The Burial
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00:00 (intro music)
00:06 What's up? Welcome to the All Media Channel.
00:09 Jamie Foxx has, thankfully, come out of the other side of his health scare,
00:14 and now the actor is back in action in The Burial,
00:17 a new Amazon movie coming to the streaming service next month.
00:21 Directed by Maggie Betts, director of the 2017 film Novitiate,
00:26 and the screenplay by Betts and Doug Wright,
00:29 The Burial is based on the true story of a 1995 lawsuit.
00:34 Foxx stars as the smooth-talking personal injury lawyer,
00:38 while Tommy Lee Jones stars as his embittered, disgruntled client.
00:43 Also starring Jurnee Smollett, Mamoudou Athie, and Bill Camp,
00:47 The Burial promises all the ups and downs of a riveting courtroom drama.
00:52 The film is set to premiere at the 2023 Toronto Film Festival this weekend
00:57 before it heads to Amazon Prime next month.
01:00 Here's everything we know about The Burial movie,
01:03 including the burial plot, the burial release date,
01:06 and where to watch The Burial online.
01:09 The Burial is based on the true story of an American lawyer named Willie E. Gary,
01:14 played by Jamie Foxx, and his client, Jeremiah Joseph O'Keefe,
01:18 played by Tommy Lee Jones.
01:21 In 1995, O'Keefe was a struggling funeral homeowner in Florida
01:26 who sued a funeral company, the Lowan Funeral Company, over a breach of contract.
01:32 Gary won the case for his client, and O'Keefe was awarded $500 million in punitive damages.
01:39 The script for The Burial was adapted from the 1999 New Yorker article of the same name by Jonathan Haar.
01:47 The Lowan Funeral Company filed for bankruptcy after the case,
01:51 and it became a landmark lawsuit case.
01:54 This one's for the legal nerds.
01:56 The Burial will be released in select theaters on Friday, October 6th,
02:01 and will be released on streaming on Amazon Prime one week later on Friday, October 13th.
02:08 Beginning on Friday, October 13th, you will be able to watch The Burial online streaming on Amazon Prime.
02:16 The movie will be free to anyone with an Amazon Prime subscription.
02:20 If you don't have an Amazon Prime subscription, you will either need to borrow a login from a friend,
02:26 or you can see if The Burial is playing at a theater near you beginning on October 6th.
02:31 In the meantime, you can check out the trailer for The Burial right here.
02:36 Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, how y'all doing?
02:41 For all y'all that don't know who I am, my name is Willie Gary.
02:44 Willie Gary.
02:45 William Gary.
02:46 Never heard of him.
02:47 What's so special about this guy anyway?
02:51 Litigation is war. It's a battle. Bam!
02:55 And I'm not talking about no bullshit either. I'm talking about some John Card Van Damme ass-kicking shit.
02:59 Truth is, I may have gotten myself into a lot of trouble.
03:02 I've been your lawyer 30 years. We can find a way out of it.
03:05 You've never sued anybody before in your whole life.
03:07 This fella tried to bully me out of business, and I don't think I should be expected to stand for it.
03:12 Mr. Gary hasn't lost a case in over 12 years.
03:15 Are you suggesting I hire this guy as one of my lawyers?
03:18 Y'all come on in.
03:19 Pleasure to meet you, Mr. Gary.
03:20 Let me introduce you to my call red.
03:22 How do you feel about working with Blackford?
03:24 I suppose I am a little prejudiced.
03:26 Did you meet my dad?
03:27 I'm Chris.
03:28 Sean.
03:29 Reggie Douglas.
03:30 Gentlemen.
03:31 He's suing us?
03:32 He's suing us?
03:34 We are a half a billion dollar corporation.
03:37 So, how much money y'all trying to get?
03:38 Eight million.
03:39 That ain't enough money.
03:40 One hundred million dollars.
03:43 Who is this clown he's hired as a lawyer?
03:47 You're a fighter, man.
03:49 What made you want to do it?
03:50 Because he tried to mess with the one thing that means the most to me in life.
03:53 Being able to leave something behind for my grandchildren.
03:57 Let's play some music.
03:58 ♪ Sun is shining, sky is blue ♪
04:01 ♪ Do whatever you want ♪
04:02 Her name is Mayme Valmes.
04:03 Graduated top of her class from Harvard Law School.
04:06 They had a nickname for her around the office.
04:08 The Python.
04:09 I wouldn't get too used to me being kind to you, Mr. Gary.
04:12 Once we begin that trial...
04:14 I'm gonna destroy you.
04:17 ♪ Can't you see that we're golden ♪
04:19 We don't have a snowball's chance in hell of winning this case.
04:22 Just trust me, okay? I may have found something.
04:25 What does it feel like to be some small-time nobody on the verge of bankruptcy?
04:31 ♪ Walking tall, full of hope ♪
04:34 What if I don't win?
04:35 And I let all these people down?
04:38 You have been trying to turn this into your own one ring circus.
04:41 I got my damn life on the line.
04:42 I know that, Jerry.
04:43 Did it ever bother you?
04:45 Oh, the hypocrisy. The hypocrisy.
04:48 You sit your ass down.
04:49 I'm sitting, your honor.
04:51 ♪ Can't you see that we're golden ♪
04:54 Hey, hey, hey. Wait, wait.
04:55 What's the matter?
04:56 We can't split the pole.
04:57 Can't split the pole. Now, come on.
04:58 ♪ Can't you see that we're golden ♪
05:01 ♪ Can't you see that we're golden ♪
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