AALS would like to thank and recognize Carolina Academic Press for their financial support of the Classic Film Selections of the AALS Law and Film Series.
This evening presents two of the four films in the AALS Annual Meeting Law and Film Series and features two classic feature 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. For each of these two nights of film showings, we will present double feature films chosen by the AALS Annual Meeting Film Advisory Committee. There will be brief discussions and commentary in connection with the films.
7:30 p.m.
The Wrong Man (1956) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0051207/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2
Film runtime is 105 minutes.
Starring Henry Fonda as Manny Balestrero, wrongfully accused and imprisoned for a crime he did not commit. This is a 1956 Alfred Hitchcock film based upon an actual innocence project-like scenario. It also stars Vera Miles as Rose Balestrero and Anthony Quayle as defense attorney Frank O'Connor.
9:30 p.m.
Inherit the Wind (1960) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0053946/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Film runtime is 128 minutes.
Stanley Kramer's classic film is loosely based upon the 1925 “Scopes Monkey Trial,” where a schoolteacher is convicted for breaking the law against teaching evolution. It stars Spencer Tracy, Fredric March and Gene Kelly, and has been remade several times for film and television.