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Toronto, ONTARIO (January 16, 2018) – Justice has an unforgettable name in the rousing courtroom drama MARSHALL, available on Blu-ray, DVD and Digital from Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Canada February 13. Rising star Chadwick Boseman (“Black Panther” in Captain America: Civil War and the upcoming Black Panther, Get on Up) gives a winning lead performance as real-life hero Thurgood Marshall in this captivating retelling of a pivotal case in Marshall’s early legal career that paved his way to becoming America’s first African-American Supreme Court Justice. Directed by Reginald Hudlin (Boomerang, producer of Django Unchained) and featuring a top-notch ensemble cast that includes Josh Gad (Murder on the Orient Express, Beauty and the Beast), Oscar® nominee Kate Hudson (Best Supporting Actress, Almost Famous, 2000), Dan Stevens (The Man Who Invented Christmas, TV’s “Downton Abbey”) and two-time Emmy® winner Sterling K. Brown (Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series, “This is Us,” 2017; Outstanding Actor in a Limited Series, “American Crime Story,” 2016), MARSHALL is a must-own movie for fans of award-worthy acting and true-life historical tales that both entertain and inspire. 

 

Synopsis: In the year 1941, the United States teeters on the brink of entering World War II. The country’s largest civil rights organization, the NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) sends its only lawyer, thirty-two-year-old Thurgood Marshall (Boseman), to defend a black chauffeur (Brown) charged with rape and attempted murder by his socialite employer (Hudson). The trial quickly dominated headlines and became tabloid fodder. Marshall, in need of a win, engages the help of Samuel Friedman (Gad), a young Jewish lawyer with no trial experience. Marshall and Friedman struggle to expose the truth amidst the fear and prejudice, knowing that a young man’s life hangs in the balance. The trial set the groundwork for a career that would make Thurgood Marshall America’s first African-American Supreme Court Justice. MARSHALL is based upon a true story.

 

MARSHALL was written by Jacob Koskoff (Macbeth, The Marc Pease Experience) & Michael Koskoff. It was produced by Paula Wagner (Jack Reacher 1 & 2, Mission Impossible I-III), Jonathan Sanger (Vanilla Sky, The Elephant Man), and Reginald Hudlin (Burning Sands, Django Unchained). Executive producers are Lei Luo, Xu Yan, Chris Bongirne, Hunter Ryan, David Ryan, Tom Ortenberg, John Cappetta, Kevin Lamb, Lai Pan and Lili Sun.  

 

MARSHALL has a run time of approximately 118 minutes and is rated 14A.