The Juror

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The Juror
Movie poster for The Juror
Directed by	Brian Gibson
Produced by	Irwin Winkler
Written by	George Dawes Green (novel) Ted Tally (screenplay)
Starring	Demi Moore Alec Baldwin James Gandolfini Anne Heche Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Music by	James Newton Howard
Cinematography	Jamie Anderson
Editing by	Robert M. Reitano
Distributed by	Sony
Release date(s)	February 2, 1996
Language	English
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The Juror is a 1996 film directed by Brian Gibson and starring Demi Moore as Annie Laird, a single mother, picked for jury duty on a Mafia trial. She is forced to persuade her fellow jurors to vote "not guilty" by "the Teacher," who threatens to kill her son. When the trial is over, however, he cannot seem to let her go. The film was released on February 2, 1996.

[edit] Plot

Annie Laird (Demi Moore) is a sculptor who lives in New York, and she has a son named Oliver (Joseph Gordon-Levitt). Annie works a day job as a data-entry clerk. Oliver has a crush on Annie's friend Juliet (Ann Heche), who has a son named Jesse (Brett Barsky).

Annie is selected to be one of the jurors in the trial of mob boss Louie Boffano (Tony Lo Bianco). Louie is accused of ordering the murders of Salvador Riggio and Salvador's grandson Thomas Riggio (Joseph Perrino).

Annie soon meets a man named Mark Cordell (Alec Baldwin). After Mark buys some of Annie's artwork, he wines and dines her, and then Annie discovers that Mark is better known as "The Teacher" -- he's Louie's enforcer. Mark tells Annie to convince the jury to acquit Louie, or Oliver, Juliet, and Jesse will all die.

An extremely frightened Annie does convince the jury to acquit Louie. After the trial, Louie wonders if maybe Annie should disappear, because Louie sees Annie as a loose end. But Mark has a problem with that. He seems to have developed feelings for Annie.

At the same time, the DA is trying to convince Annie to turn state's witness so they can go after Mark, who plans to take over Louie's empire with the help of South American drug dealers.

When the DA's office has Annie wear a wire as a way to go after Mark, Annie uses the wire to her advantage to set up a meeting between Mark and Louie, in hopes that Louie will have Mark killed so Mark won't bother Annie anymore.

At the meeting, Mark ends up killing Louie and Louie's son Joseph (Michael Rispoli). Now Mark is furious at Annie for setting him up. In retaliation, Mark decides to go after Annie's friend Juliet. He picks up Julie (with whom he's been sleeping with already), and the two have sex. After Mark's finished, he asks Juliet to take some pills for him. Juliet refuses, but Mark pulls out a gun and forces her to swallow the pills one by one.

Annie hides Oliver in T'ui Cuch, Guatemala with her friend Boone (Matt Craven), and when Mark goes to Guatemala to kill Oliver, there is a showdown between Annie and Mark. A native arrives with a rifle and shoots Mark.

Annie, who has a pistol, fires six more shots, killing Mark, and ensuring Oliver's safety.