Anatomy of a Murder

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ANATOMY OF A MURDER

Fifty years ago, in the summer of 1959, the film Anatomy of a Murder was released in the cinema’s all around the world. Otto Preminger, the director of the film, was an Austrian jew who fled to the States for the German in the 1930s and made other films like Laura, The Man with The Golden Arm and Angel Face. This film, Anatomy of a Murder, seems to be his best they say. But I don't want inform you about the film, the cast or the story, but about the music, the sound track - made by Duke Ellington. On the 31st of May, the first and second of June 1959 the Duke Ellington Orchestra recorded a dozen of tunes to be used as the sound track of this “court” film.

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[BillF]

When I saw the film on its release, there was an intermission of about 15 minutes during which the Ellington orchestra continued to play.

Edited June 13, 2009 by BillF

[Durium]

When I saw the film on its release, there was a an intermission of about 15 minutes during which the Ellington orchestra continued to play.

I understand the orchestra played live for 15 minutes during the premiere? Was that in England? The Ellington band was in Europe in September and October 1959, but I don't know if they visited England. They were in Paris, Copenhagen, Stockholm, Berlin, Munich and Amsterdam and Eindhoven (both in The Netherlands) due to recording dates listed.

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[medjuck]

When I saw the film on its release, there was a an intermission of about 15 minutes during which the Ellington orchestra continued to play.

?????? You mean there was intermission music on the film soundtrack a la "Lawrence of Arabia", or that the band was present?

[BillF]

Sorry!! The screen went blank, but additional music which I understood was part of the music composed for the film continued to come through the sound system and, like the music in the film, was played by the Ellington orchestra.

[JSngry]

Which raises the question...was this intermission music cuts from the soundtrack itself, diffenrt versions of pieces from the soundtrack, or other music altogether, and, if one/both of the latter two are the case, did the Legacy reissue of the ST include this music?

anybody here in w/that Duke Ellington Society group or whatever they are called? If anybody would know, it would be them...

[medjuck]

I just asked about this on on the Duke-lym list serve. It's very possible of course that the theater was just playing the Lp over their wound system while they sold popcorn during the intermission. And the theater may be have created the intermission themselves. I don't think the film was released with one.

[Ted O'Reilly]

I think Medjuck's right about the imposed intermission... 'Twasn't presented that way on this side of the Atlantic.

I saw "Silence of the Lambs" in Zurich, and was stunned when, just before the big reveal as the camera looks down into the pit, the screen jumped to a jaunty "Let's all go to the lobby and buy some candy" and a 10 minute intermission. The tension was completely broken, never to be recovered.

I wondered if they would have done the same in "Psycho", just as Janet Leigh is soaping up...

[BruceH]

I think Medjuck's right about the imposed intermission... 'Twasn't presented that way on this side of the Atlantic.

I saw "Silence of the Lambs" in Zurich, and was stunned when, just before the big reveal as the camera looks down into the pit, the screen jumped to a jaunty "Let's all go to the lobby and buy some candy" and a 10 minute intermission. The tension was completely broken, never to be recovered.

UN-classy!!