Reversal Of Fortune

Overview

OSCAR® WINNER JEREMY IRONS FOR BEST ACTOR! Wealthy Sunny von Bülow lies brain-dead, husband Claus guilty of attempted murder; but he says he's innocent and hires Alan Dershowitz for his appeal.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/24/2015
UPC:	0888574100063
Original Release:	0000
Source:	WARNER BROS.DIGITAL DIST
Sound:	[Dolby AC-3 Surround Sound]
Language:	English
Sales rank:	40,519

Special Features

Closed Caption; Commentary by director Barbet Schroeder and screenwriter Nicholas Kazan

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- Reversal of Fortune
1. Newport's Home
2. A Tale of Two Comas
3. Evidence Accumulates
4. Two Phone Calls
5. One Thing In His Favour
6. Maria's Account
7. Team-Building
8. Obviously Guilty
9. David Marriott
10. Bothersome Facts
11. "Who Would You... ?"
12. Her State of Mind
13. Jokes and Chinese Food
14. Aspirin Overdose
15. Alexandra's Impact
16. Two-Time Loser
17. "Of Course I Care"
18. The Needle Test
19. Black-Bag Concoctions
20. Happy Memories
21. Driven Crazy
22. Marriott's Visit
23. December 20, 1980
24. With Greater Venom
25. Behind a Closed Door
26. Setbacks and Victories
27. Whose Bag?
28. Overdose Trigger
29. Taking the Bait
30. Coma Theory #1
31. Coma Theory #2
32. Morally On His Own
33. Kidding Coda
34. End Credits

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Jeremy Irons - Claus Von Bülow
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Glenn Close - Sunny Von Bülow
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Directed by Barbara Schroeder
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Editorial Reviews

Thanks to Jeremy Irons' performance, Reversal of Fortune is less a conventional murder mystery than a trenchant social satire, a scathing study of a morally corrupt upper class. Working from a book by Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz, writer Nicholas Kazan gives the film a peculiar, witty tone, avoiding obvious social commentary. Barbet Schroeder's direction is solid, but the film owes its success more to the outstanding performances of its leads. Apart from Irons' Oscar-winning work, Ron Silver and Glenn Close are also terrific as Dershowitz and the spaced-out Sunny von Bulow. Schroeder was previously best known as a producer of some of the best films of the French New Wave.