Phil Spector

Synopsis: Record producer Phil Spector hires Bruce Cutler to defend him when he's accused of murder. Cutler persuades Linda Kenney Baden to advise him. While the prosecution's story is contradicted by facts in the case, there is convincing circumstantial evidence against Spector, not the least of which is his appearance. As Baden gradually takes over the defense, even as she is ill with pneumonia, she must find a way to introduce ballistic evidence in a dramatic enough fashion to plant doubt in the jury's mind. Calling Specter to testify may be the only way to stage the evidence. She coaches him and rehearses him: can he (and she) pull it off?

Genre: Biography, Drama, Music

Director(s): David Mamet

Actors: Al Pacino, Helen Mirren, Jeffrey Tambor, Chiwetel Ejiofor

Production: HBO Films

Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 2 wins & 35 nominations.


IMDB:: 6.3
Rotten Tomatoes:: 50%

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: TV-MA
Year:: 2013
: 92 min
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MAN:
Phil Spector interview.
Roll 28.
DIFFERENT MAN:
OK.
GOOD. GO.
[Coughs]
MAN:
Good. Here we go.
[Clears throat]
[Coughs]
MAN ON VIDEO:
There. Yeah.
What is this?
INTERVIEWER:
He's wearing a button
that says "back
to mono."
MAN ON VIDEO:
"Back to mono."
Yeah. All right.
"The wall of sound."
All it is is, it's reverb.
You cook it down.
You mix it down time and again.
Oh, that reverb--what
it is is, it's mud. It's--
Good morning, Maggie.
Hello.
Excuse me. Could I have
a glass of water, please?
WOMAN:
Of course.
Thank you.
MAN ON VIDEO:
He has us in there--
40 musicians,
20 hours a day,
working on one note--
one note...
until it's perfect.
Thank you.
Thank you very
much. [Laughs]
Not at all.
Not at all.
WOMAN:
Excuse me.
Here you are.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
INTERVIEWER:
Wasn't much of
a singer, but..
MAN ON VIDEO:
OK.
[Laughs]
Linda!
Where's she staying?
Someone!
Get her bags
to the hotel!
Get her installed.
whatever she needs!
MAGGIE:
New York's
on the phone.
About what?
MAGGIE:
Your
television show.
Television show--
it can wait.
The gun,
the blood spatter,
that whole wall.
Lana Clarkson, suicide threats,
depression--James,
you know what I'm
looking for.
Did they feed you
on the plane?
What do you think
I am--crazy?
Get her something
to eat.
I don't need
anything to eat.
I need a doctor.
Nick Stavros,
RPI--
Linda Kenney Baden.
Hi. I won't touch you.
I'm very sick.
I need the case laws
on televised,
federal and California.
Grounds for exception,
grounds for appeal.
At least we can
slow them down.
Linda!
Could you get me
a cup of tea, please?
Here's the part
never cut in.
Raw footage.
MAN:
Phil Spector
interview.
Roll 28.
That was fantastic.
Some wonderful
material.
I'm so grateful
to you.
Oh, thank you.
INTERVIEWER:
Excellent.
Who is the girl
in the picture?
MAN IN VIDEO:
I don't know her name.
INTERVIEWER:
Phil didn't, either.
Phil--he can attract
a girl?
Why not?
He can attract a girl.
He can get her
to his house.
Afterwards,
he's on his track.
How can he
keep her there?
You tell me.
With a gun.
He thinks he has to
have a gun..
INTERVIEWER:
I think
we've covered just
about everything.
Ah.
INTERVIEWER:
Some questions at...
OK. All right, all right.
Linda, please.
Come on. We've got
3 days' worth to do
in half an hour.
MAN ON VIDEO:
..how far this goes back.
To the desert.
to the moors...
Thank you for coming.
You said that.
"Telegraph," London,
fax to Phil.
Day of the shooting.
"Lost genius of
rock 'n' roll".
Yeah, I know
about the article.
What you
don't know--
read the article--
he's been cold sober
for 10 years.
Cold sober.
That night,
House of Blues
and Lana Clarkson.
Uh-huh.
Article
sets him off.
Hmm. That's a shame.
It sets him off.
Yes, but how does that
help your case?
My case, in court
tomorrow, all right?
How does it help your
case that he's nuts
and he's drunk?
He still put the gun
in the girl's mouth.
We've got
right there...
Yeah, I read that.
Maggie, play her
the f*cking audiotape,
First officers?
I read it.
I want you
to hear it.
Phil and the first
officers.
Let's go.
Uh.
PHIL:
This piece of shit!
I don't know what
the f*cking problem was,
but she certainly
had no right
to come to my f*cking
castle and blow her
f*cking head open!
I don't see the case.
No? He's drunk.
He's enraged.
He mouths off
to the cops.
Why is he enraged?
You heard it.
Is that a man who
just shot somebody?
That's hearsay. They'll
never allow it into court.
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David Alan Mamet is an American playwright, essayist, screenwriter, and film director. As a playwright, Mamet has won a Pulitzer Prize and received Tony nominations for Glengarry Glen Ross and Speed-the-Plow. more…

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