Réalisation:
Daniel PetriePhotographie:
James BartleMusique:
Laurence RosenthalActeurs·trices:
Jack Lemmon, George C. Scott, Piper Laurie, Beau Bridges, Tom Everett Scott, Kathryn Morris, Lane Smith, Brad Greenquist, Jim Meskimen (plus)Résumés(1)
The story is based on the real-life Scopes Monkey trial that made history in 1925 and brought a small town teacher to the forefront of a great political and social debate. In the small southern town of Hillsboro, the "trial of the century" erupts when a young and idealistic school instructor, Bertram Cates (Tom Everett Scott), is arrested for teaching Darwinism and the theory of evolution in his classroom. Hillsboro becomes a media hot spot as two of the nation's legal masterminds take up the case. George C. Scott stars as Matt Brady (based on real-life orator and politician William Jennings Bryan), a Bible-thumping political zealot who preaches against Darwin and the practices of the young teacher, while Jack Lemmon stars as Henry Drummond (based on legal legend Clarence Darrow), a liberal atheist who defends Cates and the notion of free speech. Drummond and Brady are long-time friends and political peers who find themselves fiercely divided over this issue. After heated political and spiritual debates, the trial is decided, making national headlines and changing the course of free speech and scientific theory forever. (texte officiel du distributeur)
(plus)Acteurs·trices
![Jack Lemmon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/219/165219959_48453f.jpg)
Jack Lemmon
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Certains l'aiment chaud (1959)
JFK (1991)
La Garçonnière (1960)
![George C. Scott](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/903/162903645_39aa26.png)
George C. Scott
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Docteur Folamour (1964)
Autopsie d'un meurtre (1959)
L'Arnaqueur (1961)
![Piper Laurie](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/083/855/83855251_83927a.jpg)
Piper Laurie
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Les Enfants du silence (1986)
L'Arnaqueur (1961)
The Bunker (1981) (téléfilm)
![Beau Bridges](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/433/162433020_e50ead.png)
Beau Bridges
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Into the West (2005) (série)
Stargate: Continuum (2008)
The Red Pony (1949)
![Tom Everett Scott](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269493_b67cc2.jpg)
Tom Everett Scott
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Clouds (2020)
La La Land (2016)
Contre-jour (1998)
![Kathryn Morris](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/530/162530132_16683c.jpg)
Kathryn Morris
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Pour le pire et pour le meilleur (1997)
Minority Report (2002)
The Dirt (2019)
![Lane Smith](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267811_569893.jpg)
Lane Smith
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Si c'était demain (1986) (série)
La Légende de Bagger Vance (2000)
Frances (1982)
![Brad Greenquist](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/396/396157_dfe972.jpg)
Brad Greenquist
Meilleurs films :
La Méthode Williams (2021)
Faux témoin (1987)
Réalité (2014)
![Jim Meskimen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/529/162529094_4bd44c.png)
Jim Meskimen
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
![Russ Tamblyn](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/711/162711203_cc0d89.jpg)
Russ Tamblyn
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Django Unchained (2012)
West Side Story (1961)
Drive (2011)
John Cullum
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Le Jour d'après (1983) (téléfilm)
1776 (1972)
Inherit the Wind (1999) (téléfilm)
![Doug McGrath](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/812/157812611_e84133.jpg)
Doug McGrath
Canada
Meilleurs films :
Josey Wales, hors-la-loi (1976)
The Return of Captain Invincible (1983)
Pale Rider, le cavalier solitaire (1985)
Twyla Banks
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Blow (2001)
Inherit the Wind (1999) (téléfilm)
Can't Be Heaven (2000)
David Wells
Meilleurs films :
Basic Instinct (1992)
Le Flic de Beverly Hills (1984)
Starman (1984)
![Peter Mackenzie](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/125/160125710_2e057f.jpg)
Peter Mackenzie
Meilleurs films :
Dalton Trumbo (2015)
Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
Lorenzo (1992)
![Amzie Strickland](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/223/160223023_ad7cdf.jpg)
Amzie Strickland
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Entrons dans la danse (1949)
La Rue rouge (1945)
Jerry Potter
Meilleurs films :
Misery (1990)
Inherit the Wind (1999) (téléfilm)
The Quick and the Dead (1987) (téléfilm)
John DeMita
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Animatrix (2003)
Le Marin des mers de Chine (1983)
Lilo & Stitch (2002)
![Dirk Blocker](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/106/162106043_0328c4.jpg)
Dirk Blocker
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Short Cuts (1993)
Starman (1984)
Poltergeist (1982)
![Royce D. Applegate](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/121/162121804_76f5bf.jpg)
Royce D. Applegate
États-Unis
Meilleurs films :
Rain Man (1988)
Pur Sang, la légende de Seabiscuit (2003)
Les Bleus et les Gris (1982) (série)