Phil Spector Page #4

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
523 Views


Quarter-inch

tape?

MAN ON VIDEO:
Quarter-inch tape,

reel to reel,

8 track, live sound.

It was more realistic to be live

than there was mono.

[Linda coughs]

I've always wanted to know...

[Linda coughs]

what's the difference

between rich...

[Water running]

[Knock on door]

[Police sirens]

His father.

He says his father

shot himself

when he was 5,

but Philip was 5

in 1944.

He didn't shoot himself

when he was 5.

He killed himself

when Phil was 10--1949.

How? With a gun?

Uh-uh.

Took the gas pipe,

went into the

garage,

turned the car on.

Mmm.

You ever meet him?

No, ma'am.

I'm Linda. Please.

[Police sirens]

Here we go.

[Linda coughs]

[Rain falling]

MAN:
Mr. Spector

prefers you to walk.

Just the woman.

Just the woman.

It's OK.

MAN:
Anybody here

seen my old friend

Abraham

And can you

tell me where

he's gone?

"Abraham, Martin,

and John," 1968,

and then they

threw in Bobby--

Bobby Kennedy.

Now, we know Lincoln

freed the slaves,

Dr. King fought

for equality,

John...

screw the Nazi spy

and anything else

that would hold

still for 10

minutes.

What the hell

did Bobby do?

He f***ed

with the Teamsters.

Get over here.

Now, if you look

at the dates, "Abraham,

Martin, and John"

was recorded June 2,

1968.

That's 3 days before

they shot Bobby.

They went back,

chucked him in

as garnish.

Traiga bebidas a

la sala de msica,

por favor!

WOMAN:
S, seor.

Here.

Now, Teddy--Teddy

Kennedy drowns

a girl

on Martha's

Vineyard.

Walks away from

the scene of the crime--

hid under a blanket

72 hours...

a teenage girl who he

had befriended...

Drowns her in a

Volkswagen--300 million

Americans, nobody says

"Boo."

And P.S.--Teddy

Kennedy, what

in the world

had he ever

accomplished?

His family tossed

him the bone.

"Oh, you can't get

your masseuse license?

"Here, sit in the Senate

40 years.

Have fun."

A girl shoots herself

in my house,

and that is the legacy

my children will

live with.

Come on in.

If I go in there,

will you keep me

there by force?

Here we go.

So where's Bruce?

Bruce had to go back

to New York.

Ah...

Ooh.

He went back

to New York.

God, you keep it

cold in here.

No, I need it cold.

You know why I like

Bruce?

Why?

He got John Gotti off.

Stone killer,

Mafia chief,

Bruce walked him out

of court, guilty as

Errol Flynn.

Oh, you are cold.

Mmm.

Come on.

We'll warm you up.

Here. Here you go.

PHIL:
You know,

I always wanted

to get out of all

of this.

You know?

Lawrence de Arabia--

he got out.

You know?

I wanted to be

an interpreter in

the United Nations.

People scoffed

at that, but...

it's a matter of

record.

I always spoke

Spanish.

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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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