The Firm (1993)
10/10
Dave Grusin did the score!
1 October 2021
Tom Cruise shines bright in this 1993 thriller about a Memphis law firm that hires him to work fresh out of Harvard. They pay his college debt and pay $98,000 to start. Cruise and wife Tripplehorn take their dog and move to Memphis. The music is tops. I also love the Mississippi River views and other views of Memphis. Holly Hunter grabs the spotlight when she appears for her role as secretary to the investigator who is shot. Cruise has a brother Straithern who is in jail for manslaughter. John Grisham wrote the novel on which the film is based. Seale is the cinematographer. Harris is the FBI agent.

Sydney Pollack directed. I liked the tram car scenes. The museum is interesting. There is a walkway bridge by the side of the tram car. The killer albino runs along the walkway while Cruise is in the tram car going the other way. Score is the best. The seeds of Grisham's greatness are all here in this early work.

Cruise running from the killers with Grusin score is the very best. The film made millions.
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