Regularly, Barbet Schroeder's 1990 Reversal of Fortune makes the spherical of cable stations and premium movie channels. greatest in number fascinating is the high profile nature of the von Bulow case the film depicts. In 1982 Claus yon Bulow was establish guilty in Newport, Rhode Island, upon two counts of intent to manslaughter his wife, Sunny. Sentenced to 30 years in prison, von Bulow hired Alan Dershowitz to appeal the verdict and in 1984 the Rhode Island leading Court reversed that conviction. When the state retried the case in 1985 von Bulow was acquitted forward both counts.