A virtuoso james stewart vertigo plays a small town michigan lawyer who takes on a difficult case that of a young army lieutenant the killing of a chinese bookie's ben gazzara accused of murdering the local tavern owner who he believes raped his wife days of wine and roses' lee remick. This gripping, envelope pushing courtroom potboiler, the most popular film from hollywood provocateur otto preminger laura, was groundbreaking for the frankness of its discussion of sex more than anything else, it is a striking depiction of the power of words. With its outstanding supporting cast including a young george c. Scott patton as a fiery prosecuting attorney and legendary real life attorney joseph n. Welch as the judge and influential jazz score by duke ellington, anatomy of a murder is a hollywood landmark it was nominated for seven oscars, including best picture.special edition featuresnew high definition digital restoration, with uncompressed monaural soundtrack on the blu ray editionnew alternate 5.1 soundtrack, presented in dts hd master audio on the blu ray editionnew interview with otto preminger biographer foster hirschcritic gary giddins explores duke ellington's score in a new interviewa look at the relationship between graphic designer saul bass and preminger with bass biographer pat kirkhamnewsreel footage from the setexcerpts from a 1967 episode of firing line, featuring preminger in discussion with william f. Buckley jr.excerpts from the work anatomy of anatomy the making of a moviebehind the scenes photographs by life magazine's gjon militrailer, featuring on set footageplus a booklet featuring an essay by critic nick pinkerton and a 1959 life magazine article on real life lawyer joseph n. Welch, who plays the judge in the film