Find Me Guilty on DVD June 27th

Posted by: DVD Maniac

Fox Home Entertainment will be releasing the recent Vin Diesel (Chronicles of Riddick, XxX, Saving Private Ryan) crime-dramedy Find Me Guilty, which also stars Ron Silver (Timecop, The Entity), Alex Rocco (Wired, The Wedding Planner), Peter Dinklage (The Station Agent, Surviving Eden), Linus Roach (The Forgotton, Beyond Borders) and Annabella Sciorra (The Hand That Rocks the Cradle, What Dreams May Come) onto DVD. The film will be presented in 1.78:1 Anamorphic Widescreen, along with an English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound audio track. Optional subtitles will also be provided. Extras will include a behind-the-scenes featurette, interviews and trailers. The disc will be available to own when it hits store shelves June 27, 2006.

"Find Me Guilty" is based on the true story of Giacomo "Jackie Dee" DiNorscio (VIN DIESEL), a member of New Jersey's notorious Lucchese crime family. Already in the midst of serving a 30-year sentence, Jackie is offered an opportunity to shorten his time by testifying against many of his closest friends. Disgusted with the legal system bureaucracy, and refusing to betray his "family," Jackie stands trial as defendant and attorney. "I'm no gangster, I'm a gagster," insists Jackie as he overcomes the complicated politics of the courtroom, and comfortably takes over the spotlight. With his outrageous sense of humor, raw determination and unconditional loyalty, Jackie never fails to surprise the judge, the jury, or his skeptical fellow defendants.

Lasting 21 months during 1987-88, the Lucchese trial became the longest in U.S. criminal history. It has continued to stand out over the years as an epic moment in courtroom history: 20 defendants, 20 defense attorneys (one for each defendant), eight jury alternates (due to the anticipated length of the trial and the fear of bribery), and unusually extensive summations (one defense lawyer's closing statement ran for five days). In fact, most of the courtroom testimony in the movie is drawn from actual trial transcripts.

Matching outrageous humor with genuine tragedy, Jackie's desperate personal journey culminates in one of the most shocking verdicts in American judicial history, so shocking that the lawyers involved in the case are still arguing about it 20 years later.

Directed by Sidney Lumet from an original screenplay by Lumet and T.J. Mancini & Robert McCrea, "Find Me Guilty" is a production of the Yari Film Group and Three Wolves Production.

DVD Features include:

  • 1.78:1 Anamorphic Widescreen Presentation
  • English Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround
  • English and Spanish Subtitles (Optional)
  • Behind the Scenes of Find Me Guilty featurette
  • Interview with Vin Diesel - Vin Diesel talks about his character, director Sydney Lumet, body/make up work, and meeting with the real Jackie DiNorscio
  • Interview with Director Sydney Lumet - Lumet talks about the film, its actors and the history of the film
  • Trailers:
    • Find Me Guilty Theatrical Trailer
    • The Boondock Saints - Unrated Special Edition

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