Title: Word Of Honor
Stars: Don Johnson, Jeanne Tripplehorn,
Sharon Lawrence, Peter McNeill, Peter Stebbings, Jesse Johnson, Christopher
McDonald, William B. Davis, John Heard, and Arliss Howard
Writers: Jacob Epstein, Leslie
Greif, Jean-Yves Pitoun, and Tom Topor
Based on the Novel by: Nelson DeMille
Director: Robert Markowitz
Co-Executive Producer: Don Johnson
Executive Producers: Michael Jaffe,
Howard Braunstein, Wendy Hill-Tout, Lance Robbins, and Leslie Greif
Running Time: 90 minutes without
commercials
Media: TNT Original Television Motion
Picture (NTSC VHS Screener)
World Premiere Saturday, December 6,
2003, at 8pm (ET/PT)
Network: Turner Network Television
(Check your local cable/satellite listings for channel)
TV Rating: PG 14 L, V
Reviewer: Mark A. Rivera
Don Johnson stars and
co-executive produced this TNT Original Motion Picture based on the best-selling
novel by Nelson DeMille. 30 years ago, Ben Tyson (Don Johnson) participated in
war crime resulting in the murder of several French doctors and patients in a
Red Cross Hospital in Vietnam. Now one of the officers present during the
massacre has come forward because he is dying of cancer and wants to clear his
conscience. Soon Tyson is on trial with a zealous Army prosecutor (Jeanne
Tripplehorn) searching for the truth while a clever defense attorney (Arliss
Howard) attempts to put a spin on the story and defend his client solely on the
basis of his own inner strength to defend his honor and his family suffers from
the stress and stigma of actions that may or may not have occurred during the
war.
Well cast and timely,
“Word Of Honor” is an above average TV movie with good performances from all
actors involved. However there have been many theatrical releases produced in
the last ten plus years alone that cover similar ground so the overall impact is
somewhat diluted. Overall this is very good TV movie, but it’s gripping nature
truly depends on how much of this sort of film one can watch. “Word Of
Honor” will debut on TNT on Saturday, December 6, 2003, at 8pm (ET/PT) with a
special encore on Sunday, December 7, 2003, at 8pm (ET/PT). Other encores are as
follows:
Saturday,
December 6, 2003, at 10pm (ET/PT)
Sunday,
December 7, 2003, at 10pm (ET/PT)
Wednesday,
December 10, 2003, at 9pm (ET/PT)
Friday,
December 19, 2003, at 11pm (ET/PT)
Saturday,
December 20, 2003, at 3pm (ET/PT)
Sunday,
December 21, 2003, at 10am (ET/PT)
© Copyright 2003 By
Mark A. Rivera
All Rights Reserved.