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''Marshall'' is a 2017 LawProcedural {{Biopic}} directed by Creator/ReginaldHudlin and starring Creator/ChadwickBoseman, Creator/JoshGad, Creator/SterlingKBrown, Creator/KateHudson, Creator/DanStevens, and Creator/JamesCromwell.
The movie tells the true story of a 1940 case where Joseph Spell, a Black chauffeur, is accused of raping his white employer. When the case makes national headlines, the NAACP sends their lawyer Thurgood Marshall to defend him. Upon arriving in Greenwich, Marshall is teamed up with Sam Friedman, a local attorney who has taken the case as a favor with the understanding that Marshall would be trying it in the courtroom, only for the judge to rule that only Sam is allowed to speak during the trial. Now the two of them have to work together to uncover the truth behind the case and prove their client's innocence.
The movie tells the true story of a 1940 case where Joseph Spell, a Black chauffeur, is accused of raping his white employer. When the case makes national headlines, the NAACP sends their lawyer Thurgood Marshall to defend him. Upon arriving in Greenwich, Marshall is teamed up with Sam Friedman, a local attorney who has taken the case as a favor with the understanding that Marshall would be trying it in the courtroom, only for the judge to rule that only Sam is allowed to speak during the trial. Now the two of them have to work together to uncover the truth behind the case and prove their client's innocence.
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''Marshall'' is a 2017 American LawProcedural {{Biopic}} directed by Creator/ReginaldHudlin and starring Creator/ChadwickBoseman, Creator/JoshGad, Creator/SterlingKBrown, Creator/KateHudson, Creator/DanStevens, and Creator/JamesCromwell.
The movie tells the true story of a1940 1941 Connecticut court case where in which Joseph Spell, Spell (Brown), a Black chauffeur, is accused of raping his white employer. employer (Hudson). When the case makes national headlines, the NAACP sends their lawyer Thurgood Marshall (Boseman) to defend him. Upon arriving in Greenwich, Marshall is teamed up with Sam Friedman, Friedman (Gad), a local attorney who has taken the case as a favor with the understanding that Marshall would be trying it in the courtroom, only for the judge to rule that only Sam is allowed to speak during the trial. Now the two of them have to work together to uncover the truth behind the case and prove their client's innocence.innocence.
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* CourtroomAntics: At one point, Marshall gags Friedman so they can demonstrate that Strubing would have been able to scream for help according to her own story. Marshall also takes this opportunity to [[LoopholeAbuse question Strubing himself since Friedman is gagged]], which the Judge quickly stops.
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* UnconventionalCourtroomTactics: At one point, Marshall gags Friedman so they can demonstrate that Strubing would have been able to scream for help according to her own story. Marshall also takes this opportunity to [[LoopholeAbuse question Strubing himself since Friedman is gagged]], which the Judge quickly stops.
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* OmnidisciplinaryLawyer: Played with. Friedman is an insurance lawyer by trade with no real experience in criminal cases. He doesn't have any intention of staying on the case after submitting Marshall to the court, and only remains after the judge rules Marshall can consult but is not allowed to speak in the courtroom. Friedman is notably clumsy early in the trial as as a result of his inexperience in criminal law. However, after intense coaching by Thurgood, Sam gradually becomes far more comfortable, confident and adept in defending his client. He later becomes an extremely noteworthy advocate for civil rights in the state of Connecticut.
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* OmnidisciplinaryLawyer: Played with. Friedman is an insurance lawyer by trade with no real experience in criminal cases. He doesn't have any intention of staying on the case after submitting Marshall to the court, and only remains after the judge rules Marshall can consult but is not allowed to speak in the courtroom. Friedman is notably clumsy early in the trial as as a result of his inexperience in criminal law. However, after intense coaching by Thurgood, and a healthy dose of cramming several books on the matter, Sam gradually becomes far more comfortable, confident and adept in defending his client. He later becomes an extremely noteworthy advocate for civil rights in the state of Connecticut.
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* TheCameo: Creator/JussieSmollett appears in one scene as poet and RealLife friend of Thurgood Marshall, Langston Hughes.
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** Creator/JussieSmollett appears in one scene as poet and RealLife friend of Thurgood Marshall, LangstonHughes.Hughes.
** The final scene features cameos from Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton, parents of Travyon Martin, as well as Civil Rights Attorney Benjamin Crump.
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** The final scene features cameos from Tracy Martin and Sybrina Fulton, parents of Travyon Martin, as well as Civil Rights Attorney Benjamin Crump.
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* IllTakeThatAsACompliment: When one of the prosecutors snidely tells Friedman "You sound just like the Negro", Friedman thanks him and tells him "That's the nicest compliment you could ever give me."
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* IllTakeThatAsACompliment: When one of the prosecutors snidely tells Friedman "You sound just like the Negro", Negro (Thurgood)", Friedman thanks him and tells him "That's the nicest compliment you could ever give me."
