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Show Pacino Star A1 The Salt I dk 1 Ihtohei illume luesij.iv II 107') And Justice For All Fails to Explain Flaws in the Legal System By Gene Siskel Chicago Tribune You probably have seen the TV ads for And Justice for All The words in the title are formed by white plaster blocks and are quickly smashed by a huge gavel Get it? Our criminal justice system is a . . bust Those heavy-hande- d ads approximate the ponderous tine of the film, a failure by director Norman Jewison and lead actor A1 Pacino, Jewison hasnt made a good film since Fiddler on the Roof (19701, so his failure is not particularly But surprising. Justice is the second bomb in a row (after "Bobby Deerfield") for the previously remarkable Pacino. What has ? happened to his After making the "Godfather" films and why Serpico, couldn't Pacino have smelled this one And Justice for All" tells the strident, moralizing story of an parnest, honest public defender (Pacino) who serves as our guide through the corrupt court . system of a American city imore, Agnew. they knows is guilty Balthome of Spiro (Well, at least Well, as we all know, the answer to that is yes. And Justice for but " All" debates the point the right picked town typical Pai ino is obligated to defend the judge even though he hates the man and even though he sus pects the judge may be guilty The trial that concludes the film trades on that old, old legal potboiler. Is a lawyer obligated to defend a man he . ) Jailed In turn we meet a hint k male transvestite sent to jail when he should receive psychiatric counseling, a white male who gets locked up and raped after failing to produce his drivers license, and a corrupt judge (John Forsythe) accused of rape, d who hires Pacino to him. . cracks up at the horrors of the legal system and spends a full thiee mi nutes of screen tone breaking dishes in a courthouse hall Like the scene, most everything about this picture is overdone Every trial is a fra'.d Every plea is bargained Every innocent party winds up a victim of a brutal jail system that makes the Turkish anyway Suicidal Judge On the way to the trial we also meet a suicidal judge (Jack Warden) who likes to fly his helicopter on empty; Pacinos senile father (Lee Stras-bergwho pops up every 25 minutes as comic and tragic relief; and another public defender, who Midnight Ex seem like a in jails pros" m i n i m u m se c u r - 1 facility Feel Superior And Justice for All" is one of those movies with writers and a director who obviously feel superior to the audi ence. They want to tell us about a wrong they see in Society, and they want to impress us with their . (B6ffi25CSmCH3n society, and they want to impress us with their insight Wo re supposed to walk out of the theater and thereby entertained The same was true of movie reduces heartbreaking judicial problems to comic-boocomplexity In fact, the film spends more time on its characters, going nuts in reaction to the flaws in the legal system than is spends on explaining those flaws As for Pacino, he repeats himself throughout the movie He explodes once every reel, and I director Jewisons "Rollerball," which lectured about multinational corporations But both movies reWe state the obvious read daily about justice delayed and denied. We are all very familiar with M&raMBiWaifii 7 Wort 'PH1:15. 3:20, 5:25, 7:30 8.9:35 sOuHf Coi M 278-471- 1 6 00. ), 7 45. 9 30 NAntKU LAEfFOONV Th Most Mjpvarr V i E Is-- AMlt CINUR Y -- I -' run dim AM Radio Needed 7 JU 8. 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