AND JUSTICE FOR ALL(1979)

For someone who devoured the novels of John Grisham with mouth watering appetite ,this courtroom flick is nothing but a tribute to maestro ...Al Pachino just makes me gape at his bloody gesticulation..
This man is so good..
I saw him in scent of a woman and he was awesome with his character of a cynical soigné visually challenged retired colonel...
“too tired,too old ,too fucking blind” he said..
Not a bit..
I lumped when he cheered a motley of soccer players with his awe-inspiring monologue in Any Given Sunday that makes “70 minutes” of our Kabeer khan of Chak de look so platitudinal..
So here he is again towering above all with his moral-oozing , high on ethics portrayal of lawyer Arther Kirkland of Baltimore caught in a dilemma when he is entrusted with the job of defending the judge he despises ...
Now in the words of his ladylove who again happens to be a member of the Arther scanning club he got to defend his client to the best of his ability ...
No matter what!!!!
that nitty-gritty of law-sphere was beyond me...
no respite on bed even...poor Aurther.
Well the movie was all about telling justice is not that simple a concept and between the lines of penal-code many lives get ruined for want of better judgement ,better discretion,better arguments..
And the consequences are far more tragic..when the law of land gets after you, you have to be a dawood or osama to ditch the lambe haath or better still ..become the lawmaker...
Think of it.. one of the innocent , sentenced for some technical glitch in his appeal was raped in the cell..
Don’t trust what Kiran Bedi blurts out as prison reforms ..its hell..
So for all the friends I wish a prison free life..if at all you commit a crime ..make sure you don’t get caught..if eventually you do get caught run like hell..its better living a life on run than serving your time in prison ..:P
Ohh..BTW screenplay was quite good..funny antics of his friends were really amusing

PS: prisonwise If Tomorrow Comes will make a good read..