The AALS 2012 Annual Meeting will introduce the Law and Film Series, featuring films on legal topics, chosen for their cinematic and legal value, identifying film resources for possible classroom instructional purposes, as well as raising general awareness for law and film appreciation purposes. We hope that this Film Series will enhance the Annual Meeting experience for attendees. For each of two nights, we will show films chosen by the Annual Meeting Film Advisory Committee, including double features. There will be brief discussions and commentary in connection with the films. Instructional materials will be made available.
Feature films - 8:30 p.m. and 10:00 p.m.
Fury (Fritz Lang, 1936) (92 minutes)
Starring Spencer Tracy, Sylvia Sidney and Walter Abel
Fritz Lang's first American film, this drama tells the story of an innocent man who narrowly escapes being lynched and the revenge he seeks. It features an interesting use of photography in the trial scenes when Spencer Tracy's murder trial is shown.
Adam’s Rib (George Cukor, 1949) (101 minutes)
Starring Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Judy Holliday
Domestic and professional tensions mount when a husband and wife work as opposing lawyers in a case involving a woman who shot her husband.
AALS would to thank and recognize Carolina Academic Press for their financial support of the 2012 Annual Meeting Inaugural Law and Film Series.