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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Paramount
EAN: 9780792160212
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792160215
Item Dimensions: 15
Label: Paramount
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 SurroundFrenchOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 2.0 SurroundEnglishSubtitled
Manufacturer: Paramount
MPN: 097363331544
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: February 22, 2000
Running Time: 105 minutes
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: September 24, 1999
Editorial Review:
Product Description:
FRAMED FOR MURDERING HER HUSBAND, A WOMAN ESCAPES FROM PRISON AND PLUNGES INTO A DESPERATE FIGHT FOR JUSTICE, SURVIVAL AND REVENGE. FEATURES: BEHIND-THE-SCENES FEATURETTE, THEATRICAL TRAILER, ENGLISH SUBTITLES FOR THE DEAF AND HARD OF HEARING, SCENE SELECTION AND MUCH MORE.
Amazon.com:
Young Libby Parsons (Ashley Judd) is happy as a clam, and why not? She's got a loving, successful husband (Bruce Greenwood), an adorable son, and an island home to die for. One morning, after a romantic sailing expedition with her husband, Libby finds herself covered in blood. Her husband's missing, the boat resembles a murder scene, and there's a knife on the deck. One might stop right there and call for help; Libby, however, takes matters--or, more specifically, the knife--into her own hands, and the moment she does, there's the Coast Guard. Faster than you can say frame-up, Libby's been charged with murder and jailed, with her young son stripped from her custody. It's all cut-and-dried, except for one thing: Libby's husband isn't dead, and she's about to track him down. And thanks to the Fifth Amendment's double jeopardy rule, she can't be charged twice for his murder.
Double Jeopardy has a singularly seductive revenge premise and, in Judd, one of the most seductive leading ladies to grace the silver screen in recent years. So then why does this thriller feel like it came from the bottom of the Lifetime television movie barrel? Instead of taking a gritty, hard-boiled approach, the film plays up all of Libby's mushy emotions--tellingly, the director here is Bruce Beresford, whose best film, Driving Miss Daisy, is as far from thriller territory as you can get. No matter how stoically or deviously Judd plays her, Libby comes across as a soccer mom with a slight taste for blood. Only in a few scenes, specifically when she tracks her wily husband to his new identity in New Orleans, does Judd get to strut her stuff, stealing an evening gown and crashing his charity auction. Most of the time, though, this thriller offers only a smattering of suspense. Well, at least like Libby, the filmmakers can't be condemned twice for the same crime. With Tommy Lee Jones duplicating his Fugitive role, as Libby's conscientious parole officer. --Mark Englehart
Average Rating: 
Rating:  -
This could have been a good movie, but it mostly fails to connect with the viewer. Ashley Judd is framed for the murder of her husband, who actually did the framing, and is still alive. What is worse, while the Judd character is doing hard state prison time, her husband has custody of her son, has assumed a new identity, is living off of $2 million in life insurance proceeds (paid on his own death), and sleeping with Judd's best friend. Judd discovers all this by happenstance, and is suddenly ... Read More
Rating:  -
The basic story is hoary with age, but , nonetheless, this is a satisfying film, well worth seeing. Ashley Judd does the heavy lifting in the film, and does it with style. Tommy Lee Jones, while equally billed, supports her ably, though little is required of him but a reprise of roles he had often played even as of the date of this film. A number of roles are filled in such way as to add character to the film much to its improvement. For the most part, it moves along with sufficient action to ... Read More
Rating:  -
Tommy Lee Jones, Ashley Judd, Bruce Greenwood are well fit for the roles. The movie starts with Nick Parsons (Bruce Greenwood) and his wife, Libby, (Ashley Judd), who are well-to-do residents of a beautiful home on a island off shore from Seattle, Washington. Nick arranges for a romantic outing on a friend's sail boat. Sailing is something Libby loves and they laugh and celebrate with love and liquor. Libby falls to sleep drunk and wakes up with her husband out of the bed and blood trailing ... Read More
Rating: -
Double Jeopardy is a fun thriller starring Ashley Judd and Tommy Lee Jones. The plot is interesting. Judd is convicted of murdering her husband and is sent to prison. However, the husband faked his death and has run off with Judd's child and her former friend. Judd eventually gets out of prison and starts tracking her husband down; under the law, she cannot be convicted of killing him twice.
There are many things to like about Double Jeopardy. Judd does well as the heroine. There is some ... Read More
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Tommy Lee Jones and Ashly Judd both were great in this movie. I've seen the movie so many times I just had to buy it for my personal collection. Now I can watch it any time I want to. I highly recommend this movie, it's very good.
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