Trailer - Sam Rockwell, Hilary Swank in 'Conviction'

The Oscar roll call that accompanies movie trailers does one of two things, and sometimes both. It can tell you much talent has been assembled for a movie, which to some people indicates there's no way the movie represented can be bad. It can also remind you of how unfair the damn Oscars are. Witness the new drama Conviction, based on actual events. The Oscar roll call includes two-time winner Hilary Swank, the never-recognized Sam Rockwell, and nominees Minnie Driver, Juliette Lewis, and Melissa Leo. Oh yeah, I forgot: Juliette Lewis has an Oscar nomination. And so does Minnie Driver. Sam Rockwell...bupkus. That's sad. The upside is he looks terrific in conviction, playing a man wrongly locked up for 18 years. So does Swank, for that matter, and at least in the trailer, her Boston accent doesn't falter or really get in the way. That's one actors tend to overdo to showcase how dedicated they are to getting the accent down.
Trailer courtesy of Trailer Spy Conviction is scheduled for a limited release in October, hopefully expanding by year's end.

Comments

[ummmmm]

dam, oscar #3?

[Get The Big Picture]

Oh, let's hope not. An actress who has only been really good in two movies surely doesn't deserve that.

[Jeremy]

I'm not proud of this, but I hadn't really recognized Sam Rockwell as the talent he is until I saw Moon, even as fantastic as he was in Galaxy Quest. However, at this point i'd happily watch just about anything with him in it. Especially a murder related drama with Boston accents (Gone Baby Gone is a favorite of mine, thanks especially to an ending very much open for discussion/debate) But did they really need to steal the soundtrack from Avatar? How does Pandora relate to Beantown?