Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (2009)
Directed by Peter Hyams · Cinematography by Peter Hyams
PG-13106 min197 frames
Thriller
Why would a man frame himself... for murder?
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What is Beyond a Reasonable Doubt about?
Remake of a 1956 Fritz Lang film in which a novelist's investigation of a dirty district attorney leads to a setup within the courtroom.
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt is a 2009 American crime thriller film written, shot, and directed by Peter Hyams, starring Michael Douglas, Jesse Metcalfe and Amber Tamblyn. Based on Fritz Lang's 1956 film of the same name, it was Hyams' second reimagining of an RKO property after 1990's Narrow Margin. In it, a young journalist (Metcalfe) sets himself up as a murderer to expose the unethical practices of a star prosecutor with a trumped-up conviction record (Douglas), but finds himself unable to produce the evidence he had prepared to restore his innocence.
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What does the cinematography of Beyond a Reasonable Doubt look like?
Sampled across 195 frames, the coverage of Beyond a Reasonable Doubt leans heavily on medium shots (67% of the sample). Cinematographer Peter Hyams keeps 46% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Anamorphic glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 78% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
What is the color palette of Beyond a Reasonable Doubt?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (2009) are #31302f, #131313, #534f4c, #d5d2cd, #f5f5f5, #908d89 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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