Anatomy of a Murder

Anatomy of a Murder
by Otto Preminger

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Actor: Arthur O'Connell, Ben Gazzara, Eve Arden, James Stewart, Lee Remick
Director: Otto Preminger
Brand: STEWART,JAMES
Cinematographer: Sam Leavitt
Producer: Otto Preminger
Editor: Louis R. Loeffler
Writer: John D. Voelker
Writer: Wendell Mayes
DVD: 2 Layers, Region Code 1
Audio: French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); Portuguese (Subtitled); Georgian (Subtitled); Chinese (Subtitled); Thai (Subtitled); Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: Academy Ratio, 1.33:1
Running Time: 160 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-07-11
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Sony Pictures

DVD Reviews of Anatomy of a Murder

DVD Review: anatomy of a classic masterpiece
Summary: 5 Stars

from all the other reviews here im sure you all know the plot or you can look on imdb so i wont waste time with that my only comments arent about the movie itself theyre about the dvd i hope theres a two disk released soon with more special features

movie grade : ***** A+

dvd grade : **** B

DVD Review: Dated and Overrated
Summary: 2 Stars

Anatomy of a Murder is an interesting period piece, however I was stunned to learn that the period in question was 1959. The sexist attitudes in the film literally made me feel ill. The most stunning moment is when the entire courtroom brakes into full-throated laughter at the mention of the "panties" that are missing evidence in the alleged rape.
This movie does not stand the test of time. It seems like an overly long endorsement of those ancient falsehoods that good women don't get raped and bad women lie about it. Beyond that, the courtroom antics are a bit over the top and the judge unbelievabley lenient about it all.

DVD Review: A good watch
Summary: 5 Stars

Visited the little town in the U.P. were this movie was made and were the actual murder took place. Great movie!!

DVD Review: Anatomy of a movie
Summary: 5 Stars

This movie kind of snuck up on me and by the ending I felt as if I had been baited and hooked. Preminger was teasing us all along by taking advantage of the fact that we all aproach a movie by early on picking out the bad guys and the good guys. Naturally we all see Jimmy Stewart as the good guy hero who we prepare to root for from beginning to end. But during the last few scenes, in which a drunken Lee Remick chases Jimmy up a law house stairway with a girdle in hand and then the very last shot where Jimmy finds Lee's shoes in a garbage can, it is then I realize that I have been conned. I was aware of the fact that Lee and her murdering husband Ben Gazarra were somewhat unsympathetic from the very start but I felt certain that somehow they would exhibit redeeming qualities at movies end, but no way! Preminger only reinforced how truely awful they really were and Jimmy is only a scheming lawyer out to revive his career with a drunken sidekick who proves very helpful. When you think about it, this is how the law and the world really do work - OJ Simson case in point. Who would have thought that in 1959 a movie this cynical, which doesn't really even feel cynical, would pack such a real world punch as this one does?
Call me a naive country bumkin but this movie really amazed me and I can't believe that more people aren't taken aback the way I was. Preminger really plays with your head and hides his true intentions until by movies end you really feel like a fool for not having suspected what he was really up too. Can we have more discussion about this or are we all so jaded that nothing surprises us anymore?

DVD Review: Anatomy of a Murder...great courtoom drama!
Summary: 5 Stars

In 1959 moviegoers were on the edge of their seats to watch Jimmy Stewart,George C.Scott, Ben Gazzara, Lee Remick and Arthur O'Connell in one of the classic courtroom dramas, Anatomy of a Murder. Let me see the drama still has a loyal following 50 years later. The performances are first rate plus you have the direction of Otto Preminger and the music of the legendary Duke Ellington. It's two and a half hours of pure drama. A film worth enjoying again and again!

Description of Anatomy of a Murder

This courtroom drama pits a small-town lawyer against a big-city one in the defense of a jealous army lieutenant for the murder of his wife's rapist.
Genre: Mystery
Rating: UN
Release Date: 11-JUL-2000
Media Type: DVD

Otto Preminger turned this 1959 courtroom drama, based on the popular novel, into terrific adult drama. James Stewart stars as a small-town lawyer who defends an army officer (Ben Gazzara) accused of murdering a bartender who assaulted his wife (Lee Remick). The taut script, large performance by Stewart, and then-daring elements of the story (words like "panties" are spoken in the context of discussing a sex crime) give the action a certain immediacy--which you don't find very often in today's movies about jurisprudence. Nice work by Remick and Gazzara, as well as George C. Scott, Arthur O'Connell, and real-life judge Joseph N. Welch, who plays the judge in this film. A very good experience all around. --Tom Keogh

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