Anatomy of a murder [videorecording] / Columbia ; Otto Preminger presents ; Carlyle Productions ; screenplay, Wendell Mayes ; produced and directed by Otto Preminger.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Edition:
Blu-ray special ed.
Publisher:
The Criterion Collection,
Copyright Date:
2012
Description:
1 videodisc (161 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (28 p. : ill. ; 15 cm.)
James Stewart, Ben Gazzara, Lee Remick, Arthur O'Connell, Eve Arden, George C. Scott, Kathryn Grant, Murray Hamilton, Orson Bean, Joseph N. Welch. Based on the novel of the same title by Robert Traver. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1959. Special features: new interview with Foster Hirsch; critic Gary Giddins explores Duke Ellington's score in a new interview; a look at the relationship between graphic designer Saul Bass and Preminger with Pat Kirkham; newsreel footage from the set; excerpts from 1967 episode of Firing line featuring Preminger in discussion with William F. Buckley Jr.; excerpts from the work in progress Anatomy of "Anatomy"; behind-the-scenes photographs by Life magazine's Gjon Mili; trailer; a booklet featuring an essay by critic Nick Pinkerton and a 1959 Life magazine article on real-life lawyer Joseph N. Welch.
Summary:
A small-town Michigan lawyer takes on a difficult case: that of a young Army lieutenant accused of murdering the local tavern owner who he believes raped his wife A gripping, envelope-pushing courtroom potboiler, Anatomy of a Murder 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 and influential jazz score by Duke Ellington, it's a Hollywood landmark.
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