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	Encyclopedia: The Firm (film) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Firm is a legal thriller film released in 1993, directed by Sydney Pollack, and starring Tom Cruise, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Holly Hunter, Gary Busey, and David Strathairn.
		The Firm is a 1991 legal thriller and the second novel by John Grisham.
		They reveal that the Firm is a front for the Mafia and does all the crime family's legal work, engages in corruption, money laundering and has engaged in murder.
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	The Firm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Firm is based on the novel of the same name by John Grisham.
		She was actually a prostitute hired to "trap" Mitch while the firm's spies snapped photos that were used later in the film to flmail him.
		Mitch's curiosity is sparked and he begins to investigate the firm's client files and begins to discover that some of the firm's clients have been deliberately over billed.
	alpha.fdu.edu /~harry/F_thefirm.html (1318 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Entertainment \| Film \| Film firm rapped over Cruise ad
		Film studio Twentieth Century Fox has been rapped by watchdogs for a sending out a "menacing" voicemail advert featuring the voice of actor Tom Cruise.
		It said the people targeted would have known the film and would "be familiar with Tom Cruise's voice".
		It said consumers "would not necessarily immediately recognise the voice as being Tom Cruise's", thought the message could be seen as "menacing" and might "cause serious or widespread offence".
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/film/2751573.stm (360 words)

	‘The Firm’ (R)
		Sydney Pollack attempts the first-ever action Xerox caper in "The Firm," a techno-thriller for those who love the smell of toner in the morning.
		For the first 15/16ths of the yarn, Tom Cruise, playing a lawyer at a crooked firm, is in danger principally from paper cuts.
		The firm's security chief (grain spokesman Wilford Brimley), a mob henchman in actuality, set him up and took photos to ensure his loyalty when it seemed Mitch was looking for a way out.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/thefirmrkempley_a0a397.htm (728 words)

	DVD Times - The Firm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		When Alan Clarke's The Firm was first broadcast in 1988, it was greeted with the same kind of outrage that greeded earlier Clarke films like Scum and Made in Britain - the usual drearily predictable demands for it to be banned, accompanied by luridly sensationalised distortions of the film's content and purpose.
		The ICC firm's ringleader is Bexy (Oldman), an estate agent by day, a family man in the evening (his wife, Sue, is played by Oldman's then real-life wife Lesley Manville), and the leader of a gang of vicious thugs during the weekend, engaged in constant running battles with rival firms: football barely gets a look-in.
		True, this means that the film grain is pin-sharp as well, but this is a result of Clarke's fondness for shooting on high-speed 16mm in natural light rather than any defects in the transfer.
	www.dvdtimes.co.uk /content.php?contentid=3357 (957 words)

	Subtitles :: The Firm [1993] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		This film, though different from the book in many respects is a very good adaptation matching the book stride for stride in many respects, however the last portion of the film bares little resemblance to the book, having a totally different ending.
		It seems that the ending was adapted due to some budget or perhaps filming constraints, infact the conclusion to the film is totally differant to that of the book.
		The film is a satisfying experience, with just the right amount of suspence and edginess to keep the viewer hooked till the last moment.
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	Laramie Movie Scope: The Firm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		While the film does not fit into a single category, part of it is similar to caper films like ``Sneakers,'' only it is much better than that.
		A little of the film's edge is taken off by the fact that once it turns into a caper story, you know about how its going to come out in the end.
		The film rates an A. Click here for links to places to buy this movie in video and/or DVD format, the soundtrack, books, even used videos, games and lots of other stuff.
	www.lariat.org /AtTheMovies/old/thefirm.html (429 words)

	Variety.com - Reviews - The Firm
		Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit
		The Firm" is a smooth adaptation of John Grisham's giant bestseller that is destined to be one of the summer's strong audience pleasers.
		When Mitch begins to suspect that the firm could be responsible for the deaths of four of its employees over the years, Ray puts his brother on to private eye Eddie Lomax (Gary Busey), who is promptly murdered by two firm hitmen for sticking his nose in the wrong places.
	www.variety.com /review/VE1117900989?categoryid=31&cs=1 (810 words)

	DVD Review: The Firm
		"The Firm" has great elements to it; we certainly are presented with a cast of remarkably talented actors, but slow pacing and dull spots in director Sydney Pollack's film serve to slow down the movie too much.
		The film certainly is not lacking in great actors; Gene Hackman, Ed Harris, Wilford Brimley, Cruise and more populate the picture and give enjoyable performances, but their characters don't make for great villians.
		SOUND: This is not a terribly intense film in terms of audio, chosing to keep the score by Dave Grusin(who recently composed the score for director Pollack's "Random Hearts", as well) as the element used to commonly set the tone of the film.
	www.currentfilm.com /dvdreviews/thefirmdvd.html (567 words)

