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Release Date:
2 June 1995 (USA) moreTagline:
In a world filled with violence... his only weapon is the truth!Plot:
J.J. is a rookie in the Sheriff's Department and the first black officer at that station. Racial tensions... more | add synopsisAwards:
1 nomination moreUser Comments:
Still relevant, still excellent more (14 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Erich Anderson | ... | Dist. Atty. Korn |
 | Richard Anderson | ... | Massey |
 | Michael Boatman | ... | Johnny 'J.J.' Johnson |
| Bernie Casey | ... | Locket |
 | Wanda De Jesus | ... | Carmen Munoz |
| Victoria Dillard | ... | Barbara |
 | Elliott Gould | ... | Greenspan |
 | Don Harvey | ... | Bono |
 | Tommy Redmond Hicks | ... | Rev. Banks (as Tommy Hicks) |
 | Ice Cube | ... | Teddy Woods |
 | Michael Ironside | ... | Baker |
| Natalia Nogulich | ... | Judge Helen Lewis |
 | Lori Petty | ... | Dep. Deborah Fields |
 | Sy Richardson | ... | Mr. Taylor |
 | M. Emmet Walsh | ... | Hal |
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109 minLanguage:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
StereoCertification:
Iceland:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #33023) | Norway:15 (video premiere) | UK:15 (video premiere)Fun Stuff
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Continuity: When the officers push Johnson down onto the desk and Baker shoves a revolver in his mouth, the gun is shown already cocked. Then in the next cut, Baker cocks the gun again. moreFAQ
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| Precursor To Training Day | xtarheelinutah |
| Rape Scene? | Hank-103 |
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I just saw _The Glass Shield_ for the first time since it was released theatrically. I'm very glad to say it hasn't gone stale with time. Despite the violent overtones, the film is a subtle and compelling parable on race, power, and sex in the US. It won't satisfy anyone with the attention span of a fruit-fly or a fetish for blood and guts, but it gets under your skin (so to speak) if you pay it the slightest bit of attention.
As a side note — this is one of the very few feature films chosen by the Whitney Museum of American Art for its biennial surveys of contemporary art (there was another film that year as well, _The Hours and Times_, also excellent).