Perfect Witness
by Robert Mandel
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Actor: Aidan Quinn, Brian Dennehy, Stockard ChanningDirector: Robert Mandel
Brand: HBO Home Video
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 101 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-09-14
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Model: 90382
Studio: Hbo Home Video
DVD Reviews of Perfect Witness
DVD Review: Good movie that shows power of US Attorney's Office
Summary: 4 Stars
There is an African proverb that "When the elephants fight, it is the mice who are crushed." This well-written and well-performed HBO movie is a great illustration of that proverb. Sam Paxton, a restaurant owner in New York who has a wife and young son, witnesses a mob hit when making a late night telephone call. He is the only witness willing to step forward to identify the murderer, an enforcer for the Mob.
Sam is the honest, guileless Everyman trapped in a situation not of his making. He finds himself caught, first, in the turf battle between the local New York district attorney and the United States Attorney, who is conducting a RICO investigation of the Mob's protection racket in the restaurant and meat distribution trades, and, later, between the aggressive, ambitious U.S. Attorney and the threats of the Mob. At first Sam is willing to testify until dissuaded by Mob threats and by neighborhood ostracism. When Sam refuses to testify, the U.S. Attorney plays hardball with Sam to force him to testify before the grand jury and in trial, including sending the poor man to jail for several months for civil contempt, where he is in the company of members of the Mob.
There is a plot twist at the end which lends a sadder and more ironic sheen to the preceding events.
This movie shows the collateral human consequences of government criminal investigations. The movie, though made a while ago (definitely, pre-cell phone), is still timely - police in large cities really have difficulty getting witnesses to step forward in drive-by and gang shootings.
There is a strong performance by Brian Dennehy as the hardnosed U.S. Attorney on a crusade to clean up the city, and a particularly good performance by Aidan Quinn, who excels in these kinds of roles, as the hapless witness who is also a man of integrity.
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