All those times when characters break into dance in the bathroom are far more engaging that the self-important courtroom speeches.

"Preachy" is the word he used to describe some of the pro-Flynt courtroom speeches taken directly from court transcripts.

His courtroom speeches were enlightened, sober, convincing, inspired and naturally eloquent, and avoided artificial and obscure language.

The error is semantic: the use of the word "egotist" in Roark's courtroom speech, while actually the word should have been "egoist."

But his eloquent courtroom speeches galvanized the North and sent Southern plantation owners into a rage.

His courtroom speeches started the "Wilkes and Liberty!"

A brilliant courtroom speech by Norman Birkett persuaded the jury to decide to disregard the agreement of Mr Dennistoun to pay ancillary relief to his former wife.

In Steven Spielberg's Amistad, Hopkins astounded the crew with his memorisation of a seven-page courtroom speech, delivering it in one go.

His courtroom speech was an exhibit at the Museum of London in 2011.