My Cousin Vinny
There have been many courtroom dramas that have glorified the Great American Legal System. This is not one of them.
Two carefree pals from Brooklyn traveling through rural Alabama on their way back to college are mistakenly arrested, and charged with murder. Fortunately, one of them has a cousin who's a lawyer - Vincent Gambini, a former auto mechanic from Brooklyn who just passed his bar exam after his sixth try. When he arrives with his leather-clad girlfriend, to try his first case, it's a real shock - for him and the Deep South!
- Year: 1992
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Comedy, Drama
- Studio: Palo Vista Productions, Peter V. Miller Investment Corp., 20th Century Fox, Dale Launer Production
- Keyword: prison, small town, court case, court, southern usa, alabama, suspicion, cousin, lawyer, fish out of water, convenience store robbery, courtroom, defense attorney, wrongful arrest, expert witness, nostalgic, curious, murder suspect, engaged couple, courtroom drama, unassuming, ironic, best friends, deep south, joyous, understated, absurd, hilarious, amused, cheerful, joyful
- Director: Jonathan Lynn
- Cast: Joe Pesci, Marisa Tomei, Ralph Macchio, Mitchell Whitfield, Fred Gwynne, Lane Smith
