"The Jury" (2002) TV mini-series

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

17 February 2002 (UK)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

TV Mini-Series

Cast

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Stuart Bunce	...	Charles Gore (4 episodes, 2002)
Gerard Butler	...	Johnnie Donne (4 episodes, 2002)
Nicholas Farrell	...	Jeremy Crawford (4 episodes, 2002)
Michael Maloney	...	Peter Segal (4 episodes, 2002)
Helen McCrory	...	Rose Davies (4 episodes, 2002)
Nina Sosanya	...	Marcia Thomas (4 episodes, 2002)
Sylvia Syms	...	Elsie Beamish (4 episodes, 2002)
Antony Sher	...	Gerald Lewis QC (4 episodes, 2002)
Derek Jacobi	...	George Cording QC (4 episodes, 2002)
Tim Healy	...	Eddie Fannon (4 episodes, 2002)
Jack Shepherd	...	Ron Maher (4 episodes, 2002)
Mark Strong	...	Len Davies (4 episodes, 2002)
Peter Vaughan	...	Michael Colchester (4 episodes, 2002)
Nathalie Armin	...	Usher (4 episodes, 2002)
Gillian Barge	...	Eva Prohaska (4 episodes, 2002)
Nick Bartlett	...	Prison Officer (4 episodes, 2002)
Sonnell Dadral	...	Duvinder Singh (4 episodes, 2002)
Matthew Thomas Davies	...	Charlie Crawford (4 episodes, 2002)
John Duttine	...	Mark Waters (4 episodes, 2002)
Steven Emrys	...	Mr. de Jersey (4 episodes, 2002)
Nitin Ganatra	...	Tariq Shah (4 episodes, 2002)
Fiona Gillies	...	Fiona Crawford (4 episodes, 2002)
Leo Gregory	...	Ally Maher (4 episodes, 2002)
Charlie Hicks	...	Sam Crawford (4 episodes, 2002)
William Hoyland	...	Hector (4 episodes, 2002)
Neil Maskell	...	Chris Maher (4 episodes, 2002)
Connor McIntyre	...	Derek Batey (4 episodes, 2002)
Joanne Pearce	...	Marion Segal (4 episodes, 2002)
Shaughan Seymour	...	Judge (4 episodes, 2002)
Ellen Thomas	...	Ruby Thomas (4 episodes, 2002)
Sarah Louise Young	...	Jessica Garland (4 episodes, 2002)
Antony Zaki	...	Ranjit Singh (4 episodes, 2002)
Richard Buss	...	Laurie Thorpe (3 episodes, 2002)
Paul Reynolds	...	Warren Murray (3 episodes, 2002)
Paul Bhattacharjee	...	Dr. Nirmal (2 episodes, 2002)
James Doherty	...	David Hind (2 episodes, 2002)
Jim Dunk	...	DCI Shand (2 episodes, 2002)
Peter Gale	...	Dr. Hughes (2 episodes, 2002)
James Hayes	...	Father Gervase (2 episodes, 2002)
Tiana Paige Johnson	...	Joy Thomas (2 episodes, 2002)
Claire Nielson	...	Eleanor Colchester (2 episodes, 2002)
Miranda Pleasence	...	Maria de Silva (2 episodes, 2002)
Amanda Royle	...	Ms Thurloe (2 episodes, 2002)
Ninka Scott	...	Court Clerk (2 episodes, 2002)
Steve Sweeney	...	Thomas Haines (2 episodes, 2002)

Runtime:

300 min (6 parts)

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Central Criminal Courts, Old Bailey, London, England, UK

Company:

Granada Television

Trivia:

In episode one, a computer screen list showing the names of potential jury members contains the names of fourteen characters from "The Bill" (1984). They are Reg Hollis, Nick Klein, Duncan Lennox, Debbie McAllister, Jack Meadows, Andrew Monroe, Dave Quinnan, Kass (sic) Rickman, Paul Riley, Vic Singh, Kate Spears, Roz Clarke, Tony Stamp and Des Taviner. Some of the potential jurors' addresses also correspond to street names used on the show.

Movie Connections:

References "The Bill" (1984)

What a shame for such a well acted, well directed movie

The shame is that the first user comment anyone sees when reviewing The Jury is "Political Correctness (ya-aawwwn)", a review, if it can be called that, that more reflects someone with a beef taking a Political Science course and needing to use all the big words they learned to show how smart they are. While we all have the right to voice our opinion, I strongly feel this right should not prejudice the reader (or stop them, as it will some) before they see reviews that are more valuable. Any review that has one yes against multiple no's should be at the bottom of the review list.

Be that as it may, I have come to the Gerard Butler scene late (January, 2006) and because his acting ability struck me immediately and I'm interested in his progress (and why I hadn't heard of him until now), I've been watching his work. Doing that, I've come across some great movies (and a few that weren't so great). The Jury is in the great category.

I'm not going to describe the film, others have done so but I do want to note that the characters lives were well depicted. The frequent use of closeups made me feel like I was standing right next to each person, seeing what he or she saw, feeling what he or she felt. It was an awesome experience. I only buy a video/DVD if it has meaning and makes me feel something, hence I only have about 75 and this is over the past 20 years. I bought The Jury.