The Trial of Bernhard Goetz (1988)

Genres - Drama  |   Sub-Genres - Courtroom Drama, Docudrama  |   Run Time - 135 min.  |   Countries - United States  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Sandra Brennan

This docudrama reenacts the famous 1987 trial of New York vigilante Bernhard Goetz who was tried for shooting four young African-American men on a subway train. Though the trial is enacted by actors, the dialogue was taken verbatim from the actual court transcripts.

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courtroom, killing, rampage, re-enactment, revenge, transcript, trial [courtroom]