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[[Image:ATTK poster.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''A Time to Kill'' (1996)]]
 
[[Image:ATTK poster.jpg|thumb|right|300px|''A Time to Kill'' (1996)]]
  
''A Time to Kill'' is the 1996 film adaptation of the John Grisham novel.  The film stars [[Samuel L. Jackson]], [[Matthew McConaughey]], [[Sandra Bullock]], [[Kevin Spacey]], [[Donald Sutherland]], and [[Kiefer Sutherland]] and was the second John Grisham novel to be adapted by director Joel Schumacher (the first being 1994's ''[[The Client]]'').
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'''''A Time to Kill''''' is the 1996 film adaptation of the John Grisham novel of the same name.  The film stars [[Samuel L. Jackson]], [[Matthew McConaughey]], [[Sandra Bullock]], [[Kevin Spacey]], [[Donald Sutherland]], and [[Kiefer Sutherland]] and was the second John Grisham novel to be adapted by director Joel Schumacher (the first being 1994's ''[[The Client]]'').
  
  
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==M16A1/SP1==
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==M16A1==
 
Carl Lee Hailey ([[Samuel L. Jackson]]) uses an [[M16|M16A1]] rifle to take revenge on the men who raped his daughter. In the book, it was explained that Hailey acquired the M16 from a friend who had served in Vietnam and smuggled the rifle illegally back to America after his tour ended. However, this was not included in the film version. D.A. Rufus Buckley ([[Kevin Spacey]]) also is seen holding what is supposed to be the weapon as evidence during his closing arguments.
 
Carl Lee Hailey ([[Samuel L. Jackson]]) uses an [[M16|M16A1]] rifle to take revenge on the men who raped his daughter. In the book, it was explained that Hailey acquired the M16 from a friend who had served in Vietnam and smuggled the rifle illegally back to America after his tour ended. However, this was not included in the film version. D.A. Rufus Buckley ([[Kevin Spacey]]) also is seen holding what is supposed to be the weapon as evidence during his closing arguments.
 
[[Image:M16A1w30rdMag.jpg|thumb|none|450px|M16A1 - 5.56x45mm.]]
 
[[Image:M16A1w30rdMag.jpg|thumb|none|450px|M16A1 - 5.56x45mm.]]
 
[[Image:ATTK001.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Carl Lee Hailey ([[Samuel L. Jackson]]) bursts through the closet armed with an [[M16|M16A1]].]]
 
[[Image:ATTK001.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Carl Lee Hailey ([[Samuel L. Jackson]]) bursts through the closet armed with an [[M16|M16A1]].]]
 
[[Image:ATTK005.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Hailey opens fire with the M16A1.]]
 
[[Image:ATTK005.jpg|thumb|none|600px|Hailey opens fire with the M16A1.]]
While the rifle that Hailey uses in the shooting is an M16A1, the rifle shown by Buckley in the closing argument is actually an M16 SP1.  This is a continuity error.
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==M16SP1==
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While the rifle that Hailey uses in the shooting is an M16A1, but in a continuity error, the rifle shown by Buckley in his closing argument is actually an M16 SP1.
 
[[Image:M16-SP1-30Mag.jpg|thumb|none|450px|M16 (AR-15/SP1) with A1 flash hider and 30 round magazine - 5.56x45mm]]
 
[[Image:M16-SP1-30Mag.jpg|thumb|none|450px|M16 (AR-15/SP1) with A1 flash hider and 30 round magazine - 5.56x45mm]]
[[Image:ATTK020.jpg|thumb|none|600px|D.A. Rufus Buckley ([[Kevin Spacey]]) holds the rifle during his closing arguments. Note the slab-side receiver, which characterizes the early M16s.]]
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[[Image:ATTK020.jpg|thumb|none|600px|D.A. Rufus Buckley ([[Kevin Spacey]]) holds the M16SP1rifle during his closing argument (the rifle actually seen used by Carl Lee was an M16A1). Note the slab-side receiver, which characterizes the early M16s.]]
  
 
==M16A2==
 
==M16A2==
 
National Guardsmen are seen holding [[M16A2]] rifles as they guard the courthouse.
 
National Guardsmen are seen holding [[M16A2]] rifles as they guard the courthouse.
[[Image:M16A2.jpg|thumb|none|400px|M16A2 - 5.56x45mm.]]
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[[Image:M16A2.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M16A2 - 5.56x45mm.]]
[[Image:ATTK015.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]
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[[Image:ATTK015.jpg|thumb|none|600px|National Guardsmen are seen holding [[M16A2]] rifles as they guard the courthouse.]]
  
 
==Winchester Model 70==
 
==Winchester Model 70==
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==M60 machine gun==
 
==M60 machine gun==
A National Gaurdsmen is seen with Humvee-mounted M60.
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A National Guardsmen is seen manning a Humvee-mounted [[M60]].
 
