Anatomy of a Murder (#600) (Criterion Collection)[USA]

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Release Date: February 21, 2012
Purchase: Amazon

United States
1959
161 minutes
Black and White
1.85:1
English

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 ***** 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.

Disc Features:

1. New digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the Blu-ray edition
2. New alternate 5.1 soundtrack, presented in DTS-HD Master Audio on the Blu-ray edition
3. New interview with Otto Preminger biographer Foster Hirsch
4. Critic Gary Giddins explores Duke Ellington’s score in a new interview
5. A look at the relationship between graphic designer Saul Bass and Preminger with Bass biographer Pat Kirkham
6. Newsreel footage from the set
7. Excerpts from a 1967 episode of Firing Line, featuring Preminger in discussion with William F. Buckley Jr.
8. Excerpts from the work in progress Anatomy of “Anatomy”
9. Behind-the-scenes photographs by Life magazine’s Gjon Mili
10. Trailer, featuring on-set footage
11. PLUS: A booklet featuring a new 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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