"""The New York Times"", however, notes that conflict with the mob ""...doesn’t jibe with the film, which ended with his having reached a détente with them while avoiding witness protection."" He does note that ""It takes a couple of jarring, revisionist flashbacks in the first 10 minutes of the premiere to reconcile these details."" ""The Firm"" marks the third television adaptation of a John Grisham novel. ""The Client"" was a 1995 adaptation of the 1993 novel of the same name that aired 21 episodes on CBS between September 17, 1995, and April 16, 1996, during the 1995–96 United States television"
"The Firm (1993 film) The Firm is a 1993 American legal thriller film directed by Sydney Pollack and starring Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Holly Hunter, Hal Holbrook and David Strathairn. The film is based on the 1991 novel ""The Firm"" by author John Grisham. ""The Firm"" was one of two films released in 1993 that were adapted from a Grisham novel, the other being ""The Pelican Brief"". Mitch McDeere (Tom Cruise) is a young man from an impoverished background, but with a promising future as a lawyer. About to graduate from Harvard Law School near the"
"film's Mitch, conversely, stays very much in character. He was a clever young lawyer to start with, that was why The Firm took him on in the first place - but he just gives them a bit more than they bargained for. His way of getting out of the predicament is the quintessential lawyer's way: a very neat, devious (and a bit dubious) legal solution, which only somebody with a good legal mind could have come up with."". The Firm (novel) The Firm is a 1991 legal thriller by American writer John Grisham. His second book, it was Grisham's first"
"sued Grisham in 1995, alleging ""The Chamber"" had striking similarities to ""Defending the Devil"", her nonfiction book about her experiences as lawyer for serial killer Ted Bundy. After Grisham prevailed in a lower court ruling in 1996, the case was dismissed on appeal in 1997. In 1996, ""The Chamber"" was made into a feature film starring Gene Hackman and Chris O'Donnell. The Chamber (novel) The Chamber (1994) is a legal thriller written by American author John Grisham. It is Grisham's fifth novel. In 1967, in Greenville, Mississippi, the office of Jewish lawyer Marvin Kramer is bombed, injuring Kramer and killing"
"The Chamber (novel) The Chamber (1994) is a legal thriller written by American author John Grisham. It is Grisham's fifth novel. In 1967, in Greenville, Mississippi, the office of Jewish lawyer Marvin Kramer is bombed, injuring Kramer and killing his two young sons. Sam Cayhall, a member of the Ku Klux Klan, is identified, arrested and tried for their murders, committed in retaliation for Kramer's involvement in the Civil Rights Movement. Sam's first two trials, engineered by his Klan-connected lawyer, each end in a mistrial. Twenty years later, the FBI pressures a suspected associate to testify against Sam at a"
"The Company (film) The Company is a 2003 drama film directed by Robert Altman and starring Neve Campbell, who co-wrote and co-produced the film. The film also stars Malcolm McDowell and James Franco and is set in the company of the Joffrey Ballet. ""The Company"" is composed of stories gathered from the dancers, choreographers, and staff of the Joffrey Ballet. Most of the roles are played by company members. While a small subplot relates a love story between Campbell's character and a character played by James Franco, most of the movie focuses on the company as a whole, without any"
"Mitch McDeere Mitchell Y. ""Mitch"" McDeere is a fictional character and the protagonist of John Grisham's 1991 novel ""The Firm"". Mitch McDeere is a Harvard-educated tax lawyer who has a certified public accountant credential. He is also the husband of Abby McDeere, a Western Kentucky University–educated elementary school teacher. The character was portrayed by Tom Cruise in the 1993 film adaptation of the novel, and most recently by Josh Lucas for Entertainment One Television's show also named ""The Firm"". He is regarded as ""an old-school, self-made hero"" by ""Entertainment Weekly"" critic Melissa Maerz. The novel sold 7 million copies and"
"The Company (Ehrlichman novel) The Company is a political fiction ""roman à clef"" novel written by John Ehrlichman, a former close aide to President Richard Nixon and a figure in the Watergate scandal, first published in 1976 by Simon & Schuster. The title is an insider nickname for the Central Intelligence Agency. The plot is loosely based on events leading up to the Watergate coverup, centered on Nixon administration attempts to cover up its own illegal activity and that of the CIA dating back to the Kennedy administration. Although all characters are fictional, most are based on real-life political figures,"