[[Image:M60GPMG.jpg‎|thumb|none|500px|M60 machine gun with bipod folded - 7.62x51mm NATO]]
 
[[Image:M60GPMG.jpg‎|thumb|none|500px|M60 machine gun with bipod folded - 7.62x51mm NATO]]
[[Image:ATK m60.jpg‎|thumb|none|600px|A soldier mans his M60 as the crowd awaits the verdict. The weapon is unloaded, probalby to avoid an accident.]]
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[[Image:ATK m60.jpg‎|thumb|none|601px|A National Guard soldier mans his M60 as the crowd awaits the verdict. The weapon is unloaded, probably to avoid an accidental discharge.]]
  
 
==M203==
 
==M203==
A National Guardsman is briefly seen riding on top of a humvee with an M16A2 and an [[M203]] grenade launcher underslung.
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A National Guardsman is briefly seen riding on top of a Humvee with an M16A2 and an [[M203]] grenade launcher underslung.
 
[[Image:M16A2 M203.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M16A2 (with A2 rear Sight, brass deflector, heavy barrel and longer buttstock) 5.56mm with [[M203 grenade launcher]] - 40mm]]
 
[[Image:M16A2 M203.jpg|thumb|none|500px|M16A2 (with A2 rear Sight, brass deflector, heavy barrel and longer buttstock) 5.56mm with [[M203 grenade launcher]] - 40mm]]
[[Image:ATTK009.jpg|thumb|none|600px|]]
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[[Image:ATTK009.jpg|thumb|none|600px|A National Guardsman is briefly seen riding on top of a humvee with an M16A2 and an [[M203]] grenade launcher underslung.]]
  
  

Revision as of 18:38, 18 June 2013

A Time to Kill (1996)

A Time to Kill is the 1996 film adaptation of the John Grisham novel of the same name. The film stars Samuel L. Jackson, Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock, Kevin Spacey, Donald Sutherland, and Kiefer Sutherland and was the second John Grisham novel to be adapted by director Joel Schumacher (the first being 1994's The Client).


The following weapons were used in the film A Time to Kill:



Smith & Wesson 686

Sheriff Ozzie Walls (Charles Dutton) is seen pulling what appears to be a Smith & Wesson Model 686 when Carl Lee opens fire in the courthouse.

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Sheriff Ozzie Walls (Charles Dutton) is seen pulling what appears to be a Smith & Wesson Model 686 when Carl Lee opens fire in the courthouse.
The revolver is seen holstered.


M16A1

Carl Lee Hailey (Samuel L. Jackson) uses an M16A1 rifle to take revenge on the men who raped his daughter. In the book, it was explained that Hailey acquired the M16 from a friend who had served in Vietnam and smuggled the rifle illegally back to America after his tour ended. However, this was not included in the film version. D.A. Rufus Buckley (Kevin Spacey) also is seen holding what is supposed to be the weapon as evidence during his closing arguments.

M16A1 - 5.56x45mm.
Carl Lee Hailey (Samuel L. Jackson) bursts through the closet armed with an M16A1.
Hailey opens fire with the M16A1.

M16SP1

While the rifle that Hailey uses in the shooting is an M16A1, but in a continuity error, the rifle shown by Buckley in his closing argument is actually an M16 SP1.

M16 (AR-15/SP1) with A1 flash hider and 30 round magazine - 5.56x45mm
D.A. Rufus Buckley (Kevin Spacey) holds the M16SP1rifle during his closing argument (the rifle actually seen used by Carl Lee was an M16A1). Note the slab-side receiver, which characterizes the early M16s.

M16A2

National Guardsmen are seen holding M16A2 rifles as they guard the courthouse.

M16A2 - 5.56x45mm.
National Guardsmen are seen holding M16A2 rifles as they guard the courthouse.

Winchester Model 70

Freddie Lee Cobb (Kiefer Sutherland) uses a scoped Winchester Model 70 rifle in the assassination attempt on Jake Brigance (Matthew McConaughey).

Pre-1964 Winchester Model 70 - .30-06
Freddie Lee Cobb (Kiefer Sutherland) holds a scoped Winchester Model 70 rifle in the assassination attempt on Jake Brigance (Matthew McConaughey).
Another view.

M60 machine gun

A National Guardsmen is seen manning a Humvee-mounted M60.

M60 machine gun with bipod folded - 7.62x51mm NATO
A National Guard soldier mans his M60 as the crowd awaits the verdict. The weapon is unloaded, probably to avoid an accidental discharge.

M203

A National Guardsman is briefly seen riding on top of a Humvee with an M16A2 and an M203 grenade launcher underslung.

M16A2 (with A2 rear Sight, brass deflector, heavy barrel and longer buttstock) 5.56mm with M203 grenade launcher - 40mm
A National Guardsman is briefly seen riding on top of a humvee with an M16A2 and an M203 grenade launcher underslung.

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