My son watched Inherit the Wind last night for the first time

[Donnachaidh]

And he listened to Keith O. tonight and sat there, nodding and giving the thumbs up sign.

Keith nailed it for everyone in our house tonight.

[cynatnite]

1. That movie and To Kill A Mockingbird are my favorite movies...

Inherit the Wind is timeless.

[lisa58]

4. yes...kindred spirit here...

[Up Quark]

7. Did you ever see the older version with Jason Robards? I've tried to find that on DVD

or anywhere else for years with no success. I remember seeing it long ago but the Spencer Tracy one is my only archive...

[lisa58]

8. Do yo mean Jack Lemmon?

not an older version - a re-make.

[Up Quark]

16. I don't remember Lemmon in a version but I could have missed it

Wasn't the one with Tracy from back in the 1950s? I may be having some senior moments here...


Okay my bad, I just checked...the one I mentioned was indeed a 'remake'...I got my dates all wrong.
thanks

[PSzymeczek]

20. 1960 or '61

if memory serves.

[cynatnite]

15. Without Spencer Tracy it wasn't that good, IMO. n/t

[Up Quark]

18. You are right, it wasn't. I apologize for getting my timelines wrong

:-)

[PSzymeczek]

19. Add

12 Angry Men and I'm with you!

[bobbolink]

23. Are there different versions?

I just requested it from the library.

Thanks for the suggestion.

[tigereye]

2. so cool! Nice thing to follow it up with!

[Aristus]

3. Great play. Great movie.

I had the pleasure of playing the John Scopes character in a community theater production about 15 years ago. The guy who played our Darrow character was one of the most talented and fantastic actors I've ever worked with.

[elleng]

5. Great, wasn't it?

[Lucky Luciano]

6. One of the best movies/books/plays ever. nt

[TNDemo]

9. What is Inherit the Wind about?

I just saw It's a Wonderful Life for the first time a couple of months ago. I'm behind on the classics.

[Tx4obama]

11. About the Scopes Monkey Trial

The links below are to the ORIGINAL (best) versions.

Inherit the Wind
Teacher B.T. Cates is arrested for teaching Darwin's theories. Famous lawyer Henry Drummond defends him; fundamentalist politician Matthew Brady prosecutes. This is a very thinly disguised rendition of the 1925 "Scopes monkey trial" with debates between Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan taken largely from the transcripts.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053946/

Two other great films are:

12 Angry Men
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050083/

To Kill a Mockingbird
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056592/

[nolabear]

17. Bet it shows up on one of the cable channels in a week or so.

Those guys keep track. I'd actually love to see it again now that it's been brought up.

[Donnachaidh]

26. IIRC it was either on tcm or amc

It's cycling through.

[cynatnite]

12. It is a brilliant movie and is as relevant today as it was then. n/t

[Tesha]

13. "Inherit the Wind" is about the Scopes Monkey Trial.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scopes_Trial

Tesha

[Tx4obama]

10. Be sure he has a chance to see the original ''12 Angry Men'' & ''To Kill a Mockingbird'' n/t

[TorchTheWitch]

27. "12 Angry Men" was just on the tube a few months ago

I remember watching that one and both "Inherit the Wind" and "To Kill a Mockingbird" in school, but all are must-see classics. Glad I happened to turn on the tube just as it was starting since I can't remember seeing it since I was a kid in school.

[Donnachaidh]

28. oh, He's seen both -- practically spoonfed him TKAM when he was little

And 12 Angry Men he watched in school - his one progressive teacher in social studies ran it. He loved that one too.

[Liberal Veteran]

14. Easily my favorite movie.

[wisteria]

21. Every time I watch Inherit the Wind, it reminds of how much things have not changed after all these

years.

[Johonny]

22. The most interesting part of it is Gene Kelly choosing to play a slightly

unlikeable character. Odd and good choice for him as he's good in the part.

[littlewolf]

24. Haven't seen inherit the wind ...

have read it a few times ....
loved to kill a mockingbird ... and grapes of wraith ....

will have to look for a copy of Inherit the wind .... any recommendations .... as to versions ....

[Tx4obama]

25. The 1960 original one. Link below

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053946/

[Golden Raisin]

29. And (sadly) in broad swaths of the

good ol' USA the subject matter is still very current.

[LeftinOH]

30. William Jennings Bryan- he ought to be the patron saint of teabag/fundy/wingnuts..