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MPAA Rating: PG-13 Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Language, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 2002 DVD Release: 08/27/2002 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English, French, Spanish Subtitles: English, Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 55 mins Studio: 20th Century Fox Total Copies: 83 Genres: Thriller, Courtroom Drama, Psychological Thriller See Also: High Crimes [Blu-ray]

Defense attorney Claire Kubik (Ashley Judd) seems to have the perfect life. She has a high profile job at a big firm, a beautiful home outside San Francisco, and a husband, Tom (James Caviezel of The Thin Red Line), who loves her. Claire's biggest problem appears to be that she wants to have a baby, and she's having trouble getting pregnant. But when the police investigate a routine break-in at her home, they uncover the truth about her husband's identity, and her life is thrown into turmoil. Claire finds out that her husband's name is actually Ron Chapman, and that he's an ex-marine accused of murdering seven innocent civilians in El Salvador during a raid in the late '80s. He admits that he was there, and that he changed his identity to escape prosecution for the crimes, but he insists that he's innocent, and that the massacre was committed by another soldier under the orders of a powerful general (Bruce Davison), who is using Ron as a patsy to cover it up. Claire is eventually convinced that Ron's telling the truth. Faced with defending her husband in an unfamiliar military courtroom, Claire enlists the aid of Charles Grimes (Morgan Freeman), an ex-Army judge advocate with an axe to grind. Stonewalled by the military bureaucracy at every turn, they uncover a web of deception and disappearing witnesses, and they soon find their own lives in danger. High Crimes was adapted from Joseph Finder's novel by the husband and wife screenwriting team of Yuri Zeltser and Cary Bickley. The film was directed by Carl Franklin (One False Move), and co-stars Amanda Peet and Adam Scott. ~ Josh Ralske, All Movie Guide

Ashley Judd - Claire Kubik
Morgan Freeman - Charles Grimes
James Caviezel - Ron Chapman alias Tom Kubik
Amanda Peet - Jackie Heller
Tom Bower - Mullins

Ashley Judd and Morgan Freeman team up for their second mystery thriller in High Crimes. The military courtroom drama arrives on DVD with its original anamorphic widescreen 2.35:1 aspect ratio. English, French, and Spanish languages are available with the Dolby Digital 5.1 audio. Both English and Spanish subtitles are included. In addition to the movie's trailer and a full-length commentary by director Carl Franklin, there are six never-before-seen featurettes. "A Military Mystery" is a conversation with author Joe Finder. "FBI Takedown in Union Square" is a behind-the-scenes look at the FBI apprehension scene in the film. "A Different Kind of Justice" is an interesting interview with an attorney who discusses the differences between military and civilian law, a lot of which is lingo. "Liar Liar" has FBI consultant Sue Doucette explaining how people can beat a polygraph test. "The Car Crash" is a fun insider look at how the film's crash scene was filmed. "Together Again" is a look at Judd and Freeman's unusual, but inarguably powerful "buddy" pairing. The half-dozen featurettes make this an entertaining and well-rounded DVD package. ~ Terri Clark, All Movie Guide