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L'Affaire Chelsea Deardon (Legal Eagles)
est un film américain de 1986, réalisé par Ivan Reitman.
Résumé
Chelsea Deardon fille d'un grand peintre, a vu son père mourir dans un incendie qui a brûlé toutes ses toiles. 20 ans plus tard, elle retrouve le tableau que son père lui avait offert à huit ans dans la galerie Forrester. Logan, très craint des avocats, accompagne Chelsea chez l'homme qui refuse de lui redonner le tableau...
Cast
Robert Redford : Tom Logan
Debra Winger : Laura Kelly
Daryl Hannah : Chelsea Deardon
Brian Dennehy : Cavanaugh
Terence Stamp : Victor Taft
Steven Hill : Bower
David Clennon : Blanchard
John McMartin : Forrester
Roscoe Lee Browne : Juge Dawkins
Christine Baranski : Carol Freeman
Sara Botsford : Barbara
David Hart : Marchek
Peter Boyden : McHugh
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Les avis des spectateurs ImDB
Subtle in parts, lightweight and easy to Watch
Author: Bridget Tracy (indigitum) from Singapore
24 May 2004
You don't get actors like Redford and Winger anymore. The subtleties in their facial expressions, the humanness of their characters are evident in each move they make and each action. In a sense, there is no 'acting', since the storyline, the characters and the flow reach a natural confluence. The only character that makes me feel a bit uncomfortable is Daryl Hannah's Chelsea - the performance artist. Brian Dennehy is also a little underutilised, but the movie is really a swinger for both Winger and Redford who make their attraction and talent as attorneys believable.
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I've seen this movie about 5 times over the years and I never get sick of it. Though I know the plot, each time I find myself watching the actors rather than predicting the storyline. Its just great and really, so easy to watch and enjoy. There is humour, old fashioned romance, good IL' bad guys vs good guys, a bit of blood and gore and a lot of fine art thrown in. I highly recommend it!
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10 out of 13 people found the following review useful:
A fun mystery/romantic comedy
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Author: Del-Con from USA
6 August 1999
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Full of plot holes and expensive excesses, LEGAL EAGLES wouldn't be much without the genuine star power it receives from it's first class cast.Redford is very charming as the assistant D.A. whose becomes involved with defense lawyer Winger(terrific as always)to solve a case that includes arson, stolen paintings insurance fraud and even murder.The chemistry between Redford and Winger is very much like Spencer and Tracy and is very enjoyable to watch. However, Daryl Hannah steals the show as the slightly off center performance artist who is in the middle of the complex case.The film's story will not hold up under much thought and the many shots of buildings on fire will only appeal to pyros. Still, this film is fun entertainment and is a must-see if you are a fan of one of the three stars.I'd rate this a good 6 out of 10.
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10 out of 13 people found the following review useful:
Fun!
I can't help loving this movie! It's a throwback to old-school romantic comedy, with a mystery thrown in, kind of like "The Thin Man". I guess the best thing about it is Debra Winger as Laura J. Kelly, a pixieish defense lawyer who enjoys a love-hate relationship with assistant D.A. Robert Redford. A lot of people don't like this movie, but I can't understand why. It's a sweet and funny tale with sympathetic characters and a pretty good mystery. What's wrong with that?
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5 out of 6 people found the following review useful:
Great cast despite plot shortfalls!
Come on, you have to admit that this film has a good cast with Debra Winger, Robert Redford, Daryl Hannah, and others in supporting roles like Christine Baranski. I like the fact that it was shot in New York City and not on location somewhere. No offense, Toronto or Vancouver but the backdrop does a good job. Remembering a time when the twin towers was still alive and kicking downtown. I liked the combination of Winger and Redford even though they disliked each other on the set according to rumors. Daryl Hannah plays Chelsea who seeks her father's art from crooked businessmen.
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She does an adequate job and proves that she's not just a pretty face. Daryl always plays shy very well but in this case, Chelsea is not shy at all. She is a bit rebellious and a performance artist with a fascination for fire. She teams up with Winger's character and later with Redford in more ways than can be said to prove her innocence and get justice served.
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5 out of 7 people found the following review useful:
Romance And Justice
Author: bkoganbing from Buffalo, New York
12 December 2008
I really do love Legal Eagles, it's a film that hearkens back to the stuff that William Powell and Myrna Loy did at MGM. I can see a younger Tracy and Hepburn in this film as well. Robert Redford is the Jack McCoy of the New York County District Attorney's office and wouldn't you know it, Steven Hill plays the New York County DA here. Hill's thinking of hanging it up, but obviously as fans of Law and Order know, he eventually didn't. He's thinking of promoting Redford as his candidate to succeed him come the next election.
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But for budding politico Redford, his life gets real complicated when defense attorney Debra Winger and her client Darryl Hannah enter his life. Hannah is the daughter of a famed artist who was killed in a loft fire where she barely escaped from when she was about 6.Since then she's become something of a wild child.
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Hannah steals a picture from art dealer Terrence Stamp that she says is really hers. That starts a chain of events in which she's eventually accused of Stamp's murder. That same night Hannah decides she needs a little tender loving care and who better than the assistant district attorney to give it. The police bust her when she and Redford are in flagrato.
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After that Redford decides to see how the other half lives working with Debra Winger on Hannah's defense. What I liked about Legal Eagles is that it glided nicely from comedy to drama with little effort. The climax at Terrence Stamp's gallery was very well staged and Redford is being a most heroic lawyer. Also in the cast are Roscoe Lee Browne as the judge at Hannah's trial and Brian Dennehy as a most interesting investigator. It's one of Robert Redford's best films and it's got style and substance.With Redford, style is a given.