"role. Abby McDeere Abigail Sutherland ""Abby"" McDeere is a fictional character in John Grisham's 1991 novel ""The Firm"". Abby McDeere is a Western Kentucky University–educated elementary school teacher. She is also the wife of Mitch McDeere, a Harvard graduate and tax lawyer who has certified public accountant credential. The character was portrayed by Jeanne Tripplehorn in the 1993 film adaptation of the novel, and most recently by Molly Parker for Entertainment One Television's show also titled ""The Firm"". The novel sold 7 million copies and the movie starred Tom Cruise. The film grossed over $158 million ($ million in dollars)"
"Abby McDeere Abigail Sutherland ""Abby"" McDeere is a fictional character in John Grisham's 1991 novel ""The Firm"". Abby McDeere is a Western Kentucky University–educated elementary school teacher. She is also the wife of Mitch McDeere, a Harvard graduate and tax lawyer who has certified public accountant credential. The character was portrayed by Jeanne Tripplehorn in the 1993 film adaptation of the novel, and most recently by Molly Parker for Entertainment One Television's show also titled ""The Firm"". The novel sold 7 million copies and the movie starred Tom Cruise. The film grossed over $158 million ($ million in dollars) domestically"
"The Company (miniseries) The Company is a three-part serial about the activities of the CIA during the Cold War. It was based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Robert Littell. The teleplay adaptation was written by Ken Nolan, who received a . In 1950, best friends Jack McAuliffe, Leo Kritzky, and Yevgeny Tsipin graduate from Yale and prepare to go their separate ways; Jack and Leo are recruited to the CIA by Frank ""The Wizard"" Wisner, while Yevgeny goes home to Moscow, where he is recruited into the KGB by spymaster Starik while falling in love with"
"Pizzolato, Michael Cisco, Ann K. Schwader, Robert M. Price, Galad Elflandsson and Charles Stross. Robert W. Chambers Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and fiction writer, best known for his book of short stories entitled ""The King in Yellow"", published in 1895. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, to William P. Chambers (1827–1911), a corporate and bankruptcy lawyer, and Caroline Smith Boughton (1842-1913). His parents met when Caroline was twelve years old and William P. was interning with her father, Joseph Boughton, a prominent corporate lawyer. Eventually the two formed the"
"The Firm (soundtrack) The Firm is an album by American pianist Dave Grusin released in 1993, recorded for the GRP label. This album is a soundtrack to the Motion Picture ""The Firm"" directed by Sidney Pollack. It reached No. 131 on ""Billboard""'s Contemporary Jazz chart. This soundtrack was a 1993 Academy Award nominee for Best Original Score. All tracks composed by Dave Grusin; except where indicated In 2015 La-La Land Records issued a remastered and expanded edition, featuring the film score on disc one and the 1993 soundtrack album and bonus tracks on disc two. Italicised tracks on disc one"
"The Company (Littell novel) The Company: A Novel of the CIA is an American novel written by Robert Littell and published by Penguin Press in 2002. The plot interweaves the professional lives of both historical and fictional characters in the field of international espionage between June 1950 and August 1995. The book was a ""New York Times"" bestseller and received wide critical acclaim. It is the basis of a 2007 miniseries starring Michael Keaton, Chris O'Donnell, and Alfred Molina. The plot includes numerous characters based on historical persons, with varying degrees of verisimilitude. The following is a list of the"
"The Chamber (1996 film) The Chamber is a 1996 crime thriller film based on John Grisham's novel of the same name. The film was directed by James Foley and stars Gene Hackman and Chris O'Donnell. In April 1967, the office of Marvin Kramer, a Jewish civil rights lawyer in Indianola, Mississippi, is bombed by the Ku Klux Klan, killing Kramer's five-year-old twin boys and leading to the amputation of Kramer's legs and his later suicide. Klansman Sam Cayhall (Hackman) is tried for murder in the bombing, and is eventually convicted and sentenced to die in the gas chamber at the"
"The Client (The Office) ""The Client"" is the seventh episode of the second season of the American comedy television series ""The Office"", and the show's thirteenth episode overall. Written by Paul Lieberstein, who also acts in the show as Toby Flenderson, and directed by Greg Daniels, the episode first aired in the United States on November 8, 2005 on NBC. The series depicts the everyday lives of office employees in the Scranton, Pennsylvania branch of the fictional Dunder Mifflin Paper Company. In this episode, Jan Levinson (Melora Hardin) and Michael Scott (Steve Carell) begin a relationship after landing an important"
"The Firm (1989 film) The Firm is a 1989 British made-for-television drama film directed by Alan Clarke and written by Al Hunter Ashton for the BBC. It stars Gary Oldman, Phil Davis, Charles Lawson and Steve McFadden in his acting debut. The film is based on the activities of the Inter City Firm (billed as the ""Inter City Crew"") football firm of West Ham United during the 1970s and 1980s. The film, which courted controversy on release, has come to be regarded among the finest films on the subject of football hooliganism. It is notable for having almost no musical"
