SYNOPSIS

The Pack is inspired by real life stories and documented cases where secondhand smoke is believed to be the cause of a loved ones death. In The Pack, an ambitious District Attorney prosecutes a wife on three counts of murder after her forty-seven year old husband dies of lung cancer from breathing her secondhand smoke for thirty years. In a wrenching twist, it turns out that the District Attorney is acting at the request of the couple's twenty year old son. At first, the jury struggles with what appears to be a ridiculous case, but as one juror delves deeper into the facts, the jury finds itself drawn into an intriguing, emotional and complicated choice regarding individual responsibility.

Unlike other courtroom dramas, The Pack brings to the forefront the complexities and anguish surrounding an important social issue on secondhand smoke and different than The Insider, The Pack is not about the tobacco industry per se, even though it exposes many truths about the tobacco industry, but rather, it is about the responsibility of the smoker and the life-and-death issues facing everyday people and those they love. While The Pack is accurately grounded in legal reality and experience, it deals on a deeper level with personal responsibility, loyalty and love.

The Pack draws on real life dilemmas as it subtly weaves together four themes involving 1) the realities of fast-paced modern day lifestyle, culture and beliefs, 2) the whirling pressures and indoctrination of a courtroom, 3) the mutual biases and influences among a diverse group of individual jurors and 4) a series of gripping yet touching flashbacks that illuminate the defendant's real and ultimately tragic family circumstances.