Entertainment & Sports
Nov. 17, 2023
Stream It Tonight! 'The Burial' (2023)
The filmmakers passed up a golden opportunity to portray the ineffectiveness of the defense team in the actual case. In a post-verdict argument to the jury about punitive damages, Loewen's defense lawyer contradicts the testimony of his own expert witness.
Paul Bergman
Professor Emeritus
UCLA School of Law
Email: bergman@law.ucla.edu
Paul continues teaching evidence.
Michael Asimow
Professor
UCLA School of Law
Email: asimow@law.ucla.edu
Michael is Dean's Executive professor of law at Santa Clara Law School, teaching contracts as well as law and popular culture.
Why watch? The owner of several Mississippi funeral homes sues a rapacious multinational mortuary group. The aptly-named film featuring A-list actors is “inspired by” the case, but buries most of the actual facts.
Jeremiah O’Keefe (Tommy Lee Jones) sells burial insurance and operates several funeral homes in rural Mississippi. The business has been in O’Keefe’s family since Civil War times, but O’Keefe’s bad in...
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