Politics in America today has not only divided the country but also families. It's been surprisingly interesting to see children hold strong opposing political beliefs to their parents'.
In the 1990s, Ron Howard and Brian Grazer of Imagine Entertainment produced another film adaptation of a John Grisham novel, The Chamber, starring Gene Hackman, Chris O'Donnell, and Faye Dunaway.
The Chamber is about a Ku Klux Klansman who is sentenced to death, and the attorney defending him is his grandson, who, ironically, does not share his political and hateful views.
Like Michael Crichton, there have been several films based on John Grisham's books, and I've featured Runaway Jury and The Rainmaker in MOVIE OF THE WEEK. It wasn't a box office success, but The Chamber is an outstanding cautionary tale about far-right extremism and, in my opinion, is in the same league as American History X and Romper Stomper. I still consider Imperium, with Daniel Radcliffe and Toni Collette, a masterpiece, but The Chamber is another exceptional film that I think should be shown in schools.
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