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    Reversal of Fortune (1990)

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    In one of the most famous trials of the 1980s, European aristocrat Claus von Bülow (Jeremy Irons, who won an Oscar for his portrayal) was accused of the attempted murder of his millionairess wife Sunny (Glenn Close), whom he supposedly sent into a permanent coma with an overdose of insulin.

    This film – based on a book by von Bülow’s lawyer Alan Dershowitz (played in the film by Ron Silver) – cleverly guides us through the events leading up to the trial, using flashbacks and narration from the comatose Sunny, intercut with the two trials whose outcome has been well reported (von Bülow was found guilty at his first trial and then acquitted on appeal at the next).

    Sharply scripted by Nicholas Kazan, we get a look at how rich people with far too much time on their hands live (or, in Sunny’s case, do not).

    This isn’t a documentary of the case, but absorbing and beautifully played out drama. The film doesn’t answer the question “Did he do it?” but leaves you to draw your own conclusions.

    Martha ‘Sunny’ von Bülow died on 6 December 2008, at the age of 76. She spent the last 28 years of her life in a coma.

    Martha ‘Sunny’ von Bülow
    Glenn Close
    Claus von Bülow
    Jeremy Irons
    Alan Dershowitz
    Ron Silver
    Sarah
    Annabella Sciorra
    Maria
    Uta Hagen
    David Marriott
    Fisher Stevens
    Peter MacIntosh
    Jack Gilpin
    Andrea Reynolds
    Christine Baranski
    Elon Dershowitz
    Stephen Mailer
    Ellen
    Christine Dunford
    Minnie
    Felicity Huffman
    Raj
    Mano Singh
    Nancy
    Johann Carlo
    Dobbs
    Keith Reddin
    Chuck
    Alan Pottinger
    Curly
    Mitchell Whitfield
    Jack
    Tom Wright
    Tom Berman
    Gordon Joseph Weiss
    Ed
    Michael Lord
    Mary
    LisaGay Hamilton
    Bill
    Bill Camp
    John
    JD Cullum
    Alexander von Auersberg
    Jad Mager
    Ala von Auersberg
    Sarah Fearon
    Older Cosima
    Kristi Hundt
    Young Cosima
    Kara Emerson
    Steve Famiglietti
    Michael Wikes
    Brillhoffer
    Thomas Dorff
    Alfie von Auersberg
    Bruno Eyron
    Dr Paultees
    Redman Maxfield

    Director
    Barbet Schroeder

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