Time Served | |
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Directed by | Glen Pitre |
Written by | Michael Melon Paul Pompian |
Produced by | John H. Burrows Ron De Rosa |
Starring |
Catherine Oxenberg Jeff Fahey Louise Fletcher James Handy Bo Hopkins |
Cinematography | Jeff Roberts |
Edited by | Barrett Taylor |
Music by | Joe Delia |
Distributed by | Trimark Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 94 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Time Served is a 1999 R-rated American prison film directed by Glen Pitre and starring Catherine Oxenberg, Jeff Fahey, Louise Fletcher, James Handy, and Bo Hopkins.
Foreign-language versions were produced in German (Ausgebeutet - Hölle hinter Gittern), in Spanish (Condenada sin ley), in Italian (Dietro le sbarre), and in Hungarian (Leszolgált idő).
Sarah McKinney ( Catherine Oxenberg) is a nurse married to an abusive alcoholic. When he beats up both Sarah and their eight-year-old son Jason (Zach Gray), the boy uses his father's gun to shoot him dead. Sarah then claims to have pulled the trigger herself, and her attorney, Patrick Burlington ( Jeff Fahey) warns her that she faces Judge William T. Engstrom III ( James Handy), known as "Maximum Bill" for his long sentences. Convicted and sent to the Women's State Correctional Facility, she suffers lesbian assaults and Warden Mildred Reinecke ( Louise Fletcher) bullies her into joining the work release program. This proves to be a strip club, where Sarah and the prisoners' services are enjoyed by none other than Judge Engstrom and his friends. Sarah sets out to blow the whistle, but being a helpless prisoner in the system has her at a disadvantage. [1]
The picture was filmed in the summer of 1998 in Chicago, Berwyn, and Melrose Park, all in Illinois.
It was R-rated for adult situations, language, nudity, and violence. [1] VideoHound called it a "typically sleazy women-in-prison movie". [2]