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The Burial is a 2023 American legal drama film directed by Maggie Betts and written by Betts and Doug Wright. It is loosely based on the true story of lawyer Willie E. Gary and his client Jeremiah Joseph O'Keefe's lawsuit against the Loewen funeral company, as documented in the 1999 New Yorker article of the same name by Jonathan Harr. It stars Jamie Foxx as Gary, Tommy Lee Jones as O'Keefe, Jurnee Smollett,…
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In Mississippi in 1995, a small businessman, owner of a family-owned funeral home, decides not to let himself go bankrupt and takes a large group in the same industry to court for breach of contract. The statistics obviously say that it is a lost case because this large consortium has all the resources to tear the small businessman to shreds, but it does not have to be so, because you just need to know how to handle…More
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Fuente He visto en poco tiempo varias películas de juicios(The Burial, Anatomía de una caída y Argentina 1985), por suerte todas muy interesantes. En este caso, la trama sin ser la más compleja me atrapó rápidamente. Estrenada el año pasado, siendo su directora Maggie Betts. > I have seen several trial movies in a short time (The Burial, Anatomy of a Fall and Argentina 1985), fortunately all of them very interesting…More
The Burial is a great film that left me thoroughly impressed and deeply moved. As a long-time fan of Jamie Foxx, I eagerly anticipated this performance in this movie, and I can confidently say that he did not disappoint. His portrayal of Willie Gary, based on the real-life attorney of the same name, was nothing short of great. source From the moment Foxx appeared, he commanded attention with his dynamic presence and…More
REVIEW: The Burial (2023) [ENG - ESP] I hadn't seen a courtroom drama in a while, maybe because we usually see that you'll probably win the good ones after a masterful speech or plot line. However, these two familiar faces made me give this genre another chance and try to enjoy it. How did I do? Please allow me to answer. SYNOPSIS Jeremiah O'Keefe (Tommy Lee Jones) is in danger of losing his family business due to s…More
Hola amigos, buenas vibras para todos. > Hello friends, good vibes to all. *Source!* Ver a dos ganadores de un Oscar actuar en una misma película en donde ambos son los protagonistas son cosas que raramente pasan; este es el caso de The Burial, un film en donde veremos lo mejor Jamie Foxx y de Tommy Lee Jones. Ya de por si ese par de nombres deslumbran cuando decides darle una oportunidad a la película, en mi caso n…More
News events that end up in court are an excellent starting point for making a film. And "The Burial", a legal movie released on Prime Video last October 13th, is an excellent example of this. The film is based on an article published in 1999 in "The New Yorker" written by Jonathan Harr, the American writer famous for having written "A civil action" which I will tell you about in the next post. The article talks abou…More
Hello community, I had the opportunity to see The Burial, which at first seemed like a comedy, in fact the description of the platform includes this film genre, but it is a real life story, lately the movies I've seen have been of this type, a nice coincidence because the truth is that I have not proposed it to myself. The Burial ¿Comedia o Drama? >Saludos comunidad, tuve la oportunidad de ver The Burial, lo que en…More
The Burial is a new Amazon Original movie and is available to stream on Amazon Prime. It is a legal drama movie based on true story. It is a story of a small family business owner's legal battles against much bigger company with monopolistic intentions. It is a story of business ethics and human dignity. Initially I wasn't eager to watch the movie because of the overall theme that revolves around making money on ine…More
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