DEBUTING IN ASIA MARCH 25 AT 8PM ON HBO / HBO HD
As Mamet explains, “The
story is her coming to grips with the notion of what is reasonable doubt, and
what is prejudice.”
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According
to Mamet, PHIL SPECTOR is a
mythological story, and he approaches it as such, rather than as a news story. Mamet begins his film with
the card, “This is a work of fiction. It’s not ‘based on a true story.’ It is a
drama inspired by actual persons in a trial, but it is neither an attempt to
depict the actual persons, nor to comment upon the trial or its outcome.”
Al Pacino says, “This is the first trial of Phil Spector
– when he is first accused of this heinous crime. It’s all new to him in terms of
the media – their reaction to it – and his introduction to Linda, who is played
by Helen Mirren. And it’s their relationship, in the course of their
preparation for the trial.”
Helen Mirren comments, “I think whenever you have as
extreme a personality as Phil Spector was with the kind of history that he had,
he is already vilified. He is made into a monster before any trial begins, so I
think that was very much the case with Phil Spector, and it does happen in
other cases.”
Joining
Al Pacino (HBO’s You Don’t Know Jack)
and Helen Mirren (HBO’s Elizabeth I)
in the cast are Emmy® nominee Jeffrey Tambor (Arrested Development)
as
Bruce Cutler, the original lead defense attorney on the Spector team and Golden
Globe® nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor (HBO’s Tsunami: The
Aftermath) as mock prosecutor.
Defense attorney Linda
Kenney Baden served as a consultant on the film, which is
executive produced by Academy Award® winner Barry Levinson and David
Mamet, and produced by Emmy® winner Michael Hausman.
Catch the premiere of PHIL
SPECTOR when it premieres on Monday, March 25 at
8pm exclusively on HBO and HBO HD.
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