Summary
In this thriller, Ashley Judd plays Elizabeth Parsons, who is convicted of murdering her husband and sentenced to a long stretch in prison. After Elizabeth has spent six years behind bars, it turns out that her husband is still alive: he faked his own death as part of an insurance scam, and Elizabeth is soon released. However, Elizabeth's feelings for her husband can hardly be described as warm, and she wants custody of her son. Elizabeth's parole officer (Tommy Lee Jones) wonders if she might try to make his murder a real thing after all, especially since the law states a person cannot be convicted of the same crime twice. Double Jeopardy was directed by Bruce Beresford, from a screenplay by Douglas S. Cook and David Weisberg. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Framed for murdering her husband, a woman escapes from prison & plunges into a desperate fight for justice, survival & revenge.
Additional Information
| Series | Widescreen DVD collection. |
| Subjects |
False imprisonment
-- United States
-- Drama.
Revenge -- United States -- Drama. Fugitives from justice -- United States -- Drama. Parole officers -- United States -- Drama. Double jeopardy -- United States -- Drama. Feature films. Fiction films. Detective and mystery films. Action and adventure films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |
| Publisher | Hollywood, Calif. :Paramount Home Video,1999 |
| Edition | Widescreen. |
| Contributors |
Weisberg, David.
Cool, Douglas S. Goldberg, Leonard, 1934-2019 Beresford, Bruce. Jones, Tommy Lee, 1946- Judd, Ashley. Greenwood, Bruce, 1956- Gish, Annabeth, 1973- Paramount Pictures Corporation. Paramount Home Video (Firm) |
| Participants/Performers |
Tommy Lee Jones, Ashley Judd, Bruce Greenwood, Annabeth Gish. |
| Other Contributors |
Music, Normand Corbeil ; production designer, Howard Cummings ; editor, Mark Warner ; director of photography, Peter James. |
| Audience |
Rated R; for language, a scene of sexuality, and some violence. |
| Language |
English French In English or French with optional English subtitles; closed-captioned. |
| Notes |
Title from container. Special features include: theatrical trailer; behind-the-scenes featurette. |
| System Details |
DVD; region 1; NTSC; widescreen presentation, enhanced for 16x9 TVs; Dolby Digital 5.1. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| ISBN | 9780792160199 0792160193 9780792160212 0792160215 9780792160205 0792160207 |
| Other | Classic View |