Roman J. Israel, Esq.

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Roman J. Israel, Esq. is a 2017 legal drama film starring Denzel Washington as an idealistic, socially awkward defense attorney confronting moral and systemic injustices in the Los Angeles legal system.

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instanceOf film
legal drama film
boxOfficeGrossWorldwideUSD 13000000
budgetUSD 22000000
characterTraitOfProtagonist idealistic
socially awkward
cinematographyBy Robert Elswit
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Dan Gilroy
distributedBy Sony Pictures Releasing
distributorRegion North America
editedBy John Gilroy
festivalSection Toronto International Film Festival
surface form: Special Presentations at Toronto International Film Festival
filmingLocation Los Angeles
genre drama film
legal drama film
hasPosterTagline “All rise.”
leadActorAwardNomination Academy Award for Best Actor
leadActorAwardNominee Denzel Washington
mainCharacter Roman J. Israel
mainCharacterOccupation defense attorney
mainCharacterPortrayedBy Denzel Washington
mpaaRating PG-13
musicBy James Newton Howard
narrativeFocus moral dilemmas in the legal system
systemic injustice in the Los Angeles legal system
originalLanguage English
portraysTheme personal integrity versus compromise
social justice activism
premiereEvent Toronto International Film Festival
producer Brian Oliver
Dan Gilroy
Jennifer Fox
Todd Black
productionCompany Bron Creative
Columbia Pictures
Cross Creek Pictures
Macro Media
releaseDate 2017-09-09
releaseYear 2017
runtimeMinutes 122
screenplayType original screenplay
setInLocation Los Angeles
starring Carmen Ejogo
Colin Farrell
Denzel Washington
theatricalReleaseDateUS 2017-11-17
writer Dan Gilroy

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Denzel Washington notableWork Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Jennifer Fox notableWork Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Dan Gilroy notableWork Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Dan Gilroy directed Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Dan Gilroy wrote Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Todd Black notableWork Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Bron Studios notableWork Roman J. Israel, Esq.
Amanda Warren notableWork Roman J. Israel, Esq.