QUESTION Inherit the Wind scene, creationism vs. evolution - YouTube
Has anyone watched "Inherit the Wind" based on the Scopes Monkey Trail? I think Spencer Tracy is great in it. He portrays Henry Drummond and based on real-life attorney Clarence Darrow. Matthew Harrison Brady is based on William Jennings Bryan. Schoolteacher Bertram T. Cates is based on schoolteacher John Thomas Scopes (hence "Scopes Monkey Trial" ).
Based on a real-life case in 1925, two great lawyers argue the case for and against a science teacher accused of the crime of teaching evolution.
To heighten the tension of Spencer Tracy's final summation to the jury, the scene was filmed in a single take.
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I saw movie (long time ago) and later on the documentry. I do remember how interesting it was.
Freedompath
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Jan 31, 2018
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Yes it is an awesome film..a classic..and to think the religiturds are Still screaming about evolution..smh
Charlene
Level 9
Jan 31, 2018
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...as if this trial never happened!
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Which Scopes lost..
I just watched a Rich Hall documentary on the south. It included this film and scene. It also took a look at the original Scopes trial. Evolution was already part of the school curriculum. Including eugenics which to quote the text books of the time (1930`s ) " Have already been very successfully tried in europe ".
273kelvin
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Jan 31, 2018
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Spencer Tracy's final summation:
ballou
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Jan 31, 2018
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BOY! We may have had a few real 'heros' in the not to distant pass...if only a few could step forward now?
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