Editing ...And Justice for All (film) (section)

==Production==
[[Norman Jewison]] said that he was attracted to the script because it clarified for him the reality that the courtroom is a kind of stage where a drama is played out. He was intrigued by the satirical possibilities of the scenario.<ref name=RR/> He also drew parallels to contemporary politics. "There was a time when the legal profession was inviolate," he said. "Then came Watergate...We're starting to realize that being ''in'' the law doesn't mean being ''above'' the law."<ref>Douglas, Bruce A. "Justice for Pacino: Jewison's '...And Justice for All' A Study in Contrasts", ''The Muncie Star''. December 2, 1979. B11.</ref>

He was careful to delineate the film's [[genre]]. "It's difficult at times to pull the audience back. Sometimes they start to go with the film as a [[melodrama]]. We were then able to pull them back with something almost absurd, to shock them out of it because I didn't want it to become a message picture."<ref>Garner, Jack. "Jewison Takes the Judiciary to Court in Stylish Satire", [[The News-Press|Fort Myers News-Press]]. November 4, 1979. 6E.</ref>

[[Barry Levinson]]'s high school friend Donald Saointz, a practicing attorney, advised him on the screenplay. When the production got off the ground, Saointz served as an advisor for Al Pacino and John Forsythe. He appears in the film as a defense attorney.<ref>Banisky, Sandy. "Performance: Pacino & Co., City Lawyer's Hollywood 'clients,' back in town for more", ''[[The Baltimore Sun]]''. January 22, 1979. B6.</ref>

[[Lee Strasberg]] took a small role as a way of helping his student and friend. He was worried that Al Pacino was being typecast and wanted to see him branch out. Jewison felt that Pacino's role was an inversion of his usual, where Kirkland was the sane person surrounded by nutcases.<ref name="LAT">Taylor, Clarke. "MOVIES: 'LAWYER' PACINO CARRIES A BRIEF FOR COMEDY." ''Los Angeles Times''. Jan 14, 1979. Calendar, 23.</ref> Pacino liked the fact that Kirkland "was a part of things, not a loner. The sort of characters I usually play are [[Antihero|anti-heroes]]."<ref name="NM" />

The film was shot in [[Baltimore]], including the courthouse area, the [[Washington Monument (Baltimore)|Washington Monument]] of the [[Mount Vernon, Baltimore|Mount Vernon]] district, and [[Fort McHenry]].<ref>{{cite web |publisher=DelMarWeb |access-date=2022-06-13 |title=Movies Made In Maryland |url=http://www.delmarweb.com/maryland/movies_made_in_maryland.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120727232003/http://www.delmarweb.com/maryland/movies_made_in_maryland.html |archive-date=2012-07-27 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Pacino practiced the "You're out of order!" scene 26 times at the building ledge.<ref>{{cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YnUfSocAlpYC&q=%22justice%20for%20all%22%20%22out%20of%20order%22%20pacino&pg=PA266 |first=Paul |last=Simpson |title=Movie Lists: 397 Ways to Pick a DVD |page=266 |chapter=P: Al Pacino |year=2008 |publisher=[[Profile Books]] |isbn=978-1847653550 |access-date=2013-12-13 }}</ref> ''[[The Seduction of Joe Tynan]]'' had also recently been shot in Baltimore. Mayor [[William Donald Schaefer]] and the city film commission fully supported the production, which spent $1.5 million locally.<ref name="LAT" />