behind The Heiress, was one of Hollywood's most notoriously tyrannical directors, and the revenge drama he cooked out of James' original recipe essentially reflected his own fascination with power and retribution. What immediately distinguishes Agnieszka Holland's new version of Washington Square, then, is its remarkable synergy of subject and storytellers...
...Murder One (ABC) Chronicling three consecutive trials rather than a single one all season, the revamped legal thriller returned more clearly focused and more energetically paced. The real bonus? The arrival of Anthony LaPaglia as the brash, ethically messy Wyler...
Instead, it was given a reprieve--but there have been alterations. This season the brooding Benzali has been replaced by Anthony LaPaglia, whose new character, Jimmy Wyler, is younger, sexier and more emotionally accessible. Meanwhile, the show's ambitious concept of following a single case all season has been scuttled in favor of offering three separate trials that will last about six weeks each. Despite the changes, Bochco insists that the show has maintained its integrity. Says he: "We haven't dumbed it down...
...many of the others are either morally preachy Touched by an Angel clones or inept attempts at re-creating the X-Files, Murder One remains a fine legal thriller with a robust, well-observed appreciation for the egotists who are drawn into the web of splashy criminal trials. Newcomer Wyler is a prosecutor turned defense attorney who lives in a world ethically messier than his predecessor's. Wyler's father took bribes, he himself cuts deals with smarmy tabloid reporters, and he is not above seeking the limelight. There is a becoming earthiness to Wyler that LaPaglia pulls off effortlessly...
...case that brings Wyler into the series is, once again, a crime rooted salaciously in sex. Up for re-election, the Governor of California is murdered in bed with his mistress, and the suspect is a demure schoolteacher, Sharon Rooney (Missy Crider) who appears too Kate Moss-frail to have actually pulled any triggers. Frustrated when he's passed over for a promotion in the prosecutors' office, Wyler manages to grab the job of defending her. In turn, Hoffman's former associates recruit the young gun with the star-making case to head their firm while their old boss...