Inherit the Wind (1960)

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Who talked about it

The Big Picture

Came from

What the speakers say it drew on. Each is a speaker's account: “the maker said so” when they report the maker's own words, “the host's read” when the read is theirs.

Clarence Darrow: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Clarence Darrow ⇒ Inherit the Wind (the host's read). Drummond is loosely based on Darrow.
    “loosely based on Clarence Darrow”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 0:58:18 · Amanda Dobbins (0.75 sure it was them)

William Jennings Bryan: 1 line the host's read ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): William Jennings Bryan ⇒ Inherit the Wind (the host's read). Brady is loosely based on Bryan; the film is loosely based on the Scopes trial.
    “loosely based on William Jennings Bryan”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 0:56:11 · Amanda Dobbins (0.75 sure it was them)

Led to

What the speakers say drew on it, marked the same way.

No line says another film or person drew on it.

Connected to

Clarence Darrow: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Inherit the Wind → Clarence Darrow. Drummond is loosely based on Darrow.
    “loosely based on Clarence Darrow”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 0:58:18 · Amanda Dobbins (0.75 sure it was them)

Gene Kelly: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (people): Gene Kelly → Inherit the Wind. Kelly plays an HL Mencken-style newspaper man who sits at the lawyer's table.
    “an HL Menken style sort of sing-songing newspaper man”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 0:56:49 · Amanda Dobbins (0.75 sure it was them)

JFK: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Inherit the Wind → JFK. Inherit the Wind shows a trial becoming a social firestorm, unlike the insular courtroom movies.
    “so many of the movies on this list are really insular”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 0:55:15 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

Judgment at Nuremberg: 1 line programming ×1

  1. programming (programming): Judgment at Nuremberg → Inherit the Wind. Judgment at Nuremberg just barely missed the list.
    “a movie that just barely missed the list here for us”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 0:52:39 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

Stanley Kramer: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Stanley Kramer → Inherit the Wind. Kramer made issue-oriented parables: The Defiant Ones, Inherit the Wind, Judgment at Nuremberg, Mad World, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.
    “films that were sort of parables for ideas in the culture”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 0:52:23 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

To Kill a Mockingbird: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme): To Kill a Mockingbird → Inherit the Wind. Mockingbird is never in question about who is right, unlike the combative movies; its value is the speech.
    “there's never any question as to whether he's right”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 0:15:35 · Amanda Dobbins (0.75 sure it was them)

William Jennings Bryan: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Inherit the Wind → William Jennings Bryan. Brady is loosely based on Bryan; the film is loosely based on the Scopes trial.
    “loosely based on William Jennings Bryan”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 0:56:11 · Amanda Dobbins (0.75 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

career (1)

  1. career (career): Stanley Kramer → Inherit the Wind. Kramer made issue-oriented parables: The Defiant Ones, Inherit the Wind, Judgment at Nuremberg, Mad World, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner.
    “films that were sort of parables for ideas in the culture”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 0:52:23 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Inherit the Wind → JFK. Inherit the Wind shows a trial becoming a social firestorm, unlike the insular courtroom movies.
    “so many of the movies on this list are really insular”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 0:55:15 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

industry (1)

  1. industry (industry): Inherit the Wind → Inherit the Wind. Remade four times because it is catnip for actors.
    “just catnip for actors”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 0:58:09 · Amanda Dobbins (0.75 sure it was them)

lineage (2)

  1. lineage (lineage): Inherit the Wind → William Jennings Bryan. Brady is loosely based on Bryan; the film is loosely based on the Scopes trial.
    “loosely based on William Jennings Bryan”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 0:56:11 · Amanda Dobbins (0.75 sure it was them)
  2. lineage (lineage): Inherit the Wind → Clarence Darrow. Drummond is loosely based on Darrow.
    “loosely based on Clarence Darrow”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 0:58:18 · Amanda Dobbins (0.75 sure it was them)

people (1)

  1. people (people): Gene Kelly → Inherit the Wind. Kelly plays an HL Mencken-style newspaper man who sits at the lawyer's table.
    “an HL Menken style sort of sing-songing newspaper man”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 0:56:49 · Amanda Dobbins (0.75 sure it was them)

programming (1)

  1. programming (programming): Judgment at Nuremberg → Inherit the Wind. Judgment at Nuremberg just barely missed the list.
    “a movie that just barely missed the list here for us”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 0:52:39 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (theme): To Kill a Mockingbird → Inherit the Wind. Mockingbird is never in question about who is right, unlike the combative movies; its value is the speech.
    “there's never any question as to whether he's right”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 0:15:35 · Amanda Dobbins (0.75 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Inherit the Wind: Gene Kelly just starts sitting at the defense table.
    “just starts sitting at the table with the lawyer”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 0:57:05 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Inherit the Wind: Two 68-year-old men screaming at each other about God.
    “these 2 68-year-old men scream at each other about the teachings of God”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 0:58:35 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

As said on the shows, not checked against the real credits.