The Firm
Power can be murder to resist.
Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law.About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse.Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the more sinister side of his company.
- Director
- Sydney Pollack
- Signature
- Drama · Tension · Craft
- Worldwide
- $270M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
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Movie DNA
How The Firm actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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Mitch McDeere is a young man with a promising future in Law. About to sit his Bar exam, he is approached by 'The Firm' and made an offer he doesn't refuse. Seduced by the money and gifts showered on him, he is totally oblivious to the more sinister side of his company. Then, two Associates are murdered. The FBI contact him, asking him for information and suddenly his life is ruined. He has a choice - work with the FBI, or stay with the Firm. Either way he will lose his life as he knows it. Mitch figures the only way out is to follow his own plan...
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
The Firm appears in 1 Nutevio collection. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Courtroom Dramas Ranked #35
Placed at #35 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The record
Awards
0 wins · 2 nominations
Academy Awards
No wins yet · 2 nominations
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Original Score
- WinnerAcademy Award for Best Supporting Actress
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Firm returned 6.4× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $42M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $270M
- Release date
- Jun 30, 1993
- Runtime
- 2h 34m
- MPAA rating
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- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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