Mistrial (film)

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Mistrial

Genre	Action Drama Thriller
Written by	Heywood Gould
Directed by	Heywood Gould
Starring	Bill Pullman Robert Loggia Blair Underwood
Music by	Brad Fiedel
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	Geena Davis Renny Harlin
Producers	Bart Brown Bruce Cohen Rebecca Spikings
Production locations	Montréal Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Cinematography	Paul Sarossy
Editors	Rod Dean Jon Poll
Running time	89 minutes
Production company	HBO NYC Productions
Original release
Release	November 2, 1996 (1996-11-02)

Mistrial is a 1996 American drama film written and directed by Heywood Gould and starring Bill Pullman, Jon Seda, and Robert Loggia. The film aired on HBO.

Plot

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After community activist Eddie Rios (Seda), charged with the murder of two NYPD officers, one of them his ex-wife, is found not guilty due to legal technicalities, arresting detective Steve Donohue (Pullman) takes the judge, jury, and Rios hostage, and decides to have a new trial, presenting evidence that was not previously allowed. His captain Lou Unger (Loggia) tries to convince Donohue to end his hostage taking peaceably.

Cast

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Bill Pullman as Steve Donohue
Robert Loggia as Captain Lou Unger
Jon Seda as Eddie Rios
Blair Underwood as Lieutenant C. Hodges
Casey Siemaszko as Detective Bobby Zito
Leo Burmester as Commissioner Russell Crane
Roma Maffia as Laurie Meisinger
James Rebhorn as Mayor Taylor
Christina Cox as Officer Ida Cruz
Josef Sommer as Nick Mirsky
Penny Crone as Reporter

Background

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Although the film was shot principally in Canada, the NYPD and other NYC sources were credited with assisting and advising.

Sources

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v t e Films by Heywood Gould
Written and directed	One Good Cop (1991) Trial by Jury (1994) Mistrial (1996) Double Bang (2001)
Written only	Rolling Thunder (1977) The Boys from Brazil (1978) Fort Apache, The Bronx (1981) Streets of Gold (1986) Cocktail (1988)

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