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Inherit the Wind (1960),
Director: Stanley Kramer, rated: Passed
It's all about
the monkey trial that rocked America.
  Starring:
Spencer Tracy, Fredric March, Gene Kelly, Dick York, Donna
Anderson, Harry Morgan, Claude Akins, Noah Beery Jr.
DML Rating:
★★★★★★★★★☆
- near perfect "Why did God plague
us with the capacity to think? Mr. Brady, why do you deny the
one faculty of man
that raises him above the other creatures of
the earth, the power of his brain to reason?
What other merit
have we?" – Henry
Drummond
Why watch this? This
retells the 1925 Scopes "Monkey" Trial regarding a
school teacher and
Darwinism.
Plot Summary:
Based on the real-life 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial, the film
depicts a fictionalized account of the passionate courtroom
clash between two legal giants representing opposing viewpoints.
A teacher is accused of breaking a state law by teaching
evolution, sparking a highly publicized legal battle that
captures national attention.
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Dad's Preview:
This is a courtroom drama like no other. It features two
cinematic legends in Spencer Tracy as Henry Drummond, and
Fredric March as Biblical scholar Matthew Brady (he won the Best
Actor Oscar for his performance). It's a heavyweight courtroom fight as these two debate
the primordial question of
Creation vs. Evolution. Astonishingly, we're still discussing it
today. This masterpiece explores themes of intellectual freedom,
the clash between religious belief and scientific inquiry, and
the right to think freely. |
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Stanley Kramer;
United Artists |
