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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Language, Sexual Situations Movie Release: 1999 DVD Release: 02/22/2000 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV Audio Tracks: English, French Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 45 mins Studio: Paramount Total Copies: 108 Genres: Thriller, Action Thriller, Chase Movie See Also: Double Jeopardy

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, All Movie Guide

Tommy Lee Jones - Travis Lehman
Ashley Judd - Elizabeth "Libby" Parsons
Bruce Greenwood - Nick Parsons
Annabeth Gish - Angie
Roma Maffia - Margaret Skolowski

Although it performed adequately at the box office, many critics saw Double Jeopardy as too formulaic and derivative (particularly of The Fugitive). Perhaps rather like the film itself, Paramount's DVD is adequate but nothing more. As one would expect for a recent film, the presentation of the main feature is excellent. Director Bruce Beresford certainly uses attractive locations in the film, and New Orleans is rendered very nicely in anamorphic. The Dolby 5.1 audio track is also very good, if not outstanding. There are some special features on this DVD but only very basic ones. The original theatrical trailer is included, although since that gives away too much of the plot, a first-time viewer is probably better advised to skip it. There is also a behind-the-scenes featurette, but it runs to only around 12 minutes and includes all-too-brief interview snippets with Beresford, Ashley Judd, and Tommy Lee Jones. Double Jeopardy is generally seen as only an average thriller, and this competent but unspectacular disc will probably neither improve nor damage that assessment. ~ Patrick Lee, All Movie Guide