Free Screening: ANATOMY OF A MURDER (1959)
Schedule
Sun Jul 21 2024 at 02:00 pm
UTC-04:00Location
216 E Broadway St, Mount Pleasant, MI, United States, Michigan 48858 | Mount Pleasant, MI
Chippewa River District library and the CRDL True Crime Club Present...ANATOMY OF A MURDER (1959)
2hrs 38 min
Directed by Otto Preminger
Starring James Stewart, Lee Remick, George C. Scott
This is a FREE SCREENING (see RSVP at the Link) in conjunction with the Veterans Memorial Library's True Crime Club, who will soon be hosting
*Parental Discretion Advised*
From the Criterion Collection:
A virtuoso James Stewart plays a small-town Michigan lawyer who takes on a difficult case: the defense of a young army lieutenant (Ben Gazzara) accused of murdering a local tavern owner who he believes raped his wife (Lee Remick). This gripping envelope-pusher, the most popular film by Hollywood provocateur Otto Preminger, was groundbreaking for the frankness of its discussion of sex—but more than anything else, it is a striking depiction of the power of words. Featuring an outstanding supporting cast—with a young George C. Scott as a fiery prosecutor and the legendary attorney Joseph N. Welch as the judge—and an influential score by Duke Ellington, Anatomy of a Murder is an American movie landmark, nominated for seven Oscars, including best picture.
