The Firm

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Director Sydney Pollack, right, gestures while giving direction to Tom Cruise, seated left, on the set of The Firm in an office setting with wooden furniture and bookshelves.

The Firm

film by Pollack [1993]

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- David Rabe
  …a Vietnam War drama; and The Firm (1993), a legal thriller based on the John Grisham novel. His other works included the novels Recital of the Dog (1993), a work of black humour; Dinosaurs on the Roof (2008); and Girl by the Road at Night (2009). A Primitive Heart (2005)…
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  …a Vietnam War drama; and The Firm (1993), a legal thriller based on the John Grisham novel. His other works included the novels Recital of the Dog (1993), a work of black humour; Dinosaurs on the Roof (2008); and Girl by the Road at Night (2009). A Primitive Heart (2005)…
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- Sydney Pollack
  Tootsie and Out of Africa
  …rebounded with the box-office hit The Firm (1993), an efficient adaptation of John Grisham’s thriller, with Tom Cruise as a hunted lawyer. The strong cast also included Gene Hackman, Holly Hunter, David Strathairn, and Ed Harris, all of whom gave notable performances, a reminder of Pollack’s ability to use actors…
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  …rebounded with the box-office hit The Firm (1993), an efficient adaptation of John Grisham’s thriller, with Tom Cruise as a hunted lawyer. The strong cast also included Gene Hackman, Holly Hunter, David Strathairn, and Ed Harris, all of whom gave notable performances, a reminder of Pollack’s ability to use actors…
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- John Grisham
  Legal career, A Time to Kill, and The Firm
  …next novel, The Firm (1991; film 1993, TV series 2012), about a law school graduate who is seduced into joining a Memphis law firm that turns out to be a front for the Mafia. The selling of the film rights prompted a bidding war for publishing rights, and within weeks…
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  …next novel, The Firm (1991; film 1993, TV series 2012), about a law school graduate who is seduced into joining a Memphis law firm that turns out to be a front for the Mafia. The selling of the film rights prompted a bidding war for publishing rights, and within weeks…
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