Fracture [WS] [Blu-ray]

Director: Gregory Hoblit Gregory Hoblit

Overview

A structural engineer (Anthony Hopkins) and an ambitious young district attorney (Ryan Gosling) become locked in a deadly battle of wits when the former is found innocent in the attempted murder of his wife in director Gregory Hoblit's tense tale of courtroom mind games. Ted Crawford (Hopkins) is an engineer who lives with his wife, Jennifer (Embeth Davidtz), in the couple's lavish Southern California home. One day, after carefully planning out the details to ensure that there is no way he can be convicted of murder, Ted shoots his wife in a blatant attempt to kill the woman. When head hostage negotiator Rob Nunally (Billy Burke) arrives on the scene to speak with Ted, he is shocked to find that the victim of the shooting is in fact his longtime lover. Though Jennifer survives the trauma of being shot in the head at close range, she hovers comatose between life and death as star prosecutor Willy Beachum (Gosling) reluctantly accepts the case while preparing to leave the Los Angeles criminal court system behind for a more promising career at a posh private law firm. Though the DA (David Strathairn) vehemently resents Beachum's lofty plan for departure, the hotshot young lawyer remains convinced that he can expedite the apparently open-and-shut case and be on his way to greener pastures in one week's time at the very most. Beachum's swelling ego betrays him, however, as his future boss Nikki Gardner (Rosamund Pike) begins to turn up the heat and fracture mechanics specialist Ted chooses to represent himself at the trial knowing well that a career spent spotting structural flaws in aeronautical systems has instilled him with just the kind of argumentative skills needed to riddle the swaggering young lawyer's "foolproof" case with doubt.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/16/2009
UPC:	0794043129018
Original Release:	2007
Rating:	R
Source:	New Line Home Video
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:53:00
Sales rank:	19,444

Special Features

2 Alternate endings; Additional scenes; Theatrical trailer [in high definition]

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Anthony Hopkins	Ted Crawford
Ryan Gosling	Willy Beachum
David Strathairn	Joe Lobruto
Rosamund Pike	Nikki Gardner
Embeth Davidtz	Jennifer Crawford
Billy Burke	Rob Nunally
Xander Berkeley	Giudice Moran
Joe Spano	Giudice Pincus
Fiona Shaw	Giudice Robinson
Bob Gunton	Giudice Gardner
Josh Stamberg	Norman Foster
Judith Scott	Resident
Zoe Kazan	Mona
Lou Reyes	SWAT Medic
R.J. Chambers	Bailiff
Rainy Kerwin	Wooton Sims Receptionist
Eugene Collier	Bailiff
Caroline Weinstock	Kid,Kid
Kaily Smith	Lobruto's Secretary,Actor
Julia Emelin	Russian Woman
Michael Khmourov	Russian Man
Vivica Genaux	Opera Singer
Wendy Cutler	Gladys
Cliff Curtis	Det. Flores
Larry Sullivan	Lee Gardner
Valerie Dillman	Peg Gardner
Lyle Kanouse	Messenger
Sandra Prosper	Karla
Monica Garcia	Crawford's Secretary
Tom Virtue	Attorney Apley
Gunter Simon	Oderly
Frank Torres	Orderly
Yorgo Constantine	Public Defender for the Russians
Alla Korot	Russian Translator
Jeff Enden	Detective
Carlos Cervantes	Ciro,Ciro
Petrea Burchard	Dr. Marion Kang
Garz Chan	Assistant Hotel Manager
Gonzalo Menendez	Uniform Cop
Payton Koch	Kid
Peter Breitmayer	NTSB Guy
Cooper Thornton	Public Defender
Sophie Hoblit	Kid
Mirron E. Willis	Moran's Bailiff
David Purdham	Burt Wooton
Retta	Evidence Room Cop
Jeff Danna	Composer,Composer
Cooper Koch	Kid
John Littlefield	Cop
Deborah Aquila	Actor
Tricia Wood	Actor

Technical Credits

Daniel Pyne

Glenn Gers

Gregory Hoblit	Director
Daniel Pyne	Screenwriter
Glenn Gers	Screenwriter
Charles Weinstock	Producer,Director
Trisha Wood	Casting
Jennifer Smith	Casting
Billy Burton	Stunts
Deborah Aquila	Casting
Larz Anderson	Special Effects
Toby Emmerich	Executive Producer,Producer
Liz Glotzer	Executive Producer,Producer
Hawk Koch	Executive Producer,Producer
Louise Rosner	Producer
Tom Bellfort	Sound Effects
Hector C. Gika	Sound Effects
Samuel J. Brown	Producer
Michael Disco	Producer
John Ashby	Stunts