Inherit the Wind (1999) - Turner Classic Movies

Brief Synopsis

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Television movie based on the 1925 Scopes "monkey trial." Schoolmaster Bertram Cates is put on trial for teaching Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution to students in rural Tennessee. Prosecuting Cates is three-time presidential nominee, self-appointed Bible scholar and acclaimed orator Matthew Harri

Cast & Crew

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Daniel Petrie

Dirk Blocker

John Demita

Jim Meskimen

Hap Lawrence

Piper Laurie

Film Details

Genre

Adaptation

Drama

Period

Release Date

1999

Location

Santa Clarita Studios, Santa Clarita, California, USA; Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank, California, USA

Technical Specs

Duration

2h

Synopsis

Television movie based on the 1925 Scopes "monkey trial." Schoolmaster Bertram Cates is put on trial for teaching Charles Darwin's Theory of Evolution to students in rural Tennessee. Prosecuting Cates is three-time presidential nominee, self-appointed Bible scholar and acclaimed orator Matthew Harrison Brady. Defending Cates is Henry Drummond, America's most celebrated defense attorney.

Director

Daniel Petrie

Cast

Dirk Blocker

John Demita

Jim Meskimen

Hap Lawrence

Piper Laurie

Doug Mcgrath

John Cullum

Tom Everett Scott

Steve Monroe

Critt Davis

Jack Lemmon

George C Scott

Peter Mackenzie

Matthew Kimbrough

Amzie Strickland

Beau Bridges

Brad Greenquist

Steve Hofvendahl

Russ Tamblyn

Mark Helm

Dennis Cockrum

Derek Mcgrath

Jerry Potter

Ronnie Claire Edwards

Lane Smith

Paul Vincent O'connor

Royce D Applegate

David Wells

Kathryn Morris

Crew

Del Acevedo

Keith Addis

Executive Producer

Robert Anderson

Lisa Arpino

Peter Bankins

Property Master

Kelly Barr

Production Coordinator

James Bartle

Director Of Photography

Ron Berkeley

Dennis Bishop

John Fraser Brown

Steven Brown

Unit Production Manager

Steven Brown

Associate Producer

Janis Clark

Bill Dance

Extras Agent/Coordinator

John De Cuir

Production Designer

Robert Decker

Location Manager

Martha Elcan

Associate Producer

Martha Elcan

Assistant Director

Larry Fioritto

Special Effects Coordinator

Duke Foster

Transportation Coordinator

Tom Fraser

Camera Operator

Jeff Gaffin

Production Accountant

Gary Jensen

Richard S Kaufman

Music Supervisor

Shelley Komarov

Costume Designer

Paul Lamastra

Jerome Lawrence

Play As Source Material

Robert Edwin Lee

Play As Source Material

Jeff Levy

Lighting Technician

Robert A Maisto

Construction Coordinator

Joseph Melody

Tim Michals

Terry O'bright

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Sally J Roddy

Script Supervisor

Michael Roey

Keith Rogers

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Laurence Rosenthal

Tony Schwartz

Assistant Director

David Seltzer

Executive Producer

Mary Jo Slater

Harold Jacob Smith

Holly Stein

Keith A Talley

Mark Tuminello

Assistant Editor

Joe Witherell

Sara Yates

Tammy Lynn Yazgulian

Nedrick Young

Film Details

Genre

Adaptation

Drama

Period

Release Date

1999

Location

Santa Clarita Studios, Santa Clarita, California, USA; Warner Bros. Studios, Burbank, California, USA

Technical Specs

Duration

2h

Quotes

Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Aired in United States May 29, 1999

Released in United States on Video November 16, 1999

Although fictionalized for the original play and the subsequent films, Cates, Brady, Drummond and Hornbeck are based on the real-life characters of John Scopes, William Jennings Bryan, Clarence Darrow and H.L. Mencken.

Also scheduled for telecast on NBC in November 1999.

Began shooting March 1, 1999.

A 1960 theatrical film "Inherit the Wind" was directed by Stanley Kramer and starred Spencer Tracy and Fredric March.

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