"Anatomy of a Murder": Films of 1959 + "She Dances" "Pretty Lethal" "Project Hail Mary"

About this episode

The episode discusses the film 'Anatomy of a Murder' and includes mini-reviews of three other films.

This week, the boys drink and keep it positive as they head back to 1959 to discuss Otto Preminger’s “Anatomy of a Murder”. We discuss how it aged, how they wrote and directed a difficult female character, and whether Jimmy Stewart was the best choice for the lawyer in this courtroom drama based on a true story. Before that conversation, we have some spoiler-free mini-reviews of “She Dances”, “Pretty Lethal”, and “Project Hail Mary”. Grab a drink and give us a listen! linktr.ee/theloveofcinema - Check out our YouTube page! Our phone number is 646-484-9298. It accepts texts or voice messages. 0:00 Intro; 7:28 “She Dances” mini-review; 9:56 “Pretty Lethal” mini-review, 12:55 “Project Hail Mary” mini-review; 27:35 1959 Year in Review; 50:57 Films of 1959: “Anatomy of a Murder”; 1:26:20 What You Been Watching?; 1:35:08 Next Week’s Episode Teaser Additional Cast/Crew: Otto Preminger, Wendell Mayes, John D. Voelker, James Stewart, Lee Remick, Ben Gazzara, George C. Scott, Murray Hamilton, Orson Bean, Eve Arden, Kathy Grant, Arthur O’Connell, Steve Zahn, Mackenzie Ziegler, Rick Gomez, Ethan Hawke, Rosemarie DeWitt, Audrey Zahn, Wynn Everett, Sonequa Martin-Green, Sonny Valicenti, Amy…

People in this episode

Hosts: Dave Green, Jeff Ostermueller, John Say

Topics covered

• film analysis
• courtroom drama
• female characters
• 1959 films
• mini-reviews
• Otto Preminger

Keywords

• Anatomy of a Murder
• 1959 films
• courtroom drama
• Otto Preminger
• film reviews
• James Stewart
• female characters
• She Dances
• Pretty Lethal
• Project Hail Mary

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Anatomy of a Murder, She Dances, Pretty Lethal, Project Hail Mary

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