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Directed by Clint Eastwood, starring Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne, Marcia Gay Harden, Sean Penn, Tim Robbins (add more)

Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery

The "questions" section is for any random questions that occurred to you while watching this film, or anything you didn't entirely understand, and which Google or the IMDb can't help with. Submit them as a question, and hopefully someone will answer (the bold comments in brackets) - check back regularly. If the answer is wrong, or missing information, please use the "clarify answer" option. Don't feel limited - want to know what music played in a certain scene? Whether this was the first film to use a certain effect? Here's the place to ask!

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Question: Why didn't Tim Robbins tell Penn FROM THE BEGINNING that he killed a pedophile not his daughter? Penn's character was a gangster from the old days, so he would have known what to do and not to.

Answer: He was afraid to admit he'd murdered someone. And since he was innocent about the daughter he assumed the real killer would be found. He also assumed nobody would believe him, which they didn't.

Edit Answered by jhoffman100@yahoo.com

Question: Does anyone know why they changed Jimmy's last name to 'Markum' from 'Marcus' (which it is in the books)?

Answer: 9 times out of 10, a character's name is changed to avoid legal action, ie, there may be only one man in the US named Jimmy Marcus who might complain that a character is named after him.

Edit Answered by Grumpy Scot

Question: If anyone has read the book, does Jimmy get away with murdering Dave?

Answer: At the end of the book, Jimmy is still free, but Sean makes it clear that he will be watching Jimmy very closely.

Edit Answered by eileen

Question: What is the "vampire movie" that Dave is watching?

Answer: 'Vampires' 1998, directed by John Carpenter.

Edit Answered by ChiChi

Question: Can anyone tell me the name of the actor who plays Jimmy's father-in-law? He briefly turns up at the wake, and I'm reasonably sure that Jimmy addresses him as "Theo".

Answer: I'm pretty sure his name is Adam Nelson. He is credited as "Nick Savage" in the movie, which seems to make sense since he is from the Savage family. But you are right, Jimmy refers to him as "Theo".

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