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Two-time Best Actor Oscar winners Spencer Tracy and Fredric March go toe-to-toe in this thrilling recreation of the most titanic courtroom battle of the century. Garnering four Academy Award nominations including Best Actor (Tracy), and featuring Gene Kelly in a rare, critically acclaimed dramatic role, Inherit the Wind is powerful, provocative cinema and "a heaping measure of entertainment" (The Hollywood Reporter)!The controversial subject of evolution versus creation causes two polar opposites to engage in one explosive battle of beliefs. Attorney Clarence Darrow (Tracy) faces off against fundamentalist leader William Jennings Bryan (March) in a small Tennessee town where a teacher has been brought to trial for teaching Darwinism. Let the trial begin...and watch the sparks fly!
"An acting tour de force..." Leonard Maltin's Movie & Video Guide
"One of the most brilliant and engrossing displays of acting ever witnessed!" The New York Times
Editor's Note
A teacher is jailed for teaching evolution in the South bringing two legal giants, one an athiest and one a creationist, to battle for more than the teacher's fate in a sweltering southern courtroom. This first rate drama was based on the real "Scopes Trial" in which Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryant were the attorneys. Gene Kelly plays H.L. Mencken. Academy Award Nominations: 4, including Best Actor--Spencer Tracy, Best (Adapted) Screenplay.
Plot Summary
This gripping adaptation of the Jerome Lawrence-Robert E. Lee play examines an issue that still causes great controversy: the role religion should play in the schools.| Bertram T. Cates is arrested and put on trial for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution in his classroom. The incident causes a furor in the religious southern community he lives in and Matthew Harrison Brady, a famous fundamentalist attorney, arrives to prosecute the young teacher. Luckily for Cates, the equally-acclaimed lawyer Henry Drummond agrees to defend him.| As a result, the two master attorneys square off in the courtroom while the teacher's life hangs in the balance.
| Features | Audio: English, French, Spanish Dolby Digital Mono | | Dubbed: French, Spanish | | Interactive Menus | | Original Theatrical Trailer | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: French, Spanish | | This CliffNotes Edition Features A Complete CliffNotes Study Guide! |
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Release Information
| | Studio: Mgm Entertainment |
| Release Date: 8/5/2008 |
| Running Time: 127 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1960 | | Catalog ID: 108198 | | UPC: 00027616081988 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English, French Dubbed, Spanish Dubbed | | Video: B&W |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 1.66:1 |
| Cast & Crew | Dick York | | Fredric March | | Gene Kelly | | Spencer Tracy | | Ernest Gold - Original Music By | | Ernest Laszlo - Cinematographer | | Frederic Knudtson - Editor | | Harold Jacob Smith - Screenplay | | Jerome Lawrence - Based On Play By | | Nedrick Young - Screenplay | | Robert E. Lee - Based On Play By | | Rudolph Sternad - Production Designer | | Stanley Kramer - Director | | Stanley Kramer - Producer |
| Awards |
Nominee (1961) | | | Golden Globe, Inherit the Wind, Best Motion Picture - Drama | | | Golden Globe, Spencer Tracy, Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama | | | Oscar, Spencer Tracy, Best Actor in a Leading Role | | | Oscar, Ernest Laszlo, Best Cinematography, Black-and-White | | | Oscar, Harold Jacob Smith, Nedrick Young, Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium | | | Oscar, Frederic Knudtson, Best Film Editing |
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| | Professional Reviews | DVD Verdict 9 of 10
Inherit the Wind is a film that has grown in stature with time. Although well reviewed upon initial release, many pointed to the disappointing box office results and claimed it to be a failure. The film refused to be buried, however, and was revived theatrically and on television, with more and more people recognizing its fairness on the issues and the excellence of the production, particularly the quality of the performances by the principal actors...Inherit the Wind is an engrossing film experience relying on an excellent script and two of the finest actors to have come out of Hollywood. For those who enjoy verbal jousting (and there seem to be many given the popularity of the legal thriller these days), this film from 1960 offers courtroom drama at its best...Recommended. - Barrie Maxwell
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