Nuremberg received Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for best miniseries.

Jackson, who is recruited by Samuel Rosenman (Max von Sydow) to prepare a war crimes tribunal against Nazi Party leader Hermann Goring (Brian Cox). The 2000 television miniseries, which is told in two parts, recounts the war-crimes trials following the defeat of Nazi Germany during World War II. Image Credit: Alliance Atlantis Communications A major controversy is created in the United States when the ship is captured off the coast of Long Island and it is up to the courts to decide whether or not the Mende are slaves or legally free. Amistad, which was directed and produced by Steven Spielberg, tells the story of the 1839 revolt of Mende captives that were held on a Spanish-owned ship. The real-life associate justice of the Supreme Court made a cameo in the 1997 historical drama as Justice Joseph Story. Harry Blackmun as Joseph Story in 'Amistad'.In addition to Marshall, who later became a member of the Supreme Court, the film includes the portrayal of Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren, played by Richard Kiley. The film gives an inside look at the work that Marshall and his team did when researching and preparing for the case. Poitier portrayed Thurgood Marshall, who argued the case before the Supreme Court for the plaintiffs. Board of Education, which made it illegal for schools to be segregated by race. The 1991 television film retells the landmark Supreme Court desegregation case Brown v. Sidney Poitier as Thurgood Marshall in 'Separate But Equal'.Read on to see which other Supreme Court justices have received the Hollywood treatment. Jackson in the miniseries Nuremberg, a number of past and present members of the high court have been prominently featured in movies or TV series.

Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was the subject of two movies in 2018 alone: the acclaimed, Oscar-hopeful hit documentary RBG and the biopic On the Basis of Sex, starring Felicity Jones as Ginsburg, in theaters Christmas Day.īut 'the Notorious RBG,' as she's been dubbed, is not the only Supreme Court justice to get the big- or small-screen treatment.įrom Wendell Pierce's role as Clarence Thomas in Confirmation to Chadwick Boseman's turn as Thurgood Marshall in Marshall to Alec Baldwin's portrayal of Supreme Court Justice Robert H.

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