Criminal Justice - Series Two - 2-DVD Set ( Criminal Justice II ) ( Criminal Justice 2 )

Criminal Justice - Series Two - 2-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Criminal Justice II
Alternate Title: Criminal Justice 2
Screened, competed or awarded at:
BAFTA Awards
Emmy Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
312 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 2008 and produced in:
United Kingdom ( Great Britain, Ireland )

Directed By:
Yann Demange

Written By:
Peter Moffat

Actors:
Maxine Peake ..... Juliet Miller
Bob Mercer ..... Defendant
Rupert Procter ..... Dominic Rose
Christian Roe ..... John
Zoe Telford ..... Anna Klein
Adam Deacon ..... Drug Dealer
Eddie Marsan ..... Saul
Madeleine Rakic-Platt ..... Kate Rose
Denis Lawson ..... DCI Bill Faber
Ike Hamilton ..... PC Trussler
Laura Checkley ..... PC Hawes
David MacCreedy ..... PC Brawn
Kemal Sylvester ..... Paramedic
Nadine Marshall ..... Norma Fredericks
Steven Mackintosh ..... DI Chris Sexton
Kate Hardie ..... DS Flo Sexton
Uriel Emil Pollack ..... Doctor (as Uriel Emil)
Alan Mckenna ..... Sergeant Frank Cross
Sophie Okonedo ..... Jack Woolf
Matthew Macfadyen ..... Joe Miller
Pooky Quesnel ..... Alicia Rose
Alice Sykes ..... Ella Miller

Synopsis:

Joe Miller (Matthew Macfadyen) is a barrister at the height of his professional powers. He is married to Juliet (Maxine Peake) who is fragile and isolated at home with her 13-year-old daughter Ella. When one night Juliet stabs Joe in their bed, she sets in motion a chain of events as hard and unbreakable as any the law can offer. As she travels through the criminal justice system under the constant scrutiny of police, prison officials and social services, her guilt isn't questioned, but her motives are. As the case passes through family court towards a tense and unpredictable finale in the Crown Court, the terrifying blunt force of criminal justice is felt from the moment it is called into play right through to its terrible execution.

Season 2
Season 2, Episode 1: Episode #2.1
Original Air Date-5 October 2009
Juliet Miller lives an outwardly comfortable life with her barrister husband Joe and thirteen-year-old daughter Ella. But Joe regularly subjects Juliet to sexual violence and one night she stabs him, calmly phoning the ambulance to say "He's hurt" and walking away. Police, led by DCI Faber, investigate and initially believe Ella to be the attacker until Juliet arrives at the hospital in hysterics and is arrested. Sensible DS Flo Sexton interviews her with supportive lawyer Jacqueline 'Jack' Woolf and she confesses. Jack, however, suspects that her husband has raped her.
Season 2, Episode 2: Episode #2.2
Original Air Date-6 October 2009
Remanded in prison Juliet tells Jack that she was on anti-depressants but stopped them unbeknown to her controlling husband. She is pregnant. Ella is fostered with the Roses, parents of a school friend and social worker Norma Fredericks wonders if the placement should not be long-term,due to Juliet's 'violence'. Ella visits Juliet, to be told,"I did it for you" but rejects her mother. Joe dies, making the charge murder.
Season 2, Episode 3: Episode #2.3
Original Air Date-7 October 2009
Juliet has a baby girl. Jack and colleague Alice tell her the outcome of the trial will determine whether she can keep her. Flo questions Ella with her Inspector husband Chris, whom Flo accuses of grooming Ella to be hostile to her mother. Joe's clerk Saul tells Faber Joe was a saint, but Mrs.Rose believes Juliet was dominated by him and recalls miscalled phone messages from her on the night of the stabbing. Then Juliet's cell-mate Angela kills herself.
Season 2, Episode 4: Episode #2.4
Original Air Date-8 October 2009
With the trial a week away Alice tells Jack the defence case is weak. After a visit from Ella to see the new baby, Juliet finally admits to Jack about her husband's control and abuse and says she will tell the court, for Ella's sake.Jack also hopes to use Joe's possible involvement with a drug pusher, though Chris Sexton disproves this to his own satisfaction. His wife and Faber, however, are more sympathetic to Juliet and Mrs. Rose thinks Joe was too good to be true. The trial begins and Ella convinces the jury that she worked with her father only to help her mother, who was otherwise a danger to herself. Jack, however,gets her to admit that her statement differs from things she told other people and her evidence may be confused because she has an idealized view of Joe.
Season 2, Episode 5: Episode #2.5
Original Air Date-9 October 2009
In the cells Juliet criticizes Jack for questioning Ella but starts to open up about her controlled existence. Flo Sexton's honest evidence proves that her husband lied on oath and causes a rift between them. On the stand Juliet finally admits that she was suicidal, as her husband regularly sodomized her against her wishes and that she took the knife to bed with the intention of killing herself. However, the thought of her unborn baby caused "something to snap" and she turned the knife on Joe instead. The baby's father is Dr. Rose, with whom she had a one-night stand, hence her calls to his house.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 26 February, 2010.

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