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Marshall

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Directed by Reginald Hudlin
Produced by Reginald Hudlin, Paula Wagner, and Jonathan Sanger
Written by Jacob Koskoff and Michael Koskoff
With: Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad, Kate Hudson, Sterling K. Brown, Dan Stevens, James Cromwell, Keesha Sharp, Roger Guenveur Smith, Derrick Baskin, Barrett Doss, Zanete Shadwick, John Magaro, Ahna O'Reilly, Jussie Smollett, and Rozonda 'Chilli' Thomas
Cinematography: Newton Thomas Sigel
Editing: Tom McArdle
Music: Marcus Miller
Runtime: 118 min
Release Date: 13 October 2017
Aspect Ratio: 2.20 : 1
Color: Color
Twitter Capsule:
Not a Thurgood Marshall biopic but a courtroom drama about one of his early cases. Fine on those terms, despite the typical blemish-free, sweat-free, bad period docudrama trappings, but would this African American titan want his life summed up in a generic, white-feel-good narrative?