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This movie (and book) have set the bar for contemporary thrillers to follow. Enough superlatives have been rightly bestowed upon this movie by previous reviewers. I will not attempt to trump them. Just know that this movie is one of my favorites and is required viewing in my introduction to criminal justice survey courses. Very well done. Obviously, a five star rating without hesitation or reservation. Please see the inspirational novel as well: Anatomy of a Murder.
--JP
Ports and Happy Havens
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"Anatomy of a Murder" is an example of director Otto Preminger at his finest. Everything about the production is superb, including the script, actors, pace, photography, editing, and casting. What was particularly impressive was giving the part of the presiding judge in the trial to real life attorney Joseph Welch, from the infamous HUAC trials.
James Stewart's acting talents are well displayed, along with some wonderful parts played by Ben Gazarra,
Lee Remick, Arthur O'Connell and Eve Arden. The film is a rare treat for the younger generations who did
not see this 1959 classic--a must-see film for all.
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The original aspect ratio of this film is 1:85:1 (see IMDB).
The US DVD box from Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment contradicts this, saying:
"This film is presented in a FULL SCREEN VERSION which preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio, approximately 1:33:1."
In civil society, this may be called false advertising. The box does not contain what the box says it contains.
The DVD itself warns as it begins playing that the film "has been modified to fit your TV". In other words, it was re-edited in the 80s or 90s by another (anonymous) director/editor using the notorious 'pan and scan' technique, which cuts off the right and left edges of widescreen films, and adds new camera movements and re-scales some images to make certain that the action remains on screen in the new, square-ish ratio.
Amazon's Internet Movie Database correctly identifies the aspect ratio. Columbia distributes THAT version in Europe (which is why when you search for this film on Amazon, the European release comes up too). If you buy that version in the US, you'll pay a little more, and you'll have to use a region-free dvd player to view it. Here's the link for that version:
Anatomy of a Murder European DVD
Your second option is to buy this movie from Amazon Unbox, which presents it in its correct aspect ratio:
Anatomy Of A Murder from Amazon Unbox
Your third option is to wait on buying this until they release the original.
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3.5 stars. I don't know whether I like this film because it's good or because I got such a kick out watching so many legendary actors in the begining of their careers. Oh, I did chuckle quite a bit watching Jimmy Stewart say "panties" a lot. This was probably a book and movie inspired by the Perry Mason phenomenon. If anything watching this movie tells me that the judicial system of the 1950s was very scary. An irrational impulse was a legal defense? Say what? Doesn't that cover every crime ever committed? You know right from wrong, but you do it anyway because you can't fight the impulse? And what about introducing a witness, with a long criminal record with heresay material in the final hour? Forget that the man wasn't on any witness list. Then again neither was Ms. Pilant. What about the veil suggests that the rape victim deserved what she got becase she didn't wear a girdle? Say what? Or that the doctor couldn't deduce whether she was raped or not because she was matured and married. Say what? And why would you get a client to sign a promissory note after you get them off as opposed to before? Anyway, Jimmy Stewart, George C. Scott and Lee Remick were good. The plot just needed a little more work. But I still enjoyed it. Overall, this is an interesting and entertaining film.
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This film is, in my estimation, just about perfect. And why wouldn't it be? Let's begin with the novel by "Robert Traver". Mr. "Traver", who passed away in 1991 certainly knew his subject. His real name was John. D. Voelker and he had been both an attorney AND a judge in is time. In 1954 he was appointed to the Michigan Supreme Court but after the success of ANATOMY he retired from the bench to pursue his two great loves: writing and fishing. He isn't the ONLY real life lawyer involved with this tale of homicide and misdirection...the man playing the judge in the film is Joseph N. Welch. Now, that name may mean nothing to you until I remind you that he once faced off with the infamous Senator Joe McCarthy In the Army-McCarthy Hearings in 1954.
Now let's look at the talented starts...James Stewart, Lee Remick (who is not doing any kind of Monroe impersonation but is simply playing the character as it is written in the screenplay by Wendell Mayes (who also co-wrote the script for another classic Jimmy Stewart film 1957's THE SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS). Eve Arden, one of the best of the "dry wit" school of humor best remembered for OUR MISS BROOKS on both radio and television but who enlivened many a film including 1948's ONE TOUCH OF VENUS. the song from which "Speak Low (When You Speak Love)" was sung by Eileen Wilson, not Ava Gardner, and quickly became a standard performed by many singers and dance orchestras right through the 60s. (I thnk Barbra Streisand may have been the last to cover it---but I could easily be wrong about that). This brings me to Arthur O'Connell. one of the great character actors of those days. He played a reporter in ONE TOUCH OF VENUS and he plays "Parnell" Stewart's friend, in ANATOMY OF A MURDER. But it's hard to think of any movie or tv show of the 30s-70s that he didn't appear in. He played a reporter in CITIZEN KANE, for example. He worked with everyone from Orson Welles to Elvis Presley to Tony Curtis and Tony Randall to Dean Martin and...well...Don Knotts.
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Murray Hamilton...for a period of time if you were watching a James Stewart movie you could expect to see Murray show up. ANATOMY stands out because in this one their characters don't really like each other much. Usually they are best friends...see THE FBI STORY, and THE SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS for that. Bur it is, perhaps, his performance as the Angel of Death in that classic TWILIGHT ZONE episode "One for the Angels" that co-starred the late, great, Ed Wynn that always comes to mind when I think of Murray Hamilton.
But I could go on and on about this fine cast of Hollywood Superstars and Great Character Actors (do I really need to mention George C. Scott, for example)? Let's agree that these are the best of the best doing what they do best...making movie magic.
Tell ya what...don't take MY word for it...go RENT the film from your local video store and I'll bet you'll be back here to buy and download it by the time you've returned it to the rental place.This is one EVERYONE should have in their film library. Anatomy Of A Murder
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