A high-profile murder case throws two legal eagles — one a seasoned pro and the other an idealistic rookie — into the media spotlight in the Turner Network Television (TNT) Original film LEGALESE, starring James Garner, Kathleen Turner, Gina Gershon, Edward Kerr and Mary-Louise Parker, premiering on TNT Sunday, October 4, 1998 at 8 p.m. (ET/PT). A New Line Television production, the film is produced by J. Paul Higgins (Truth or Consequences, N.M.). Glenn Jordan (Barbarians at the Gate, The Promise) directed the script by Billy Ray.
An actress (Gershon) charged with murder seeks the counsel of a celebrity attorney (Garner) who knows that trials are ultimately won in the court of public opinion. To ensure his client's victory, he hatches a plan to put a young, inexperienced attorney on the line... and save a beautiful killer's neck. Seduced by the swirl of publicity, the front (Kerr), soon finds himself in the cross-hairs of a relentless tabloid reporter (Turner) whose pursuit forces him to decide whether what he wants to be is worth sacrificing who he is.
In LEGALESE, director Glenn Jordan shines a satirical light on the state of the media and the high cost of justice.
Screen veteran Garner starred most recently in Twilight, with Paul Newman and Susan Sarandon. He also appeared in My Fellow Americans, with Jack Lemmon, and Maverick, with Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster. Turner's credits include War of the Roses, Romancing the Stone and Body Heat. Gershon was recently seen in Palmetto, with Elizabeth Shue and Woody Harrelson; Face/Off, with Nicolas Cage; and Bound, with Jennifer Tilly. Kerr starred in Confessions of a Sexist Pig. Parker's films include Fried Green Tomatoes and Boys on the Side, with Whoopi Goldberg and Drew Barrymore.
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Sunday, October 4, 8p.m. (ET/PT)
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Sunday, October 4, 10p.m. (ET/PT)
Monday, October 5, 12a.m. (ET/PT)
Thursday, October 8, 8p.m. (ET/PT)
Saturday, October 10, 6p.m. (ET/PT)
Sunday, October 11, 2p.m. (ET/PT)
Thursday, October 15, 10p.m. (ET/PT)
Friday, October 16, 11a.m. (ET/PT)
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