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Inherit the Wind
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Schoolteacher Bertram Cates is arrested for teaching his students Darwin's theory of evolution. The case receives national attention and one of the newspaper reporters, E.K. Hornbeck, arranges to bring in renowned defense attorney and atheist Henry Drummond to defend Cates. The prosecutor, Matthew Brady is a former presidential candidate, famous evangelist, and old adversary of Drummond.
View on IMDbAppeals to viewers who enjoy eloquent courtroom confrontations about civil liberties, intellectual freedom, and the clash between personal conviction and public authority.
- Tone
- cerebral, tense, satirical
- Payoff
- catharsis, revelation
- Pacing
- steady
- Intensity
- moderate
- Structure
- linear
- Themes
- science versus belief, free expression, institutional power, public spectacle
- Setting
- early twentieth-century America, small-town courthouse and surrounding community
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