Schoolteacher John Scopes is placed under close arrest for advocating Darwin's theory of evolution to his pupils in violation of a stifling Tennessee law banning anything that 'denies the divine creation of man as taught by the Bible'. The case is taken up by a cynical newspaper-man who takes an interest when the champion of the Fundamentalists and three-time presidential candidate is named prosecutor. A fascinating and absorbing dramatisation of the famous 1925 'Monkey Trial'.
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THE TRIAL (WELLES) (1962)
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The nightmare begins when Joseph K awakes to realise that a police inspector is at the foot of his bed. So it begins, but where will it end? A superb allegory for the life of modern Man, as K tries desperately to justify his existence to an uncaring judiciary. From the novel by Kafka by way of that well known late sherry merchant, Orson Welles. "Like a dog..."
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TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
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A lawyer raising his children alone in the midst of racial hatred, injustice and hypocracy is the only man prepared to defend a young black man accused of rape by a white trash family. A superb study of racism in Americas deep South boasting a wonderful script, photography and acting in an adaptation worthy of the book; A total classic.
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