Anatomy of a Murder

Subtitle: Eng
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1

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Rating:
NR
Language:
Eng
Studio:
Criterion Collection
UPC:
715515091510
Item Number:
HVD509151
Release Date:
02/21/2012
Genre:

Courtroom Drama –

Drama

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

A virtuoso James Stewart (Vertigo) plays a small-town Michigan lawyer who takes on a difficult case: that of a young Army lieutenant (The Killing of a Chinese Bookie's Ben Gazzara) accused of murdering the local tavern owner who he believes raped his wife (Days of Wine and Roses' Lee Remick). This gripping, envelope-pushing courtroom potboiler, the most popular film from Hollywood provocateur Otto Preminger (Laura), was groundbreaking for the frankness of its discussion of sex... more than anything else, it is a striking depiction of the power of words. With its outstanding supporting cast - including a young George C. Scott (Patton) as a fiery prosecuting attorney and legendary real-life attorney Joseph N. Welch as the judge-and influential jazz score by Duke Ellington, Anatomy of a Murder is a Hollywood landmark; it was nominated for seven Oscars, including best picture.