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- catalog abstract "Law and justice are important themes in film, not only in courtroom dramas, but also in the western, the film noir, even the documentary. In the Godfather trilogy Francis Ford Coppola shows that the Mafia possesses its own strict codes, even though they are in conflict with those of the criminal justice system. In Woody Allen's Crimes and Misdemeanors the protagonist also "gets away with murder," but with a different dramatic intent by the director and a different effect on the audience. Shedding light on myriad facets of the law/film relationship, fourteen contributors to Legal Reelism analyze films ranging from The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, It's a Wonderful Life, and Drums along the Mohawk to Do the Right Thing, Basic Instinct, The Thin Blue Line, and Thelma and Louise. The first volume to contain work by both humanists and legal specialists, Legal Reelism is a landmark text for those concerned with depictions of justice in the media and the impact of those depictions on society at large.".
- catalog contributor b9143326.
- catalog created "c1996.".
- catalog date "1996".
- catalog date "c1996.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1996.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Law and justice are important themes in film, not only in courtroom dramas, but also in the western, the film noir, even the documentary. In the Godfather trilogy Francis Ford Coppola shows that the Mafia possesses its own strict codes, even though they are in conflict with those of the criminal justice system. In Woody Allen's Crimes and Misdemeanors the protagonist also "gets away with murder," but with a different dramatic intent by the director and a different effect on the audience.".
- catalog description "Myth and meaning : Francis Ford Coppola and popular response to the Godfather trilogy / David Ray Papke -- Print the legend : violence and recognition in the man who shot Liberty Valence / Cheyney Ryan -- Through the great Depression on horseback : legal themes in Western films of the 1930s / Francis M. Nevins -- Framed / Richard K. Sherwin -- The laws of the game : Jean Renoir, La Regle du jeu / Tom Conley -- Capra's constitution / John Denvir -- Popular culture/popular justice / Anthony Chase -- Morality and liberal legal culture : Woody Allen's crimes and misdemeanors / Judith Grant -- Rewriting history with lightning : race, myth, and Hollywood in the legal Pantheon / Margaret Russell -- Celluloid sovereignty : Hollywood's "history" of native Americans / Terry Wilson -- Pubic execution / Andrew J. Mckenna -- Class action : one view of gender and law in popular culture / Mark Tushnet -- Outlaw women / Elizabeth Spelman and Martha Minow -- Law noir / Norman Rosenberg.".
- catalog description "Shedding light on myriad facets of the law/film relationship, fourteen contributors to Legal Reelism analyze films ranging from The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, It's a Wonderful Life, and Drums along the Mohawk to Do the Right Thing, Basic Instinct, The Thin Blue Line, and Thelma and Louise. The first volume to contain work by both humanists and legal specialists, Legal Reelism is a landmark text for those concerned with depictions of justice in the media and the impact of those depictions on society at large.".
- catalog extent "xviii, 314 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Legal reelism.".
- catalog identifier "0252022319 (cloth : acid-free paper)".
- catalog identifier "0252065352 (pbk. : acid-free paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "Legal reelism.".
- catalog issued "1996".
- catalog issued "c1996.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Urbana : University of Illinois Press,".
- catalog relation "Legal reelism.".
- catalog subject "791.43/655 20".
- catalog subject "Justice, Administration of, in motion pictures.".
- catalog subject "Motion pictures Moral and ethical aspects.".
- catalog subject "Motion pictures Social aspects.".
- catalog subject "PN1995.9.J8 L45 1996".
- catalog tableOfContents "Myth and meaning : Francis Ford Coppola and popular response to the Godfather trilogy / David Ray Papke -- Print the legend : violence and recognition in the man who shot Liberty Valence / Cheyney Ryan -- Through the great Depression on horseback : legal themes in Western films of the 1930s / Francis M. Nevins -- Framed / Richard K. Sherwin -- The laws of the game : Jean Renoir, La Regle du jeu / Tom Conley -- Capra's constitution / John Denvir -- Popular culture/popular justice / Anthony Chase -- Morality and liberal legal culture : Woody Allen's crimes and misdemeanors / Judith Grant -- Rewriting history with lightning : race, myth, and Hollywood in the legal Pantheon / Margaret Russell -- Celluloid sovereignty : Hollywood's "history" of native Americans / Terry Wilson -- Pubic execution / Andrew J. Mckenna -- Class action : one view of gender and law in popular culture / Mark Tushnet -- Outlaw women / Elizabeth Spelman and Martha Minow -- Law noir / Norman Rosenberg.".
- catalog title "Legal reelism : movies as legal texts / edited by John Denvir.".
- catalog type "text".