"Robert W. Chambers Robert William Chambers (May 26, 1865 – December 16, 1933) was an American artist and fiction writer, best known for his book of short stories entitled ""The King in Yellow"", published in 1895. He was born in Brooklyn, New York, to William P. Chambers (1827–1911), a corporate and bankruptcy lawyer, and Caroline Smith Boughton (1842-1913). His parents met when Caroline was twelve years old and William P. was interning with her father, Joseph Boughton, a prominent corporate lawyer. Eventually the two formed the law firm of Chambers and Boughton which continued to prosper even after Joseph's death"
"The Firm (2009 film) The Firm is a British 2009 drama film based around football hooliganism written and directed by Nick Love. It is a remake of the original 1989 version. This film is released exclusively to Britain, and its only American release is on Twilight Time Blu Ray. Loosely adapted from Alan Clarke's 1989 classic TV film for ""Screen Two"", Nick Love's film is set earlier in the 1980s; around 1984. It retells a similar story to the original, but it is told from a different character's point of view. The protagonist of this adaptation is Dom, who was"
"The Firm, Inc. The Firm is a film and television production and talent management company based in Santa Monica, California. Established in 1997, it ceased operations in November 2008 and was relaunched by its founder, Jeff Kwatinetz, in August 2015. The Firm's divisions also include a record label and a marketing group. The Firm was founded by managers Jeff Kwatinetz and Michael Green in 1997. Operating originally out of Kwatinetz' Malibu apartment, the company was described by the Los Angeles Times as ""racing through the music industry with the velocity of a bullet train"" and by 2000 represented a stable"
"The Curious Room The Curious Room () is a book collecting various plays and scripts by English writer Angela Carter. Its full title is The Curious Room: Plays, Film Scripts and an Opera. The book contains her original screenplays for the films ""The Company of Wolves"" and ""The Magic Toyshop"", both of which were based on her own original stories. It also contains a draft of a libretto for an opera based on """" by Virginia Woolf, and five radio plays: ""Vampirella"", which she then reworked as ""The Lady of the House of Love"" in ""The Bloody Chamber"" collection, ""The"
"The Firm (album) The Firm is the first studio album by the British rock band The Firm, released by Atlantic Records on 11 February 1985. Tracks ranged from the epic ""Midnight Moonlight"" based on a previously unreleased song by Led Zeppelin called ""Swan Song"", first tinkered with during the ""Physical Graffiti"" sessions, to the commercially successful ""Radioactive"". ""Closer"" employs a horn section to subtle effect. It also includes the Righteous Brothers' hit ""You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'"" with the fretless bass sound of Tony Franklin. ""The Firm"" peaked at #17 on the ""Billboard"" 200 chart, and reached #15 on the"
"The Firm (novelty band) The Firm was a British music act, formed by guitarist, session musician and music producer John O'Connor, which had hits in the 1980s with novelty songs. John O'Connor, primarily an acoustic guitarist, ran his own recording studio (Bark Studios in Walthamstow, London) specialising in songwriters' demos, for some ten years. In the early 1980s he decided to concentrate more on playing and writing music, working as a session musician with artists in a variety of genres, from Maddy Prior and Isla St Clair to the more commercial pop of Bucks Fizz. In 1982 he and fellow"
"Company, New York, in Lucas's ""Four Plays"", in October 1935. (Christabel Marshall, who had not seen the plays performed, declared them ""very good reading"".) Anmer Hall and Leon M. Lion directed an amended text in a West End production at the Westminster Theatre, 23 February to March 1938 (29 performances), with Cathleen Nesbitt, Cecil Trouncer and Alan Napier among the cast. An account of rehearsals is contained in Lucas's ""Journal Under the Terror, 1938"" (1939). On the first night at the Westminster, ""the author was much called for at the close, but failed to appear"". One of Paul Scofield's earliest"
"are not used in the film, bold tracks contain material not used in the film. ""CD 1"" ""CD 2"" The Firm (soundtrack) The Firm is an album by American pianist Dave Grusin released in 1993, recorded for the GRP label. This album is a soundtrack to the Motion Picture ""The Firm"" directed by Sidney Pollack. It reached No. 131 on ""Billboard""'s Contemporary Jazz chart. This soundtrack was a 1993 Academy Award nominee for Best Original Score. All tracks composed by Dave Grusin; except where indicated In 2015 La-La Land Records issued a remastered and expanded edition, featuring the film score"
