Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #9821 in DVD
• Released on: 2001-04-02
• Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over
• Aspect ratio: 1.78:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Anamorphic, Dubbed, PAL, Widescreen
• Original language: English
• Subtitled in: Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
• Dubbed in: French, German, Italian, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 104 minutes

Amazon.co.uk Review
Jagged Edge was one of a series of entertaining if porous thrillers crafted by screenwriter Joe Eszterhas before he wrote the ridiculous Showgirls. This 1985 movie is a taut mystery about an attorney (Glenn Close) who defends a newspaper publisher (Jeff Bridges) accused of murder. The fact that Close's character falls for him is more convenient than plausible, but it is a necessary emotional bridge for Eszterhas and director Richard Marquand (Eye of the Needle) to build toward a powerful finale. Scary, fun as courtroom dramas go, the film is well serviced by the two lead stars and has impressive support from co-star Peter Coyote and especially from Robert Loggia, who plays Close's cop buddy. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

Special Features
1.85 Wide Screen
16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen
DVD 5
French\German\Italian\Spanish
English
Region 2
Dolby Digital Surround English\Dolby Digital Mono French Italian Spanish
Dolby Digital Surround
Dolby Digital Mono
Interactive Menus
Filmographies
Arabic\Bulgarian\Czech\Danish\Dutch\English\Finnish\French\German\Greek\Hebrew\Hindi\Hungarian\Icelandic\Italian\Norwegian\Polish\Portuguese\Spanish\Swedish\Turkish

Synopsis
After a wealthy socialite is found brutally murdered, her manipulative husband becomes the prime suspect. An attractive attorney takes his case, and their relationship quickly evolves into what on the surface appears to be mutual love. Academy Award Nominations: Best Supporting Actor--Robert Loggia.

Customer Reviews

Lots Of Edge
I recently bought Jagged Edge as it never seems to appear on television and I remembered really liking it. The DVD is short of extras you have to make do with a scene select and talent gallery but you can live with that.
As for the film itself both Glenn Close and Jeff Bridges are superb. If you are unfamiliar with the story Bridges is charged with the murder of his wealthy wife. He is a newspaper editor with political aspirations as has his nemesis the District Attorney played by the excellent Peter Coyotte. The latters bitterness gives the plot some real energy. Glenn Close agrees to defend him. Thats as much as you need to know. The plot has numerous red herrings and the courtroom scenes are brilliant. The story is by Joe "Basic Instinct" Esterhas and there are distinguishable elements of the former throughout. Well worth watching.

a thrilling mystery courtroom crime drama
this is a very good film if you enjoy mystery crime drama with guessing courtroom scenes packed with all kinds of suspects and evidence. the acting is very original with suspense in scenes where sometimes you are unsure to beleive whats been shown. anyhow this is a film for those are like films with no special effects where everthing sets in place naturally...

He is *not* a psychopath! He is a *iceman.* He is a *monster.
I am not a great fan of who whodunits as sometimes the story becomes so complicated that you don't care who did it in any event.

This was a slick performance however by the scriptwriter, Glenn Close and Jeff Bridges.

It starts with the murder then we have the love story between the accused and the lawyer. The story becomes more complicated and tense.

She court scenes are good as US court dramas have plenty of sustaineds, overruleds and approaching the bench which we have grown to love from LA law.

The evidence and witnesses are torn to pieces. YOu must remmeber when you are in court to stick to your evidence and never ever admit the possiblity that your evidence is wrong.

You must remember when you are in the box that the minute you admit the thought put forward by counsel is a possiblity then the evidence all goes down the drain.

We have not evidence to believe that the accused did it but he had the motive, opportunity etc. The story hots up and we still do not know who did it even after the verdict has been returned.

Then the finale has the reveal and even up to that point it could have one of two people.

It is good, tense dramatic stuff and keeps you on the edge of your seat.

When you think about the ending it is all a bit implausible but the job of the scriptwriter is for you to suspend belief.

Worthy of a look and maybe a second look when you know the answer to see where all the clues were.

Joe Eszterhas was a very highly paid script writer in his time so he knows his stuff and Basic Instinct was a very popular film which every one used to talk about because of the one infamous scene. Very clever, very watchable.