Inherit the Wind (1960) | |
| Director(s) | Stanley Kramer |
| Producer(s) | Stanley Kramer |
| Top Genres | Drama, Historical |
| Top Topics | Courtroom, True Story (based on) |
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Inherit the Wind Overview:
Inherit the Wind (1960) was a Drama - Historical Film directed by Stanley Kramer and produced by Stanley Kramer.
Academy Awards 1960 --- Ceremony Number 33 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Actor | Spencer Tracy | Nominated |
| Best Cinematography | Ernest Laszlo | Nominated |
| Best Film Editing | Frederic Knudtson | Nominated |
| Best Writing | Nedrick Young, Harold Jacob Smith | Nominated |
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He That Troubleth His Own House Shall "Inherit the Wind"
By Rick29 on Jun 2, 2016 From Classic Film & TV CafeFredric March and Spencer Tracy. Based on the celebrated stage play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, this 1960 film adaptation is a fictionalized account of the Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925. In that landmark case, renowned attorney Clarence Darrow defended John Scopes, a Tennessee schoolteacher... Read full article
Inherit the Wind (1960, Stanley Kramer)
By Andrew Wickliffe on Feb 20, 2015 From The Stop ButtonA lot of Inherit the Wind is about ideas and not small ones, but big ones. Director Kramer is careful with how big he lets the film get with these ideas, because even though Inherit the Wind is about Darwin vs. the Bible as its biggest idea, the smaller ideas are the more significant ones. And when ... Read full article
From Stage to Screen: INHERIT THE WIND
By Aurora on Oct 19, 2014 From Once Upon a ScreenOn July 10, 1925 John Scopes, a twenty-four-year old general biology teacher and part-time football coach walked into the Rhea County Courthouse in Dayton, Tennessee charged with illegally teaching the theory of evolution. ?Although the Scopes Trial would be known in association with his name the &#... Read full article
O vento ser? tua heran?a / Inherit the Wind (1961)
By L? on Apr 12, 2014 From Critica RetroO vento ser? tua heran?a / Inherit the Wind (1961) “O vento ser? tua heran?a” ? um filme, sobretudo, sobre as rela??es entre o velho e o novo. O tema principal ? o embate entre religi?o e ci?ncia e, por consequ?ncia, entre as velhas e novas cren?as. E na tela vemos atores de diver... Read full article
O vento ser? tua heran?a / Inherit the Wind (1961)
By L? on Apr 12, 2014 From Critica RetroO vento ser? tua heran?a / Inherit the Wind (1961) “O vento ser? tua heran?a” ? um filme, sobretudo, sobre as rela??es entre o velho e o novo. O tema principal ? o embate entre religi?o e ci?ncia e, por consequ?ncia, entre as velhas e novas cren?as. E na tela vemos atores de diver... Read full article
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Quotes from
E. K. Hornbeck: Well, those are the boobs that make our laws. That's the democratic process.
Henry Drummond: Hornbeck, I'm getting tired of you. You never push a noun against a verb without trying to blow up something.
E. K. Hornbeck: [about Drummond] The Athiest who believes in God.
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Facts about
Writers Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee named the overzealous prosecutor "Matthew Brady". When Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle was tried for manslaughter three times in 1921/22, the real overzealous prosecuting San Francisco District Attorney was named Matthew Brady. Matthew Brady was also the name of the famous portrait and landscape photographer of the American Civil War.
The character of E.K. Hornbeck was based on American journalist H.L. Mencken, who had notably covered the Scopes trial.
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