Phil Spector Page #2

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?
Director(s): David Mamet
Production: HBO Films
  Nominated for 2 Golden Globes. Another 2 wins & 35 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.3
Rotten Tomatoes:
50%
TV-MA
Year:
2013
92 min
519 Views


He shot the girl, all right?

He's a freak.

Those are the public

who don't hate him.

He's a genius.

He transformed

the entire

music industry.

What's that--what's that

kid's name--James?

James. James?

I'm Linda Kenney

Baden.

Could you tell me

what this is?

I'll give you

a dollar if you can

tell me.

Is it something

to do with music?

Why would you

say that?

Because the case

has to do with music.

No, no, no.

The case has nothing

to do with music.

No. This is an insert

that allows a 45 RPM

record to be played

on an LP phonograph, OK?

Now...

OK.

What is this?

Something to do with

an early computer.

Mmm.

Put it on

your key chain.

It's a piece

of the past.

Mmm.

This kid doesn't know

what a phonograph is,

a 45, a--a transistor

radio.

Nobody on the jury

is gonna know anything

except your guy's

a murderer and a freak.

The girl killed herself.

Well, maybe, but

I don't want to take

that case.

There...

I don't like

that case.

There is no evidence.

There's no blood

spatter on his cuff.

Well, you've got--

as to the blood

spatter--

There is no blood spatter

on the back wall. Why?

Why?

Linda, the bullet

lodged in the skull.

The skull was intact.

All the blood

in the brain matter

had to come

out of the mouth

toward him.

Exact model of

the coat he wore.

Exact model.

Blood spatter?

You find it. Go ahead.

It's more than

a pinpoint, Bruce.

I read the report.

It's more than one,

and--

And it is inconsistent with

anything but a defensive--

Bruce...

a defensive movement.

and the angle of the shot

is inconsistent.

The only way

he walks--

I think

he's not guilty.

Of course you do.

The only way, however,

that he walks is what?

She shot herself.

That's right. Why?

She was depressed.

We have a history

of e-mails, comments...

They let O.J. go.

They let Michael

Jackson go.

They are not gonna

let him go.

They will be trying him

for the murder of

O.J.'s wife,

and they will find him

guilty.

Put on the tape.

The girl was crazy,

Linda.

She made this tape

to promote herself

as an actress.

Go ahead.

LANA:
Dead Broke Tower,

the one and only...

LINDA:
I need some groceries

at the hotel, please.

LANA:
Little Richard.

Richard, which

do you prefer?

"Little" or "Richard"?

Folks just call me

whatever it is that

jumps in their head

at that moment,

then come out

with it.

There was this one

man at a club I was

playing

down in Memphis,

my house at one

time.

And I'd like to

thank you, Dizzy,

for having me

on the show.

Well, Dizzy,

follow me?

Yes, Richard,

I do.

Your car is here.

Well, its...

Thanks.

Dilly.

"Richard" or "Little,"

whichever you prefer.

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David Mamet

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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