Music Box1989

Director
Costa-Gavras

Acters

Jessica Lange (Ann Talbot)
Armin Mueller-Stahl (Mike Laszlo)
Frederic Forrest (Jack Burke)
Donald Moffat (Harry Talbot)
Lukas Haas (Mikey Talbot)
Cheryl Lynn Bruce (Georgine Wheeler)

As a lawyer all she wanted was the truth. As a daughter all she wanted was his innocence.
Jessica Lange plays an attorney whose affable Hungarian-immigrant father Armin Mueller-Stahl is arrested. He is threatened with deportation for lying about his activities during World War II; part of the charge is that Mueller-Stahl was a Nazi collaborationist, guilty of wartime atrocities. Absolutely convinced that her father is being railroaded by a revenge-seeking Hungarian communist government, Lange handles Mueller-Stahl’s defense, expertly blowing huge holes in prosecuting attorney Frederic Forrest’s case. But in doing her own research, Lange discovers that her father has spent a lifetime paying off a blackmailer. Why?
“The script by Hollywood’s controversial writer Joe Eszterhas (Basic Instinct) is strictly edge of the seat material.” – Internet Reviews
“An effective courtroom drama which returned Gavras to critical and commercial favour, ‘Music Box’ gets by on the strength of some very committed performances.” – BBC
“Intelligent piece of film-making which offers a purely character-driven story and packs a powerful emotional punch.” – Eye For Film