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The movie tells the true story of a 1940 case when Joseph Spell, a Black chauffeur, was accused of raping his white employer. When the case makes national headlines, the NAACP sends their lawyer Thurgood Marshall to defend him. Upon arriving in Greenwich, Marshall is teamed up with Sam Friedman, a local attorney who has taken the case as a favor with the understanding that Marshall would be trying it in the courtroom, only for the judge to rule that only Sam is allowed to speak during the trial. Now the two of them have to work together to uncover the truth behind the case and prove their client's innocence.
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The movie tells the true story of a 1940 case when where Joseph Spell, a Black chauffeur, was is accused of raping his white employer. When the case makes national headlines, the NAACP sends their lawyer Thurgood Marshall to defend him. Upon arriving in Greenwich, Marshall is teamed up with Sam Friedman, a local attorney who has taken the case as a favor with the understanding that Marshall would be trying it in the courtroom, only for the judge to rule that only Sam is allowed to speak during the trial. Now the two of them have to work together to uncover the truth behind the case and prove their client's innocence.
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* BadassBystander: The bartender at the bar where Marshall drinks, who pulls a shotgun out when some racist white men try to start a brawl with him.
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* BadassBystander: The bartender at the bar where Marshall drinks, who pulls a shotgun out when some racist white men try to start a brawl with him.
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* TheJudge: Creator/JamesCromwell as Judge Foster, who clearly doesn't think much of Thurgood Marshall being there but beyond ruling that only Friedman can speak on Spell's behalf doesn't interfere very much with the defense.
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* BaitAndSwitch: While in the restroom of his synagogue, Friedman is asked by someone about the case. Friedman, cautious because he's afraid of what defending a black man accused of raping a white woman would make him look like, confirms he's part of the defense. The man who asked him then gives him some money to help pay for the defense.
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* BaitAndSwitch: While in the restroom of his synagogue, Friedman is asked by someone about the case. Friedman, cautious because he's afraid of what defending a black man accused of raping a white woman would make him look like, confirms he's part of the defense. The man who asked him then gives comments his father would be proud and slips him some money a 15 dollar bill to help pay for with the defense.defence.
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* [[SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer Lady-Not-Appearing-In-This-Trailer]]: By a show of hands, how many people knew that Creator/KateHudson was in this film before actually watching it?
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* BaitAndSwitch: While in the restroom of his synagogue, Friedman is asked by someone about the case. Friedman, cautious because he's afraid of what defending a black man accused of raping a white woman would make him look like, confirms he's part of the defense. The man who asked him then gives him some money to help pay for the defense.
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* OmnidisciplinaryLawyer: Played with. Friedman is an insurance lawyer by trade with no real experience in criminal cases. He doesn't have any intention of staying on the case after submitting Marshall to the court, and only remains after the judge rules Marshall can consult but is not allowed to speak in the courtroom. Friedman is notably clumsy early in the trial as as a result of his inexperience in criminal law.
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* OmnidisciplinaryLawyer: Played with. Friedman is an insurance lawyer by trade with no real experience in criminal cases. He doesn't have any intention of staying on the case after submitting Marshall to the court, and only remains after the judge rules Marshall can consult but is not allowed to speak in the courtroom. Friedman is notably clumsy early in the trial as as a result of his inexperience in criminal law. However, after intense coaching by Thurgood, Sam gradually becomes far more comfortable, confident and adept in defending his client. He later becomes an extremely noteworthy advocate for civil rights in the state of Connecticut.
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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Friedman and Marshall are beaten by two separate groups of local bigots after taking on the case.
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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Friedman and Marshall are beaten by two separate groups of local bigots after taking on the case. Thurgood, however, fares much better in his scenario, thanks to better odds, his superior fighting skills and experience in such matters, and the timely intervention of a shotgun wielding bartender.
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* YiddishAsASecondLanguage: Friedman is Jewish, and sometimes speaks to his family in Hebrew.
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* YiddishAsASecondLanguage: Friedman is Jewish, and sometimes speaks to his family in Hebrew.Hebrew.
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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Friedman is beaten by a group of local bigots after taking on the case.
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* RashomonStyle: In Eleanor Strubings version of events, Spell attacked her, then threw her off of a bridge. In Spell's version, they had consensual sex and she jumped from the bridge out of fear of being found out.
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'''Marshall''' is a 2017 LawProcedural {{Biopic}} directed by Reginald Hudlin Creator/ReginaldHudlin and starring Creator/ChadwickBoseman, Creator/JoshGad, Creator/SterlingKBrown, Creator/KateHudson, Creator/DanStevens, and Creator/JamesCromwell.
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'''Marshall''' is a 2017 LawProcedural {{Biopic}} directed by Reginald Hudlin and starring Creator/ChadwickBoseman, Creator/JoshGad, Creator/SterlingKBrown, Creator/KateHudson, Creator/DanStevens, and Creator/JamesCromwell.
The movie tells the true story of a 1940 case when Joseph Spell, a Black chauffeur, was accused of raping his white employer. When the case makes national headlines, the NAACP sends their lawyer Thurgood Marshall to defend him. Upon arriving in Greenwich, Marshall is teamed up with Sam Friedman, a local attorney who has taken the case as a favor with the understanding that Marshall would be trying it in the courtroom, only for the judge to rule that only Sam is allowed to speak during the trial. Now the two of them have to work together to uncover the truth behind the case and prove their client's innocence.
