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The Burden of Proof (miniseries)

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Genre
  
Drama

Directed by
  
Mike Robe

Screenplay by
  
John Gay

Theme music composer
  
Craig Safan

Based on
  
The Burden of Proof by Scott Turow

Starring
  
Héctor Elizondo Brian Dennehy

The Burden of Proof (also Scott Turow's The Burden of Proof) is a 1992 television miniseries based on the novel of the same name by Scott Turow. The story follows the character Sandy Stern following events in the film and book Presumed Innocent. Brian Dennehy is the only actor to appear in both films, but here plays a different character.

Contents

The miniseries was directed by Mike Robe, adapted by John Gay, and premiered on February 9, 1992.

Cast

  • Héctor Elizondo ... Alejandro 'Sandy' Stern
  • Brian Dennehy ... Dixon Hartnell
  • Mel Harris ... Sonia Klonsky
  • Adrienne Barbeau ... Silvia Hartnell
  • Concetta Tomei ... Clara Stern
  • Anne Bobby ... Marta Stern (as Anne Marie Bobby)
  • Gail Strickland ... Fiona Cawley
  • Chelcie Ross ... Dr. Nate Cawley
  • Kerri Green ... Kate Granum
  • Miko Hughes ... Sam
  • Thomas Anthony Quinn ... Dr. Peter Stern
  • Jeffrey Tambor ... Sennett
  • Nora Denney ... Waitress
  • John Durbin ... Remo
  • T. Max Graham ... Lt. Ray Radczyk
  • William Kuhlke ... Cal Hopkinson
  • Leah Maddrie ... Mrs. Drake
  • Monica McCarthy ... Nate's Nurse
  • Neal McDonough ... John Granum
  • Michael T. McGraw ... FBI Agent #1
  • Charles Oldfather
  • Stefanie Powers ... Helen Dudak
  • Victoria Principal ... Margy Allison
  • Grady Smith
  • Tim Snay ... FBI Agent #2
  • Donna Thomason ... Claudia
  • Charles Whitman ... Rabbi

    • Reception

  • The miniseries won an Eddie Award for Best Editing
  • Brian Dennehy was nominated for an Emmy Award as Best Supporting Actor in a television movie or mini-series.
  • The miniseries was nominated for the Emmy for Best Television Movie or Miniseries.
  • Not all critics liked the film. Chicago Tribune television critic Rick Kogan wrote that the movie "proceeds so deliberately as to prove numbing" and that "the cast of characters remains superficial." He concluded by noting that "the axes around which the plot, and the sex, spin are less major crimes than melodramatic misdemeanors. The four-hour sentence they receive here is too harsh a punishment for the audience."

    • Video release

    It has been released on VHS and DVD as a single movie, albeit a 184 minute release.

    References

    The Burden of Proof (miniseries) Wikipedia
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