The Chamber
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| Initial release | October 11, 1996 |
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| Directors | James Foley |
| Story by | John Grisham |
| Box office | 22. 5 million USD |
| Screenplay | William Goldman |
| Chris Reese | |
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| ID | 566604 |
About The Chamber
Young lawyer Adam Hall (Chris O'Donnell) launches a legal appeal for his racist grandfather, Sam Cayhall (Gene Hackman), a former Ku Klux Klan member he has never met. Accused of killing two young Jewish boys years earlier, Sam meets his grandson in a Mississippi prison on death row, and the atmosphere is tense. Despite having no sympathy for the older man, Adam has other motives for defending his grandfather that have to do with his own father's suicide.
Chris Mason: Prime Minister's Questions is a brutal spectacle
... One Conservative on the Right of the party said as they left The Chamber: " I could barely believe what I was hearing...
Thalidomide: Australia gives national apology to survivors and families
... We are more sorry than we can say, " Mr Albanese said, addressing a crowd of survivors and their families in The Chamber...
End of the line? Harry Potter train waits for ruling on Hogwarts route
... It crosses the Glenfinnan Viaduct, which became an attraction for a new generation of tourists after being featured in Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets...
'I'll need to put up prices': Self-employed workers on Autumn Statement
... Craig Brothers, owner of design agency Affari and Six Degrees Associates, who is also a board member of The Chamber of Commerce, says the statement had " snippets of positivity"...
Home Secretary denies calling Stockton North derogatory term
... " Audio is clear " Yes, I have contacted his office advising him I planned to name him, but sadly he has chosen not to be in The Chamber, " he continued...
Argentines choose between polar opposites in run-off
... Sergio Massa, 51, a seasoned politician who led The Chamber of Deputies before becoming economy minister in the Peronist government in 2022, has been trying to convince voters that he has the experience to steer the country out of its economic slump...
Will SNP motion highlight division in Labour Party?
... So beyond what happens in The Chamber, expect the SNP to continue to seize on this issue to try and demonstrate that the Labour Party is still too busy arguing with itself to possibly deliver for people in Scotland, as well as to argue that despite what Scotland s Labour leaders might say, Scotland s two Labour MPs in Westminster really answer to Keir Starmer...
Poland's Tusk-led pro-EU opposition signs deal and waits to govern
... Assuming he fails, parliament itself then has the right to designate a prime minister, which, given the make-up of The Chamber, would likely appoint Donald Tusk as prime minister of a coalition government and give it a vote of confidence...
Thalidomide: Australia gives national apology to survivors and families
By Hannah RitchieBBC News, Sydney
Australia's Prime Minister has given a national apology to Survivors of the thalidomide scandal and their families.
It Comes over 60 years after The Morning sickness drug started causing birth defects in babies globally.
" This apology takes in one of the darkest chapters in Australia's medical history, " Anthony Albanese told parliament on Wednesday.
It is the First Time the government has acknowledged its role in The Tragedy .
" To The Survivors - we apologise for The Pain thalidomide has inflicted on each and every one of you each and Every Day . We Are sorry. We Are more sorry than we can say, " Mr Albanese said, addressing a crowd of Survivors and their families in The Chamber .
The exact number of people affected in Australia remains unknown, but More Than 140 Survivors have registered for a financial support programme since 2020.
In 2019, a report found that 20% of Australia's thalidomide cases could have been avoided if leaders had acted sooner.
Survivor Trish Jackson, 61, told The Bbc she hoped The Apology would give " a bit of peace" to families.
" [But] it should have been done years ago when parents were Still Alive , when mothers were Still Alive . Some Survivors have even died and not gotten to hear this. "
Developed in Germany in the 1950s, thalidomide was originally used as a sedative or tranquiliser, but soon became widely promoted around The World as a morning sickness drug.
As usage increased, so too did reports of birth defects - usually in the form of significantly shortened limbs.
It was an Australian report in The Lancet medical journal that first warned The World of thalidomide's dangers in 1961, and it was taken off The Market soon after.
By then an estimated 10,000 babies globally had been born with disabilities.
For decades, Survivors have fought for acknowledgments of wrongdoing and compensation.
Canada introduced financial assistance for Survivors in 1991, and in 2010 the UK issued a national apology to those affected.
But it wasn't until a landmark Senate inquiry in 2019 that Australia took action to support Survivors .
Its financial scheme provided a one-off payment of up to A$500,000 ($332,000; £261,000) to Survivors , followed by annual payments of between A$5,000 and A$60,000.
The programme was later closed to new applicants, but on Wednesday Mr Albanese reopened it " to ensure that anyone who may have missed the previous opportunity to apply does not miss out".
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com
