---

type: movie
title: A Time to Kill
englishTitle: A Time to Kill
year: "1996"
dataSource: OMDbAPI
url: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0117913/
id: tt0117913
plot: In Canton, Mississippi, young lawyer Jake Brigance and his aide Harry Vonner defend black Carl Lee Hailey accused of killing two white men who raped his ten-year-old daughter Tonya, inciting violent retribution.
genres:
  - Crime
  - Drama
  - Thriller
director:
  - Joel Schumacher
writer:
  - John Grisham
  - Akiva Goldsman
studio:
  - N/A
duration: 149 min
onlineRating: 7.5
actors:
  - Matthew McConaughey
  - Sandra Bullock
  - Samuel L. Jackson
image: https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BM2U4OThhNTQtN2JmZi00OWY0LThmZjYtMzNhZmExMWM0OTNjXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyMTUzMDUzNTI3._V1_SX300.jpg
released: true
streamingServices: []
premiere: 24/07/1996
watched: true
lastWatched: "[[2024-07-28]]"
personalRating: 7.5
tags: mediaDB/tv/movie

---

Parent:: [[@Cinematheque]]

---

```dataviewjs
dv.paragraph(`> [!${dv.current().watched ? 'SUCCESS' : 'WARNING'}] ${dv.current().watched ? 'last watched on ' + dv.current().lastWatched : 'not yet watched'}`)
```

 

# `$= dv.current().title`

 

`$= dv.current().watched ? '**Rating**: ' + dv.current().personalRating + ' out of 10' : ''`

```toc
```

 

### Details

 

**Genres**:
`$= dv.current().genres.length === 0 ? ' - none' : dv.list(dv.current().genres)`

`$= !dv.current().released ? '**Not released** The movie is not yet released.' : ''`

 

```dataview
list without id
 "<table><tbody><tr><td><a class=heading>Type</a></td>"
 +
 "<td><span style='color: var(--footnote);'>" + this.type + "</span></td></tr>"
+
 "<tr><td><a class=heading>Online Rating</a></td>"
 +
 "<td><span style='color: var(--footnote);'>" + this.onlineRating + "</span></td></tr>"
 +
 "<tr><td><a class=heading>Duration</a></td>"
 +
 "<td><span style='color: var(--footnote);'>" + this.duration + "</span></td></tr>"
 +
 "<tr><td><a class=heading>Premiered</a></td>"
 +
 "<td><span style='color: var(--footnote);'>" + this.premiere + "</span></td></tr>"
 +
 "<tr><td><a class=heading>Producer</a></td>"
 +
 "<td><span style='color: var(--footnote);'>" + this.producer + "</span></td></tr></tbody></table>"
FROM "03.04 Cinematheque/A Time to Kill (1996)"
```

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### Poster

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`$= '![Image|360](' + dv.current().image + ')'`