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title: 'Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Clint Eastwood'
released: '1997-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 149
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/midnight-in-the-garden-of-good-and-evil-1997'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119668/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil (1997)

1997 · 149 min · Drama, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is a 1997 American crime drama film directed and produced by Clint Eastwood and starring John Cusack and Kevin Spacey. The screenplay by John Lee Hancock was based on John Berendt's 1994 book of the same name and follows the story of antiques dealer Jim Williams, who was on trial for the killing of a male prostitute who was his lover. The multiple trials depicted in Berendt's book are combined into one trial for the film. John Kelso is introduced as the personification of Berendt.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Clint Eastwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/clint-eastwood)
- **Producer:** [Clint Eastwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/clint-eastwood)
- **Screenplay:** [John Lee Hancock](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-lee-hancock), [John Berendt](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-berendt)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Lennie Niehaus](https://cinepixo.com/people/lennie-niehaus)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jack N. Green](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-n-green)
- **Editor:** [Joel Cox](https://cinepixo.com/people/joel-cox)

## Cast

- [Patrika Darbo](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrika-darbo)
- [Bob Gunton](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-gunton)
- [Richard Herd](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-herd)
- [The Lady Chablis](https://cinepixo.com/people/the-lady-chablis)
- [Kim Hunter](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-hunter)
- [Kevin Spacey](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-spacey)
- [Alison Eastwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/alison-eastwood)
- [Anne Haney](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-haney)
- [Irma P. Hall](https://cinepixo.com/people/irma-p-hall)
- [James Gandolfini](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-gandolfini)
- [Collin Wilcox](https://cinepixo.com/people/collin-wilcox)
- [Rhoda Griffis](https://cinepixo.com/people/rhoda-griffis)
- [John Cusack](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-cusack)
- [Jack Thompson](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-thompson)
- [Jude Law](https://cinepixo.com/people/jude-law)

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