Legal Commentary

Christine Van Tuyl of Smart Draw can't wait until the new courtroom thriller, Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, starring Michael Douglas, comes to a nearby theater. I'll let her tell you why:

[Our] legal business graphics software, the SmartDraw Legal Edition, is set to make its big  screen debut in  ... Beyond a Reasonable Doubt, a remake of the 1956 movie of the same name.

The film features Michael Douglas as a district attorney running for election who must battle accusations by a newspaper reporter that he has tampered with evidence to further his career. SmartDraw will take center stage in several
courtroom scenes where it has been used to create evidence charts and other legal documents.

The film, which is set to start production in Shreveport, Louisiana,
in early March, will also star Amber Tamblyn ("Joan of Arcadia") and
will be directed by Peter Hyams ("End of Days").

SmartDraw has been used by filmmakers in the past such as Wes Craven
to chart out character relationships, storyboard ideas, and plan production schedules, but this movie marks the first time that
SmartDraw will appear in a feature film.

SmartDraw automates creation of business graphics for presentations,
including process flow charts, organization charts, Gantt charts,
project charts and more. The SmartDraw Legal Edition-a specialized
version of the software for legal professionals-features all the
templates and functionality of SmartDraw, plus hundreds of legal
symbols and templates for the automation of creating crime scene  diagrams, trial graphics, accident reconstruction, evidence charts,
flowcharts, and more.