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30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great film and, amazingly, still topical...,
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This review is from: Inherit The Wind [DVD] (DVD)
As courtroom dramas go, this is unsurpassable: 'JFK', 'Anatomy of a Murder', even Spencer Tracy's later masterful performance in 'Judgement at Nuremberg'...none are quite as good as this. What makes it remarkable is that the trial of John Scopes for teaching evolutionary theory in Tennessee happened in 1925 and ought to feel like old history - but it isn't! America is still full of creationists who believe every word of the Old Testament is literally true - in many polls, it is the MINORITY in the States who side with Darwin.
In fact, this film is very balanced in terms of faith and science: it doesn't kick the Book of Genesis out completely. From today's perspective, here in a largely secular UK, parts of it seem a little quaint, not least the final revelation that Spencer Tracy's defence lawyer is actually a bit of a Bible buff deep down. Clarence Darrow, the real lawyer on whom Tracy's character is based, was rather less sentimental. I also suspect that Gene Kelly's big city journalist was intended at the time to be unpleasantly cynical, but by today's standards he seems spot on - his parting line is brilliant! Of course, the film plays a little fast and loose with what happened in the real trial (which is presumably why all the names have been changed). It is still, however, a masterful piece of work, with scintillating dialogue and real drama - as topical today as when it was made.
23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Dont monkey around with religion,
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This review is from: Inherit the Wind [VHS] (VHS Tape)
This film is based on the play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee about the 1925, Scopes Monkey Trial. It is tricky to keep the differences between this play and the real trial apart in one's mind. Spencer Tracy (Henry Drummond) and Fredric March (Matthew Harrison Brady) spar over the legality of teaching of evolution in Tennessee. This combination is guaranteed to keep you glued to your seat. In this movie Scopes, while teaching evolution to a high-school biology class is arrested and placed in jail. Some time the other characters get lost in the shuffle yet one other will show through. That is Gene Kelley who plays E. K. Hornbeck who reports the trial. I will not give a blow by blow of the trail but to say it gets rather heated and is broken up with several adjournments with time to reflect on what was said and going to be said. If you are interested in the real thing then read Scopes Autobiography "Center of the Storm." Pr 11:29... "HE WHO TROUBLES HIS OWN HOUSE WILL INHERIT THE WIND,"
28 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
And absolute work of genius!,
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This review is from: Inherit the Wind [VHS] (VHS Tape)
This is one of my favourite films. The best thing about it is undeniably the incredibly written script, eloquent and thought provoking in the extremes. And the actors are all perfect. Spencer Tracey and Fredric March are incredible actors portraying the the friends on opposing sides of a court case, and I reckon this is Gene Kelly's best role as the sharp cynical reporter from New York. Overall this is a stunning film!
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