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Double Jeopardy

starring: Ashley Judd, Tommy Lee Jones, Bruce Greenwood, Benjamin Weir, Jay Brazeau
directed by: Bruce Beresford

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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Paramount
EAN: 9780792160212
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792160215
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 22, 2000
Running Time: 105 minutes
Sales Rank: 3875
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: September 24, 1999



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Product Description:
Framed for murdering her husband a woman escapes from prison and plunges into a desperate fight for justice survival and revenge. Features: behind-the-scenes featurette theatrical trailer english subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing scene selection and much more. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 08/24/2004 Starring: Tommy Lee Jones Ashley Judd Run time: 105 minutes Rating: R Director: Bruce Beresford

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Young Libby Parsons (Ashley Judd) is happy as a clam, and why not? She's got a loving, successful husband (Bruce Greenwood), an adorable son, and an island home to die for. One morning, after a romantic sailing expedition with her husband, Libby finds herself covered in blood. Her husband's missing, the boat resembles a murder scene, and there's a knife on the deck. One might stop right there and call for help; Libby, however, takes matters--or, more specifically, the knife--into her own hands, and the moment she does, there's the Coast Guard. Faster than you can say frame-up, Libby's been charged with murder and jailed, with her young son stripped from her custody. It's all cut-and-dried, except for one thing: Libby's husband isn't dead, and she's about to track him down. And thanks to the Fifth Amendment's double jeopardy rule, she can't be charged twice for his murder.

Double Jeopardy has a singularly seductive revenge premise and, in Judd, one of the most seductive leading ladies to grace the silver screen in recent years. So then why does this thriller feel like it came from the bottom of the Lifetime television movie barrel? Instead of taking a gritty, hard-boiled approach, the film plays up all of Libby's mushy emotions--tellingly, the director here is Bruce Beresford, whose best film, Driving Miss Daisy, is as far from thriller territory as you can get. No matter how stoically or deviously Judd plays her, Libby comes across as a soccer mom with a slight taste for blood. Only in a few scenes, specifically when she tracks her wily husband to his new identity in New Orleans, does Judd get to strut her stuff, stealing an evening gown and crashing his charity auction. Most of the time, though, this thriller offers only a smattering of suspense. Well, at least like Libby, the filmmakers can't be condemned twice for the same crime. With Tommy Lee Jones duplicating his Fugitive role, as Libby's conscientious parole officer. --Mark Englehart



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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - so what if it's not realistic?
Life is good for Libby Parsons (Ashley Judd)--until she wakes up on a boat, covered in blood and finds ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Tommy Lee Jones and Ashley Judd make a great pair
Tommy Lee Jones and Ashley Judd were wonderful in this thriller which keeps your interest throughout. ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Good thriller--and Excellent anamorphic widescreen transfer to DVD
This is a good, suspenseful, edge-of-your-seat thriller. Good casting, good performances from Tommy Lee ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Double Jeopardy.........
A decent thriller that leaves you feeling you just watched a great movie! One of my favorites.

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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Excellent movie!
I think that this is a great movie for several reasons. One, Tommy Lee Jones and Ashley Judd work very well ... Read More

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