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Features: DVD, Widescreen, Dolby, Digital Audio, Dolby Digital (5.1)
Framed for murdering her husband, a woman escapes from prisonand plunges into a desperate fight for justice, survival andrevenge. Features: behind-the-scenes featurette, theatricaltrailer, english subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing,scene selection and much more.
Editor's Note
Director Bruce Beresford's thriller stars Ashley Judd as Libby Parsons, a young woman with a seemingly happy marriage and a prosperous life. While on a weekend sailing trip, she wakes up in the middle of the night to find the boat covered in blood and her husband, Nick (Bruce Greenwood), missing. Since she's found holding a knife covered in her husband's blood, Libby's quickly indicted and convicted of murder. Her lawyer suggests that she give up her son, and he's soon adopted by her friend, Angie (Annabeth Gish), who promptly disappears with the child. Although Libby's angry enough to break out of prison, her lawyer-cellmate advises her to wait for parole and take advantage of double jeopardy protection, a legal loophole that prevents her from being tried for the same crime twice. Six years later, Libby's paroled into a halfway house under the care of hard-bitten probation officer Travis Lehman (Tommy Lee Jones). She escapes immediately, taking off to find her son and exact revenge on those who framed her. Lehman, expecting as much, is fast on her trail.
Plot Summary
In DOUBLE JEOPARDY, Libby Parsons, a young mother, is framed, tried, and convicted for the murder of her husband. Paroled after serving six years of her sentence, she decides to search for her missing son. However, Libby's tough-as-nails parole officer Travis Lehman decides to keep a close eye in her, fearing that she intends to employ the double jeopardy loophole to take revenge.
| Features | Region 1 | | Keep Case | | Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.35 | | Audio:
| Dolby Digital 5.1 - English | | Additional Release Material:
| Trailers: Original Theatrical Trailer | | Interactive Features:
| Scene Access | | Interactive Menus |
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Release Information
|  | Studio: Paramount |
| Release Date: 8/24/2004 |
| Running Time: 105 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1999 | | Catalog ID: 333154 | | UPC: 00097363331544 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English | | Available Subtitles: English | | Video: Color |
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"...Utterly pro and ideally cast in major roles, [the film] delivers action..." 9/20-26/1999 p.81-7Entertainment Weekly
"...Great, compelling....[Judd is reminiscent of] Lana Turner in her prime..." -- Rating: B 02/25/2000 p.85 Entertainment Weekly
"...Great, compelling....[Judd is reminiscent of] Lana Turner in her prime..." -- Rating: B 02/25/2000 p.85 Box Office
"...DOUBLE JEOPARDY has something for everyone....Audiences are in for a wise-cracking, explosive time..." 11/01/1999 p.164 USA Today
"...The film looks spectacular..." 09/24/1999 p.8E Total Film
"Ashley Judd, building on her role in KISS THE GIRLS, cements her position as Hollywood's leading lady-with-attitude..." 10/01/2000 p.108 |
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