!!Tropes Associated with Marshall Include:
* AndTheAdventureContinues: Marshall is sent to take another case in Mississippi before the verdict of the Spell case is read.
* BadassBookworm: Marshall carries his law library with him in suitcases and is also capable of handling himself in a fight.
* BadassBystander: the bartender at the bar where Marshall drinks, who pulls a shotgun out when some racist white men try to start a brawl with him.
* TheCameo: Creator/JussieSmollett appears in one scene as poet and RealLife friend of Thurgood Marshall, Langston Hughes.
* CourtroomAntics: At one point, Marshall gags Friedman so they can demonstrate that Strubing would have been able to scream for help according to her own story. Marshall also takes this opportunity to [[LoopholeAbuse question Strubing himself since Friedman is gagged]], which the Judge quickly stops.
* CrusadingLawyer: Thurgood Marshall, naturally.
* TheJudge: Creator/JamesCromwell as Judge Foster, who clearly doesn't think much of Thurgood Marshall being there but beyond ruling that only Friedman can speak on Spell's behalf doesn't interfere very much with the defense.
* MononymousBiopicTitle
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Friedman is beaten by a group of local bigots after taking on the case.
* OmnidisciplinaryLawyer: Played with. Friedman is an insurance lawyer by trade with no real experience in criminal cases. He doesn't have any intention of staying on the case after submitting Marshall to the court, and only remains after the judge rules Marshall can consult but is not allowed to speak in the courtroom. Friedman is notably clumsy early in the trial as as a result of his inexperience in criminal law.
* SmugSnake: Loren Willis, the prosecutor, is condescending, racist, and is even heard talking about [[ValuesDissonance letting the Nazis and the Communists finish each other off in Europe.]]
* WhiteGalOnBlackGuyDrama: [[spoiler: Spell in fact had a consensual sexual relationship with Eleanor Strubing, and her fear over this being discovered is what drives her to accuse him of rape.]]
* YiddishAsASecondLanguage: Friedman is Jewish, and sometimes speaks to his family in Hebrew.
'''Marshall''' is a 2017 LawProcedural {{Biopic}} directed by Reginald Hudlin and starring Creator/ChadwickBoseman, Creator/JoshGad, Creator/SterlingKBrown, Creator/KateHudson, Creator/DanStevens, and Creator/JamesCromwell.
The movie tells the true story of a 1940 case when Joseph Spell, a Black chauffeur, was accused of raping his white employer. When the case makes national headlines, the NAACP sends their lawyer Thurgood Marshall to defend him. Upon arriving in Greenwich, Marshall is teamed up with Sam Friedman, a local attorney who has taken the case as a favor with the understanding that Marshall would be trying it in the courtroom, only for the judge to rule that only Sam is allowed to speak during the trial. Now the two of them have to work together to uncover the truth behind the case and prove their client's innocence.
!!Tropes Associated with Marshall Include:
* AndTheAdventureContinues: Marshall is sent to take another case in Mississippi before the verdict of the Spell case is read.
* BadassBookworm: Marshall carries his law library with him in suitcases and is also capable of handling himself in a fight.
* BadassBystander: the bartender at the bar where Marshall drinks, who pulls a shotgun out when some racist white men try to start a brawl with him.
* TheCameo: Creator/JussieSmollett appears in one scene as poet and RealLife friend of Thurgood Marshall, Langston Hughes.
* CourtroomAntics: At one point, Marshall gags Friedman so they can demonstrate that Strubing would have been able to scream for help according to her own story. Marshall also takes this opportunity to [[LoopholeAbuse question Strubing himself since Friedman is gagged]], which the Judge quickly stops.
* CrusadingLawyer: Thurgood Marshall, naturally.
* TheJudge: Creator/JamesCromwell as Judge Foster, who clearly doesn't think much of Thurgood Marshall being there but beyond ruling that only Friedman can speak on Spell's behalf doesn't interfere very much with the defense.
* MononymousBiopicTitle
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Friedman is beaten by a group of local bigots after taking on the case.
* OmnidisciplinaryLawyer: Played with. Friedman is an insurance lawyer by trade with no real experience in criminal cases. He doesn't have any intention of staying on the case after submitting Marshall to the court, and only remains after the judge rules Marshall can consult but is not allowed to speak in the courtroom. Friedman is notably clumsy early in the trial as as a result of his inexperience in criminal law.
* SmugSnake: Loren Willis, the prosecutor, is condescending, racist, and is even heard talking about [[ValuesDissonance letting the Nazis and the Communists finish each other off in Europe.]]
* WhiteGalOnBlackGuyDrama: [[spoiler: Spell in fact had a consensual sexual relationship with Eleanor Strubing, and her fear over this being discovered is what drives her to accuse him of rape.]]
* YiddishAsASecondLanguage: Friedman is Jewish, and sometimes speaks to his family in Hebrew.
