Legal Eagles is a 1986 American drama film directed by Ivan Reitman. The filmmakers spared no expenses. The director is Ivan Reitman, whose previous loan was “Ghostbusters,” which was supposed to be a tech explosion. This time, in a film nominally about real people, fires and explosions distract a trifle. Unfortunately, the next morning, one of the art dealers is found dead in the case, and Hannah, the main suspect, is found in the bed of the assistant DA. It`s a nice weird touch, but later in the movie, you might wonder, like me, why Winger wants Redford from his team to defend Hannah. Wouldn`t the scandal have tainted him with a jury? I don`t care. The film now delves into the nightmarish world of Manhattan art dealers, who can be seen here as thieves, murderers and fraudsters. Much of the plot seems to be inspired by the scandal of Mark Rothko`s estate.
The missing paintings appear bigger and bigger in the plot as it seems that the fire 20 years ago was supposed to hide their theft. But you ask, if the paints were probably burned, how could they be put back on the market? Would anyone who sells one not accuse himself of arson, theft and fraud? Logical little things like these don`t play a big role in “Legal Eagles.” At another point in the film, for example, an art dealer tries to destroy some of his financial documents by blowing up an entire warehouse containing not only his files, but also the rest of his funds. Wouldn`t it have been easier to move the recordings to another location to allow for a more convenient explosion – especially since the explosion takes place within hours of the tapes being summoned to appear? This film is full of illogical and senseless behavior. Lawyers and art dealers will probably appreciate it as much as archaeologists loved “Indiana Jones” — because it does everything wrong. Verified reviews are considered more reliable by other moviegoers. Unfortunately, Reitman seems to be hedging his bets by combining the story of “Legal Eagles” with the action and pyrotechnics of “Ghostbusters.” After the fires, explosions, car chases, shootings, ambushes, and corpses, the film`s human story somehow seems lonely and abandoned. Perhaps he had a satirical purpose to surround people with so much activity. I don`t know. But the added ingredients make a potentially better movie a confusing, cluttered and disjointed one. Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film a score of 2.5 out of 4, writing, “There`s so much in it, it`s very heavy. The miracle is that so many scenes play out as well as they do.
[10] Redford and Winger have a good chemistry with each other, based on good humor and mutual respect. And Hannah is very effective in the role of the distant girl who spends most of the film looking sexy and/or guilty like hell. The tension between Redford and Winger reminds us of Hepburn and Tracy, who seemed to struggle in their best images just to reconcile. If the whole movie had been reduced a little bit, just to the story of these characters, maybe we would have had something here. The soundtrack was composed and directed by Elmer Bernstein, his latest collaboration with Ivan Reitman. The soundtrack album was released by MCA Records, with a selection of the newly recorded score in England under the composer`s direction and the songs “Good Lovin`” by The Rascals, “Magic Carpet Ride” by Steppenwolf and “Put Out The Fire” by Daryl Hannah (which she performs on screen). Rod Stewart`s “Love Touch” was featured in the film, but as it is exclusive to Warner Bros. Records, it does not appear on the album. The story so far: When she was an 8-year-old girl, Daryl Hannah suffered a traumatic event. On the night of his birthday party, there was a terrible fire, and his father, a famous artist, was burned with all his paintings. (We see this fire in detail; Arsonists should note that this is one of the three major fires in the film.) Now, 20 years have passed and she was arrested while trying to steal one of these paintings from a slimy Manhattan art dealer. The film was originally intended to be a vehicle for Dustin Hoffman and Bill Murray, the latter being a CAA client, and was written as a buddy movie.
Murray withdrew. Ivan Reitman met with Robert Redford, another CAA client, about another project and mentioned Legal Eagles. Redford expressed interest in a romantic comedy, so Reitman decided to make it the Spencer Tracy-Katharine Hepburn movie. Redford agreed to do so. “It was easier to get Redford than Bill Murray,” Reitman said. [2] By choosing to verify your ticket for this film, you authorize us to match the email address associated with your Rotten Tomatoes account with an email address associated with the purchase of a Fandango ticket for the same film. Your AMC ticket confirmation # can be found in your order confirmation email. Please provide “error code 2121” when contacting customer service.
