I just saw Inherit the Wind for the first time. Wow.

[Ladyhawk]

I'm surprised Kubrick got away with making that film in 1960...do you think it would get made in today's political climate?

[gmoney]

1. Inherit the Wind? I believe that's Stanley Kramer, not Kubrick

He also did "On the Beach" and "Judgement at Nuremburg" and "Mad, Mad, Mad World."

But you're right, Inherit is a great movie... pretty resonate today.

[LeftyDarthBrodie]

2. Kubrick?

I also very much enjoyed this film. Mr. Kubrick did not direct this film and I don't believe he had any involvement. I don't mean to be a jerk.

I think this movie absolutely could be remade today and set in Dover, PA or Cobb County, GA. I think it would get ridiculed and protested, ala The Last Temptation of Christ or Dogma or any number of films, from day one but I'm sure somebody could find the money in Hollywood or Canada or Europe to remake this film.

As an aspiring screenwriter this might actually be a fun project to adapt although we don't know for sure what the result will be...

[Hardrada]

4. This was remade for TV a few years back

but lacked some of the oomph of the cinematic release. It got by when it did because the smug culture of that time could not imagine anyone having the nerve!! Elmer Gantry, however, did get banned.

[lenidog]

6. Don't touch it just do it as it was

We are seeing history repeat itself it doesn't need to be updated at all since the same mindset is rearing its ugly head again.

[Ladyhawk]

7. My bad...I wasn't entirely sure. I saw two movies, both directed by

people with a "K" name. Kubrick was Dr. Strangelove, right? :D

[lenidog]

3. Its one of the great movies and plays of all time

I also managed to see it on Broadway with Charles Durning and George C Scott.

[lenidog]

5. Shouldn't be suprised at all that it was made when it was

Hollywood and TV still produced many TV shows that challenged the way people think back then.

[LeftyDarthBrodie]

8. Do you think Hollywood would shy away from a project like this now because

it makes people think and assumes that people pay attention to the news or because of political pressures or both?

[lenidog]

9. Hollywood would shy away from it because they seem now to cater

to the lowest denomination. In other words movies that you have to think about or makes you think is not profitable. We need explosions and action nonstop or at best your hand has to be held throughout the movie and you must be told how to feel or what to think. They don't trust you anymore to make a decision by yourself. The same goes with TV. If the show has any intelligence in it and becomes critically acclaimed because of it, its doomed within one season or two at best. There are some rare exceptions but that is basically the rule. Though I think if you got a director with enough pull you cold still get it made.

[WilliamPitt]

10. One of my favorites

It was originally a play. The scene at the end, with Tracy putting the Bible and Darwin together, was different on stage. In the theater production, the Tracy character takes both books and SLAMS them together before walking of to close the show.

Just awesome. I love the H.L. Mencken character in the movie, too.Gimme that old time religion...