Anatomy of a Murder (1959)

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Wikidata Q488376, film, IMDb tt0052561, TMDB 93: matched by corpus:resolve, told apart by episode credits George C. Scott as actor (The Color of Money with Chris Ryan); 1 more episode agrees.

What a model would be handed about it, for corpus:ask.

Who talked about it

Blank Check with Griffin & David

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.

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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

Duke Ellington: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Anatomy of a Murder → Duke Ellington. Ellington's score is one of the enduring movie soundtracks, and he appears in the film.
    “one of the enduring movie soundtracks of all time”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 0:48:59 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

George C. Scott: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (people): Anatomy of a Murder → George C. Scott. Scott plays the out-of-town prosecutor and echoes the checklist's big-shot opponent.
    “He's the out of town prosecutor that you were mentioning earlier”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 0:46:20 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)

Otto Preminger: 1 line people ×1

  1. people (people): Anatomy of a Murder → Otto Preminger. Directed by Preminger, arguably the most important filmmaker of his day.
    “arguably the most important filmmaker of his time”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 0:48:10 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

Saul Bass: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Anatomy of a Murder → Saul Bass. Bass made the indelible opening title sequence.
    “Saul Bass, the great title sequence creator”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 0:48:51 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

Star 80: 1 line theme ×1

  1. theme (theme echo): Star 80 → Anatomy of a Murder. Concern for the ruined man instead of the woman echoes Anatomy of a Murder's rape-trial rhetoric.
    “That reminds me of an anatomy of murder when they're prosecuting the, they're like, let's think about ruining a man's life before we convict this person of rape”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Star 80 with Julie Klausner · 0:07:34 · Julie Klausner (0.50 sure it was them)

The Verdict: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Anatomy of a Murder → The Verdict. Anatomy is cynical; it is not about who wins but who was on trial, a red herring verdict.
    “Like the movie is not about who wins and who loses”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 0:49:25 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

Where it came up

What was said about it, by kind

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): Anatomy of a Murder → The Verdict. Anatomy is cynical; it is not about who wins but who was on trial, a red herring verdict.
    “Like the movie is not about who wins and who loses”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 0:49:25 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

craft (2)

  1. craft (craft): Anatomy of a Murder → Saul Bass. Bass made the indelible opening title sequence.
    “Saul Bass, the great title sequence creator”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 0:48:51 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)
  2. craft (craft): Anatomy of a Murder → Duke Ellington. Ellington's score is one of the enduring movie soundtracks, and he appears in the film.
    “one of the enduring movie soundtracks of all time”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 0:48:59 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

people (2)

  1. people (people): Anatomy of a Murder → George C. Scott. Scott plays the out-of-town prosecutor and echoes the checklist's big-shot opponent.
    “He's the out of town prosecutor that you were mentioning earlier”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 0:46:20 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
  2. people (people): Anatomy of a Murder → Otto Preminger. Directed by Preminger, arguably the most important filmmaker of his day.
    “arguably the most important filmmaker of his time”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 0:48:10 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50 sure it was them)

theme (1)

  1. theme (theme echo): Star 80 → Anatomy of a Murder. Concern for the ruined man instead of the woman echoes Anatomy of a Murder's rape-trial rhetoric.
    “That reminds me of an anatomy of murder when they're prosecuting the, they're like, let's think about ruining a man's life before we convict this person of rape”
    Blank Check with Griffin & David · Star 80 with Julie Klausner · 0:07:34 · Julie Klausner (0.50 sure it was them)

Fun items about it

  1. fun, about Anatomy of a Murder: Walk away wondering who the hero was.
    “you walk away wondering who the hero of the movie is”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 0:47:00 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Anatomy of a Murder: Judge and counsel debate the word panties, because the key evidence is a pair of panties.
    “whether you can use the word panties”
    The Big Picture · Objection! Top 10 Courtroom Dramas | The Big Picture · 0:50:29 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70 sure it was them)

Who the speakers said made it

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