"Claudius"" (1976), ""The Professionals"" (1979), ""If Tomorrow Comes"" (1986), ""Fortunes of War"" (1987), ""Jonathan Creek"" (1999), ""ChuckleVision"" (2004), ""Midsomer Murders"" (2005) and ""Borgia"" (2011). He also wrote numerous ballet and opera reviews for ""The Stage"" under his own name and under the pseudonym 'Kenneth Smart' and appeared in numerous TV commercials. Nicholas Amer was born on 29 September 1923 in Tranmere, Birkenhead, into a working class background. His father, Thomas Amer, was a bedroom steward aboard the Cunard liner RMS Laconia (and later Chief Steward aboard the Queen Mary), and his mother, Margaret (née Smart), had worked for Lever Brothers"
"The Star Chamber The Star Chamber is a 1983 American crime–drama/mystery–thriller film starring Michael Douglas, Hal Holbrook, Yaphet Kotto, Sharon Gless, James B. Sikking, and Joe Regalbuto. The film was written by Roderick Taylor & Peter Hyams and directed by Hyams. Its title is taken from the name of the Star Chamber, the notorious 15th−17th-century English court. Judge Steven Hardin (Michael Douglas) is an idealistic Los Angeles jurist who gets frustrated when the technicalities of the law prevent the prosecution of a man who was charged with numerous murders of elderly women for their welfare money after their checks were"
"The Employer The Employer is an award-winning psychological thriller written and directed by Frank Merle. The film stars Malcolm McDowell as the title character who interviews five candidates for a job at a mysterious, powerful corporation. After a film festival circuit in early 2013, the film was released by Vision Films in the U.S. on June 7, 2013 as an On Demand premiere title, followed by a DVD release on July 2, 2013. Five highly qualified applicants for a position with the mysterious, powerful Carcharias Corporation wake up trapped together in a locked room without any hope of escape. They"
"to a website, www.thecompanyspygame.com. This domain was abandoned in 2011. ""The Company"" was released on 23 October 2007 on both high-definition Blu-ray Disc and standard-definition DVD. The Company (miniseries) The Company is a three-part serial about the activities of the CIA during the Cold War. It was based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Robert Littell. The teleplay adaptation was written by Ken Nolan, who received a . In 1950, best friends Jack McAuliffe, Leo Kritzky, and Yevgeny Tsipin graduate from Yale and prepare to go their separate ways; Jack and Leo are recruited to the CIA"
"a stand-alone DVD, both under the BFI's auspices. The story was adapted by Nick Love into the 2009 film of the same name. The Firm (1989 film) The Firm is a 1989 British made-for-television drama film directed by Alan Clarke and written by Al Hunter Ashton for the BBC. It stars Gary Oldman, Phil Davis, Charles Lawson and Steve McFadden in his acting debut. The film is based on the activities of the Inter City Firm (billed as the ""Inter City Crew"") football firm of West Ham United during the 1970s and 1980s. The film, which courted controversy on release,"
"credits Acting Credit Producing Credits Alan Trustman Alan Trustman (born December 16, 1930) is an American lawyer, screenwriter, pari-mutuel operator and currency trader. He is best known for writing the 1968 film, ""The Thomas Crown Affair"", ""Bullitt"", and ""They Call Me Mr. Tibbs!"", in his movie career. Trustman was born December 16, 1930, in Boston, Massachusetts. He attended the Boston Latin School, then The Phillips Exeter Academy where he was first in his 1948 class, and then graduated ""magna cum laude"" from Harvard College in 1952 and Harvard Law School in 1955. After college, he was admitted to the Massachusetts"
"book of ""The Firm"", Reiter sought out their creator, John Grisham, to explain his own curiosity about what happened to the characters beyond the endings of those parts of the franchise. Later, Reiter worked with Jerry Bruckheimer on the series ""The Forgotten"" and ""Close to Home"" and then served as an executive producer for ""The Firm"". Reiter was the creator for ""The Firm"". Lukas Reiter Lukas Reiter is a television executive and former lawyer. As a law student he was a mock trial competitor, and he later became the writer for ""The Practice"". He has also written for television shows"
"The Gangster The Gangster (aka Low Company) is a 1947 American crime film noir directed by Gordon Wiles. The drama features Barry Sullivan, Belita, Joan Lorring and Akim Tamiroff. The screenplay was written by Daniel Fuchs, based on his novel ""Low Company"" (1937). Shubunka is a racketeer, at odds with Cornell, a rival. Shubunka has a girlfriend, Nancy Starr, a showgirl, and offers protection to a New York beachfront cafe owned by Nick Jammey. A regular customer, Karty, has gambling debts and has stolen money from his brothers-in-law's garage. He begs Shubunka for help but is refused. Dorothy, the cafe's"