Inherit the Wind (1999)
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The celebrated stage drama by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, based on the real-life Scopes trial in which a teacher was jailed in 1925 for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution, is filmed for the third time in this adaptation produced for the Showtime premium cable network. Jack Lemmon plays the celebrated trial lawyer who defends the teacher in a character based on Clarence Darrow and George C. Scott plays the prosecuting attorney, modeled on William Jennings Bryan; Tom Everett Scott plays the embattled educator. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Starring:
- Jack Lemmon, George C. Scott, (more)
- Director(s):
- Daniel Petrie
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG
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Synopsis of Inherit the Wind
The celebrated stage drama by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, based on the real-life Scopes trial in which a teacher was jailed in 1925 for teaching Darwin's theory of evolution, is filmed for the third time in this adaptation produced for the Showtime premium cable network. Jack Lemmon plays the celebrated trial lawyer who defends the teacher in a character based on Clarence Darrow and George C. Scott plays the prosecuting attorney, modeled on William Jennings Bryan; Tom Everett Scott plays the embattled educator. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
Complete Cast of Inherit the Wind
- Jack Lemmon - Darrow
- Piper Laurie
- Tom Everett Scott - Scopes
- George C. Scott - Bryan
- Beau Bridges - Hornbeck
- Director(s):
- Daniel Petrie
- Theatrical MPAA Rating:
- PG(Profanity)
- 1999 - Hollywood Foreign Press Association - Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television
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