Roger Ebert was a film critic for the Chicago Sun-Times from 1967 until his death in 2013. In 1975, he won the Pulitzer Prize for outstanding critics. During her murder trial, Chelsea has a flashback memory and openly accuses Forrester of being involved in her father`s death. When an assassin tries to run over Logan and Kelly, the man is fatally hit by a taxi. Logan fetches the assassin`s wallet and finds Forrester`s business card. Logan and Kelly discover Forrester`s body and find Chelsea hiding at the scene, despite her protesting innocence. Logan goes to the police to find Cavanaugh, while Kelly and Chelsea go to Taft`s gallery where his funeral takes place. Tom Logan: If I had found Victor Taft dead on the ground and Chelsea Deardon`s fingerprints on the gun, there wouldn`t be much to convince me that she wasn`t guilty.
You see, let`s save us a lot of time. Let`s face it. There are better things we could do. Who thinks Chelsea Deardon is guilty? Detective Cavanaugh is actually the former associate of Joe Brock, Taft and Forrester, whom they blamed for the fraudulent scheme, which led to Brock`s sentence in prison. At the Taft Gallery, Brock forces Kelly and Chelsea to smash a large hollow sculpture hiding Sebastian Deardon`s missing paintings, now valued at $20 million. Brock took the paintings and then set fire to the gallery to escape during the evacuation. Logan arrives and fights with Brock, who falls to death. Logan finds Kelly and Chelsea, grabs the paintings and the three leave the burning gallery. Outside, Chelsea tearfully reveals the inscription “To Chelsea” on the back of his father`s painting. After all charges against Chelsea were dropped, Logan`s former boss, who profited from Logan`s publicity, offered him his former job.
Logan decides to continue working with Kelly, with whom he now has a romantic relationship. “Redford captures the screen better than anyone I`ve ever seen,” Reitman said during filming. “To compete with him on screen, you need someone with a lot of substance. You need another star. And movies where you don`t have anyone with the strength of women like Streisand and Fonda or men like Hoffman and Newman are erased from the screen. I think Debra Winger has stuff like that. That is what I am counting on. It seems to be in the footage we`ve shot so far. [7] The image is an example of a ticket confirmation email that AMC sent you when you purchased your ticket. Your ticket confirmation # can be found under the heading of your email which reads “Details of your ticket reservation”. Just below that, there is “Ticket confirmation #:”, followed by a 10-digit number. This 10-digit number is your confirmation number.
We won`t be able to check your ticket today, but it`s good to know for the future. Tom Logan: You don`t buy that, do you? You are not listening to a word of what I am saying. Yes? Guess what? I don`t blame you. After listening to Mr. Blanchard present the prosecution, even I am convinced that my client murdered Victor Taft. Robert Redford and Debra Winger star in this sophisticated comedy thriller about artistic fraud and murder, with Redford as the tenacious assistant prosecutor and Winger as the ingenious criminal defense attorney who combined their talents to defend Daryl Hannah, a “performance artist” accused of theft and murder. Lawyers who clash get more than expected when they come into contact with New York`s fascinating art world and the dangerous underworld. The delightful mix of romantic comedy and crazy slapstick stars Terence Stamp as a corrupt gallerist and Brian Dennehy.Bonus Content:The Making of Legal EaglesTheatrical Trailer]]> A desperate Chelsea arrives at Logan`s apartment and reveals that she went to Taft`s apartment and threatened him at gunpoint to get information. She claims Taft took the gun from her and hit her.
Chelsea spend the night with Logan. The next morning, the police burst into the room and arrested Chelsea for Taft`s murder. The resulting scandal ends Logan`s career and he reluctantly teams up with Kelly. The screenplay was written by Jim Cash and Jack Epps, represented by the Creative Artists Agency (CAA), based on a story by Cash, Epps and Ivan Reitman based on an idea by Reitman, who was also represented by CAA. Reitman has long been interested in doing something in the art world, with lawyers as protagonists, “because they are our contemporary rental weapons involved in every aspect of modern life.