Director: David Dobkin
Writers: Screenplay By Nick Schenk and Bill Dubuque, story by David Dobkin and Nick Schenk.
Producers: Susan Downey, David Dobkin, and David Gambino,
Executive Producers: Herbert W. Gains, Robert Downey Jr., Jeff Kleeman and Bruce Berman serving as executive producers
Cast: Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga, Billy Bob Thornton, Vincent D’Onofrio, Jeremy Strong, Dax Shepard, Melissa Leo, Leighton Meester, Ken Howard, Emma Tremblay, Balthazar Getty, David Krumholtz, Sarah Lancaster, Grace Zabriskie, Denis O’Hare
From Warner Bros. Pictures and Village Roadshow Pictures comes “The Judge,†which pairs two-time Oscar nominee Robert Downey Jr. (“Chaplin,†“Tropic Thunderâ€) and Oscar winner Robert Duvall (“Tender Mercies,†“Crazy Heartâ€), starring together for the first time on the big screen. The film also stars Oscar nominee Vera Farmiga (“Up in the Air,†“The Conjuringâ€) and Oscar winner Billy Bob Thornton (“Sling Blade,†“Friday Night Lightsâ€), and is directed by David Dobkin (“Wedding Crashersâ€).
In “The Judge,†Downey stars as big city lawyer Hank Palmer, who returns to his childhood home where his estranged father, the town’s judge (Duvall), is suspected of murder. He sets out to discover the truth and along the way reconnects with the family he walked away from years before.
The film also features a stellar supporting cast, including Vincent D’Onofrio (TV’s “Law & Order: Criminal Intentâ€), Jeremy Strong (“Zero Dark Thirty,†“Lincolnâ€), Dax Shepard (TV’s “Parenthoodâ€), Oscar winner Melissa Leo (“The Fighter,†“Prisonersâ€), Leighton Meester (TV’s “Gossip Girlâ€), Ken Howard (“J. Edgar,†“Michael Claytonâ€), Emma Tremblay (“Elysiumâ€), Balthazar Getty (TV’s “Brothers & Sistersâ€), David Krumholtz (“This Is the Endâ€), Sarah Lancaster (TV’s “Chuckâ€), Grace Zabriskie (TV’s “Big Loveâ€) and Denis O’Hare (TV’s “True Bloodâ€).
“The Judge†is being produced by Susan Downey (the “Sherlock Holmes†films), David Dobkin, and David Gambino (“The Brave Oneâ€), with Herbert W. Gains, Robert Downey Jr., Jeff Kleeman and Bruce Berman serving as executive producers. The screenplay is by Nick Schenk (“Gran Torinoâ€) and Bill Dubuque, story by Dobkin & Schenk.
Dobkin’s behind the scenes creative team includes Oscar-winning director of photography Janusz Kaminski (“Saving Private Ryan,†“Lincolnâ€), production designer Mark Ricker (“The Way Way Back,†“The Helpâ€), editor Mark Livolsi (“The Blind Sideâ€) and costume designer Marlene Stewart (“Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters,†“Tropic Thunderâ€). The music is by 12-time Oscar nominee Thomas Newman (“Saving Mr. Banksâ€).
A Warner Bros. Pictures presentation, in association with Village Roadshow Pictures, a Big Kid Pictures/Team Downey production, a film by David Dobkin, “The Judge†is scheduled for release on October 10, 2014, and will be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, and in select territories by Village Roadshow Pictures.
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