''Inherit the Wind'' is a 1999 American
made-for-television
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film adaptation
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of the 1955
play of the same name
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which originally aired on
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. The original play was written as a
parable
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which fictionalized the 1925
Scopes "Monkey" Trial as a means of discussing the 1950s
McCarthy trials.
George C. Scott
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, appearing in his last performance, played Brady. In the 1996 Broadway revival he played Drummond.
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Plot summary
Cast
* Jack Lemmon
John Uhler Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was an American actor. Considered equally proficient in both dramatic and comic roles, Lemmon was known for his anxious, middle-class everyman screen persona in dramedy pictures, leadin ...
as Henry Drummond
* George C. Scott
George Campbell Scott (October 18, 1927 – September 22, 1999) was an American actor, director, and producer who had a celebrated career on both stage and screen. With a gruff demeanor and commanding presence, Scott became known for his port ...
as Matthew Harrison Brady
* Beau Bridges
Lloyd Vernet "Beau" Bridges III (born December 9, 1941) is an American actor and director. He is a three-time Emmy, two-time Golden Globe and one-time Grammy Award winner, as well as a two-time Screen Actors Guild Award nominee. Bridges was a ...
as E. K. Hornbeck
* John Cullum
John Cullum (born circa 1930) is an American actor and singer. He has appeared in many stage musicals and dramas, including '' Shenandoah'' (1975) and ''On the Twentieth Century'' (1978), winning the Tony Award for Best Leading Actor in a Mus ...
as Judge Coffey
* Brad Greenquist
Brad Greenquist (born October 8, 1959) is an American actor.
Career
Greenquist appeared in ''Pet Sematary'', the 1989 film adaptation of Stephen King's 1983 novel of the same name, and in films such as '' The Diary of Ellen Rimbauer''. From the ...
as Tom Davenport
* Lane Smith
Walter Lane Smith III (April 29, 1936 – June 13, 2005) was an American actor. His well-known roles included newspaper editor Perry White in the ABC series '' Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman'', Walter Warner in ''Son in Law'', coll ...
as Rev. Brown
* Tom Everett Scott
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as Bertram T. Cates
* Kathryn Morris
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Career
Morris's first role was a minor one in the 1991 tele-movie ''Long Road Home''. Several other small parts follo ...
as Rachel Brown
* Piper Laurie
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as Sarah Brady
Awards
Golden Globes
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* Won:Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV - Jack Lemmon
John Uhler Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was an American actor. Considered equally proficient in both dramatic and comic roles, Lemmon was known for his anxious, middle-class everyman screen persona in dramedy pictures, leadin ...
American Cinema Foundation, USA
* Nominated: E Pluribus Unum Award, Television Movie
Directors Guild of America, USA
* Nominated: DGA Award, Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television, Daniel Petrie
Emmy Awards
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* Nominated: Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie - Jack Lemmon
* Nominated: Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie - Beau Bridges
Screen Actors Guild Awards
* Nominated: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Television Movie or Miniseries -George C. Scott
IGCSE Literature
Drama
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* Inherit the Wind is used as one of the works studied under Drama for the IGCSE
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.
See also
* List of American films of 1999
A list of American films released in 1999.
'' American Beauty'' won the Academy Award for Best Picture.
External links
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* List of 1999 box office number-one films in the United States
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* Trial movies
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Notes
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Geoffrey Gould reports from the set of ''Inherit the Wind''
Pals revisit Scopes in ''Inherit the Wind''
1999 television films
1999 films
1999 drama films
Films about religion
Films about lawyers
Drama films based on actual events
1990s legal films
American courtroom films
American films based on plays
United Artists films
Scopes Trial
Cultural depictions of Clarence Darrow
Cultural depictions of John T. Scopes
Films à clef
Films directed by Daniel Petrie
American legal drama films
Showtime (TV network) films
Films scored by Laurence Rosenthal
American drama television films
1990s English-language films
1990s American films
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