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Anatomy of a murder [videorecording] / Carlyle Productions ; screenplay by Wendell Mayes ; produced and directed by Otto Preminger.

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Uniform Title:
Anatomy of a murder (Motion picture)
Language:
English, English dialogue with optional English subtitles.
Imprint:
DVD ed. - [Irvington, NY] : The Criterion Collection, [2012]
Format:
  • Video
  • 2 videodiscs (161 min.) : sd., b&w, col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Note:
Based on the novel of the same title by Robert Traver. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1959.
Contents:
  • Disc one: Anatomy of a murder (161 min.)
  • trailer featuring on-set footage. Disc two: interview with Otto Preminger's biographer 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 Bass biographer Pat Kirkham
  • newsreel footage from the set
  • excerpts from a 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. Plus: a booklet featuring an essay by critic Nick Pinkerton and a 1959 Life magazine article on real-life lawyer Joseph N. Welch, who plays Judge Weaver in the film.
Production Credits:
Director of photography, Sam Leavitt ; editor, Louis R. Loeffler ; music, Duke Ellington.
Participant:
James Stewart, Ben Gazzara, Lee Remick, Eve Arden, George C. Scott, Kathryn Grant, Murray Hamilton, Orson Bean, Arthur O'Connell, 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 drama, 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 is an American movie landmark.
Audience:
Rating: Not rated.
Format:
DVD; widescreen 16:9; 1.85:1 aspect ratio; High-Definition digital restoration; PCM Dolby digital mono.; Dolby digital 5.1 surround; NTSC region 1.
Contributor:
Preminger, Otto Producer
Mayes, Wendell. Author of screenplay
Leavitt, Samuel, 1904-1984. Cinematographer
Loeffler, Louis R., 1897-1972. Film editor
Stewart, James, 1908-1997 Actor
Gazzara, Ben, 1930-2012. Actor
Remick, Lee. Actor
Arden, Eve, 1912-1990. Actor
Scott, George C., 1927-1999. Actor
Crosby, Kathryn, 1933- Actor
Hamilton, Murray. Actor
Bean, Orson. Actor
O'Connell, Arthur, 1908-1981. Actor
Welch, Joseph N., 1890-1960.
Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974 Composer
Carlyle Productions.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
Related Work:
Traver, Robert, 1903-1991. Anatomy of a murder.
Series:
Criterion collection ; 600
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 600.
Subjects:
ISBN:
9781604655407
1604655402
Publisher No.:
CC2111D The Criterion Collection

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