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

DVD ed.

[Irvington, NY] : The Criterion Collection, [2012]

2 videodiscs (161 min.) : sd., b&w, col. ; 4 3/4 in.

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.

Rating: Not rated.

Criterion collection ; 600.

Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 600.

Traver, Robert, 1903-1991 -- Film adaptations.

Murder -- Drama.

Rape -- Drama.

Trials (Murder) -- Drama.

Legal films.

Feature films.

Preminger, Otto.

Mayes, Wendell.

Leavitt, Samuel, 1904-1984.

Loeffler, Louis R., 1897-1972.

Stewart, James, 1908-1997.

Gazzara, Ben, 1930-2012.

Remick, Lee.

Arden, Eve, 1908-1990

Scott, George C., 1927-1999.

Crosby, Kathryn, 1933-

Hamilton, Murray.

Bean, Orson.

O'Connell, Arthur, 1908-1981.

Welch, Joseph N., 1890-1960.

Traver, Robert, 1903-1991. Anatomy of a murder.

Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974.

Carlyle Productions.

Criterion Collection (Firm)

Based on the novel of the same title by Robert Traver.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1959.

Director of photography, Sam Leavitt ; editor, Louis R. Loeffler ; music, Duke Ellington.

James Stewart, Ben Gazzara, Lee Remick, Eve Arden, George C. Scott, Kathryn Grant, Murray Hamilton, Orson Bean, Arthur O'Connell, Joseph N. Welch.

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.

English dialogue with optional English subtitles.

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.

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