Talk:Trial film

November 2007

This material had been in Anatomy of a Murder. I worked hard on it and think it could be of some use. It was edited out (partially at my suggestion). Nevertheless, it was too good (IMHO) to just leave on the cutting room floor. There is the germ of a good idea, but it will need more work.

I know nothing about starting a new article (this is a first time for me). Feel free to change the title and fix it up.

Thank you. 7&6=thirteen (talk) 04:05, 22 November 2007 (UTC)Stan

Is M (film)

either an Englisn or English language picture. Seems to me NOT. Carptrash (talk) 16:06, 22 November 2007 (UTC)

That would be a German film, in the appropriate language of course. Are we limited to strictly English Language films here?

Best 7&6=thirteen (talk) 00:15, 4 February 2008 (UTC)Stan

NPOV and it reads "like a review"

I note that we've now gotten a note that says that we have NPOV on the military films. At the top, we were told that the piece "reads like a review." There seems to be some conflicting sentiment here. Either way you've got us at doing something wrong.

One of the real problems with WIKI is exemplified by this basic conflict. You may have a point, but it would seem likely that you don't both have a point.

It a very easy to rip up material and cite "the rules" as though its not YOUR decision.

However, it would be much more helpful if you made a positive contribution to the article, which actually does have some uses and some merit to its observations. It would be better to help us improve the article, rather than to simply excise it or delete it.

It's easy to put out a candle, but much harder to build a fire.

That's my thought for the day. Best regards to you. 7&6=thirteen (talk) 00:13, 4 February 2008 (UTC)Stan

Paths of Glory

Why is this movie listed twice, the second time in a list of military trial movies that is preceded by an explanation that they may have been omitted from the main list because of their nature? Paths of Glory is indeed on the first list. If it is going to be included twice, it ought to have the military trial movies explanatory paragraph changed so that it does not directly contradict itself. --12.217.237.175 (talk) 20:51, 26 May 2008 (UTC)

Two other candidates

• There are several versions of Mutiny on the Bounty. As I recall, one of them has some pretty good courtroom scenes, taken (seemingly) from transcript. Can't remember which of the many, but it is worth thinking about.
• There was also a television miniseries, taken from a play as I recall, called The Andersonville Trials. It was exceptionally good, although not a 'film.' 7&6=thirteen (talk) 19:38, 10 July 2008 (UTC) Stan

And there's The Rainmaker (1997) which I think should be listed as long as A Civil Action is. Oliver9184 (talk) 05:14, 1 April 2011 (UTC)

Miracle on 34th Street

Doesn't Miracle on 34th Street count as a trial movie? PennsylvaniaPatriot (talk) 06:38, 6 December 2009 (UTC)

I would think so. Add it if you want. Happy editing and cheers! 7&6=thirteen (talk) 13:11, 6 December 2009 (UTC) Stan

Other list

The following was just removed:

"The most comprehensive listing of legally-themed movies appears at the The George Washington University Law School movie list:[1]."

The list did exist. I don't know if it was moved, or if it might still exist at Internet archive or somewhere like that. It is worth salvaging. This is a situation of presumed WP:linkrot. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 21:55, 28 June 2011 (UTC)

Legal drama

Picked up and added a citation to Further Reading from the above article. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 01:29, 25 February 2013 (UTC)

Attribution

Text and Reference copied from Trial film to Kenneth Ross. See history of former article for a list of contributors. 7&6c=thirteen (☎) 17:02, 21 November 2022 (UTC)

Text and Reference copied from Trial film and Kenneth Ross to Kenneth G. Ross. See history of former article for a list of contributors. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 17:32, 21 November 2022 (UTC)

Restoration of materials

The deletion of all this content was in error. I restored it here. It belongs in this article, and will aid our readers to navigate the content and find relevant films. 7&6=thirteen (☎) 15:28, 24 December 2023 (UTC)

Organization of the article

Right now we have

1 Notable films (in a table)

2 Varieties

2.1 Military trial films (in a table)

2.2 Religious trial films

2.3 Historical trial films

2.4 Comedies

3 Other examples

I think this page can be arranged better. Firstly, we should have all of the sets of films in tables, or none of them. Secondly, some of the films listed as "other examples" (e.g., ...And Justice for All, Presumed Innocent, Primal Fear, Runaway Jury, The Judge) are really the quintessential trial films, and should be noted more prominently than military and religious trial films, which are more niche to the genre. BD2412 T 19:16, 22 October 2024 (UTC)