	The Firm (Widescreen) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		When a couple of associates turn up dead, Mitch begins to investigate the history of the firm; and when the FBI asks him to spy on the firm for them, Mitch realizes his life will never be the same and that, if discovered, he, his wife, and his long-lost brother will be in mortal danger.
		He then launches an investigation into the true nature of the firm and discovers that it is a front for a complex and sinister web of organized crime, that goes to very top of the firm and even includes head Oliver Lambert (Hal Holbrook).
		With the firm hot on his heels in pursuit to silence him, Cruise exposes the truth about the firm's dirty secrets that are sure to be a shocker.
	www.kloozen.com /d-967804-0792164962-The_Firm_Widescreen.html (1350 words)

	:: rogerebert.com :: The Firm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In "The Firm," a labyrinthine 153-minute film by Sydney Pollack, Tom Cruise plays Mitch McDeere, a poor boy who is ashamed of his humble origins now that he has graduated from Harvard Law fifth in his class.
		His decision is salary-driven; he sees money as security, although later in the film he is unable to say how rich he'd have to be to feel really secure.
		The parts of "The Firm" are probably better than the whole, however.
	rogerebert.suntimes.com /apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19930630/REVIEWS/306300301/1023 (868 words)

	DVD Review - The Firm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The first time I watched "The Firm" years ago, I was mesmerized by its almost hypnotic feel that weaves its way through the films latter third.
		A real-life thriller adapted from the novel by John Grisham, the film is not only one of those films that keep you on the edge of your seat for their entire running length, it is also one of those films that features images that burn themselves indelibly into the viewer’s mind.
		Perfectly underscoring the film from its most romantic to its most agitated moments, Grusin’s score is an imaginative piece of work that is never distracting and fully complements the film.
	www.dvdreview.com /fullreviews/the_firm.shtml (1054 words)

	Review: The Firm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		But the "top boy" from the Inter City crew, is intent on uniting all the rival gangs in the area into one "firm", for the forthcoming European Cup.
		Oldman's Bexy is revealed to be a complex, ballsy character who is driven by peer pressure, his own violent impulses and macho pride, into behaving like the worst kind of thug.
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	www.iofilm.co.uk /fm/f/firm_1989.shtml (324 words)

	DVD.net : The Firm - DVD Review
		Thematically, ‘The Firm’ is basically a nineties treatise on eighties greed, with the over-ridding message being ‘all that is gold does not glitter’.
		Paramount's anamorphic transfer of 'The Firm' is, in general, sharp and clean with well balanced colour.
		This is not a terribly intense film in terms of audio, and is dominated by a distinctive and original score by composer Dave Grusin.
	www.dvd.net.au /review.cgi?review_id=501 (1082 words)

	Review: The Firm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Sydney Pollack's film The Firm is the kind of movie that almost anyone could walk out on without feeling that they've missed much, regardless of whether they've read the book or not.
		The film spends quite a bit of time using short, often-disjointed scenes in an attempt to recapture the near-perfect mood of Grisham's setup.
		The film doesn't quite sink to the "unwatchable" level, but I'd think twice before spending time and money in a darkened theater with this telling of Mitch McDeere's struggles.
	movie-reviews.colossus.net /movies/f/firm.html (705 words)

	The Firm
		Pretty soon Mitch discovers that "the firm" is not exactly a great place to work, and he becomes ensnared in some nasty business that may threaten his life.
		The Firm generally looks good, and it never seems unwatchable; unfortunately, I expect a little more than that from a fairly recent, big budget movie, and this DVD doesn't live up to those expectations.
		The rears tend to bolster the film's score, and they also provide some occasional effects, but there's no indication any effort was made to create a surround mix that really involved the viewer; as such, the front speakers carry the show.
	www.dvdmg.com /firm.shtml (1364 words)

	The Firm (1988)
		This film is one of the most remarkable in film history.
		Clarke’s most successful films have been about angry and violent young men and I consider The Firm to be his final masterpiece (he died of cancer in 1990).
		As with many of Clarke’s films (including Made in Britain), this is shot chiefly on grey days in dreary English surroundings, which gives it a depressingly realistic atmosphere for 1980’s Britain.
	www.chokingonpopcorn.com /popcorn/index.php?p=527 (679 words)

	icHuddersfield - Action as ITV crew turns a firm into a film set (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Film crews, cameras, lights, trailers and food vans descended on AUS - which sells health and safety products - to film comedy The Booze Cruise 2.
		The scene being filmed at AUS featured Mark - playing the owner of QBL Shower Fittings - giving one of his most important customers a tour of the warehouse and offices.
		Filming for that scene was switched to Lytham St Annes in Lancashire, but the production team decided to keep AUS as a location.
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	Nationally known Crafton film firm meets demise after 49 years
		The Crafton-based company, with a payroll of $8 million and 240 employees, was one of the brightest stars of the Pittsburgh film industry, with customers such as Disney and Paramount and the original copy of films such as "Night of the Living Dead" stored in its air-tight vaults.
		And Napor, its longtime chief executive, was one of the leading figures in the local film scene.
		Also among those waiting to be reunited with their film is Russ Streiner, co-producer of "The Night of the Living Dead," the 1967 horror classic.
	www.postgazette.com /businessnews/20010826wrs20826bnp3.asp (2022 words)

