John Grishams novel comes to life in Francis Ford Coppolas courtroom drama pitting the little guy against a large corporation. Rudy Baylor (Matt Damon) an inexperienced Memphis lawyer and his legal sidekick Deck Schifflet (Danny DeVito) defend a leukaemia victim against an insurance company and its hotshot lawyer Leo Drummond (Jon Voight). Along the way Rudy befriends an abused woman (Claire Danes) helping her escape her husband (Andrew Shue). The courtroom scenes between Damon and Voight are the highlight of this legal yarn as Rudy learns the tough price of being a good lawyer.