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Just Mercy (2019)

PG-13 137 minutes EN Drama , Crime , History

Every generation has its hero. Meet ours.

The powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — including Walter McMillian, a man sentenced to death despite evidence proving his innocence. Bryan fights tirelessly for Walter with the system stacked against them.

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Michael B. Jordan

Bryan Stevenson

Brie Larson

Eva Ansley

Jamie Foxx

Walter McMillian

O'Shea Jackson Jr.

Anthony Ray Hinton

Rafe Spall

Tommy Champan

Rob Morgan

Herbert Richardson

Tim Blake Nelson

Ralph Myers

Rhoda Griffis

Judge Pamela Bachab

J. Alphonse Nicholson

Henry Davis

Karan Kendrick

Minnie McMillian

Hayes Mercure

Jeremy Doss

Lindsay Ayliffe

Judge Foster

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Francine Jamison-Tanchuck

Costume Design

Sharon Seymour

Production Design

Maggie Martin

Set Decoration

Joel P. West

Original Music Composer

Bryan Stevenson

Executive Producer

Mike Drake

Executive Producer

Gil Netter

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Charles D. King

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For evidence that you're never doing enough, look no further than Bryan Stevenson's book-turned-film, _Just Mercy_. Emotional and gripping, performances from Michael B. Jordan and Jamie Foxx bring to life just one story from an iconic life-long pursuit of justice.

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Production companies: Netter Productions, Outlier Society, Endeavor Content, MACRO, One Community, Participant, Warner Bros. Pictures

Production countries: United States of America

Budget: $25,000,000

Revenue: $50,401,502

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PG-13 (Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Films given this rating may contain sexual content, brief or partial nudity, some strong language and innuendo, humor, mature themes, political themes, terror and/or intense action violence. However, bloodshed is rarely present. This is the minimum rating at which drug content is present.)

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