	John Grisham - The Firm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		I saw the film before reading the book, and there are some significant differences.
		The endings, for example, are totally different, but the film at least gives the general gist of the story.
		The book is fairly good at suspense and generally getting the reader to keep reading, but the plotline was a bit basic for me. Maybe that's just because I'm twisted or something.
	johnallister.members.beeb.net /reviews/b00051.htm (96 words)

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		Film Firm Talent knows the entertainment and fashion industries.
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	The Firm (1988) (TV) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Plot Summary: This is the story of rival "Firms" of football (soccer) supporters, and how one man has a wish too team them up for the European Championships of 1988...
		I have tried without success to buy this film through friends who have visited England during the years that I have been away.
		Despite the fact I avoided football through the 'boy' years, I thought this film was fantastic, and Gary Oldman showed his talents in everything he made after it.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0095158 (233 words)

	The Firm
		This is the story of starry eyed Mitch McDeere, supposedly an idealistic young law graduate who is searching for the legal firm that will match his outsize talents.
		Mitch is bright, but not bright enough to see what is really going on in the firm of Bendini, Lambert and Locke – and we won’t tell you either (don’t you just hate it when a reviewer gives away the twist in the plot?).
		But it was not law or politics that really challenged his overactive intellect – in 1984 he started to write his first novel, and three years later "A Time To Kill" was finished.
	www.law4u.com.au /lil/book_thefirm.html (1466 words)

	Film firm challenges fluoride use in city water
		Film firm challenges fluoride use in city water
		VALPARAISO -- In May the city's water department was honored by the U.S. dental directors for helping prevent tooth decay by fluoridating the water for the past 50 years.
		A native of Indiana, the 53-year-old Foreman was mesmerized by photography in college and couldn't decide whether to be a history professor or a film producer.
	www.flouridealert.com /news/1706.html (884 words)

	The Firm Film Review - Time Out Film
		The plot has Cruise scorn the advances of the big Eastern law firms for a small 'family'-oriented outfit in Memphis, only to find rottenness at the heart and hearth of the New South.
		Adorning the film, in supporting roles, are its saving graces: Hackman's moving and dissolute consigliere/father-figure; madcap investigator Busey and floozy helpmeet Hunter; and Bell's eerily engaging white-haired psychopath.
		Kenneth Branagh is to direct a film version of the classic Mozart opera.
	www.timeout.com /film/66704.html (287 words)

	Film firm's `Oscar'win - This is York Archive - From the Evening Press
		Film firm's `Oscar'win - This is York Archive - From the Evening Press
		A Tadcaster firm has become the only video production company in Yorkshire to attain Top 50 status in the industry.
		The firm was recently commissioned by the RSPCA to do a drama reconstruction training programme.
	archive.thisisyork.co.uk /2003/7/22/262524.html (188 words)

	The Firm
		And in his new film The Firm, Cruise once again plays a hotshot lawyer who's searching for the truth.
		So Tom's this red hot Harvard Law School grad who, as the film opens, is being courted by all these prestigious law firms.
		The Firm is never boring (even at almost 2 hours and 40 minutes) but it never really sparkles either.
	members.dca.net /~dnb/reviews/firm.htm (779 words)

	channel4.com/film - The Firm
		This was Alan Clarke's final film before his death from cancer in 1990, and it follows a string of masterful British TV Film classics, including Scum and Made In Britain.
		Determined to chronicle the rise of hooliganism under Margaret Thatcher's Tory government, Clarke's film was controversial not just because of its blunt portrayal of violence, but also because it was the first commentary to portray hooligans as otherwise ordinary members of society.
		The yobs in The Firm aren't unemployed kids, they're professionals who hold down well-paid jobs and arrange their battles at business meetings in hotel function rooms.
	www.channel4.com /film/reviews/film.jsp?id=103433 (251 words)

	At-A-Glance Film Reviews: The Firm (1993)
		The Firm is the first in a parade of adaptations of John Grisham popular legal thrillers.
		It's one of the most even and skillfully made of the bunch, but it suffers from at least three major flaws, one more crippling than the other two.
		So much of the story that follows is tied to this crucial moment, but the film is not about it -- the film merely uses it as a plot device, and, as such, the whole thing falls apart.
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