Thursday, July 20, 2017

Reversal of Fortune (1990)

Directed by Jewish-Canadian David Cronenberg, this films stars Jeremy Irons, Glenn Close, and Ron Silver. It is a darkly humorous adaptation of Alan Dershowitz's book about his successful legal appeal of Claus von Bulow's conviction for the attempted muder of his wife, Martha "Sunny" von Bulow. The film concentrates on the preparatory work that Dershwitz and his students did as they attempt to disprove the prosecution's case and achieve the reversal of fortune of title.