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Phil Spector (TV)

HBO Classics

Phil Spector

2013

David Mamet

Al Pacino, Helen Mirren, Jeffrey Tambor, Rebecca Pidgeon ...

5.6

1,214

Drama A drama centered on the relationship between Phil Spector and defense attorney Linda Kenney Baden while the music business legend was on trial for the murder of actress Lana Clarkson. Written and directed by David Mamet, PHIL SPECTOR is his exploration of the client-attorney relationship between legendary music producer Phil Spector (Al Pacino) and defense attorney Linda Kenney Baden (Helen Mirren), who represented Spector during his first trial for murder. [+]

	Author	Review
United States	David Wiegand SFGATE	"Mamet is very much on his game in 'Phil Spector', but so is every member of his cast, including Al Pacino as Spector and Helen Mirren as attorney Linda Kenny Baden: Watching these two titans of acting work is half the fun"	POS
United States	Linda Stasi New York Post	"Mirren and Pacino are fantastic, and Tambor rightfully underplays the larger-than-life Cutler, who rivals Spector himself (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United States	Clark Collis Entertainment Weekly	"The film costars an on-form Helen Mirren as Linda Kenney Baden, one of Spector's real-life defense attorneys.... Pacino too is excellent"	POS
United States	Tim Goodman The Hollywood Reporter	"Storytelling doesn’t make 'Phil Spector' a great legal movie, but it allows two exceptional actors and a talented writer a chance to play with reality"	POS
United States	Alessandra Stanley The New York Times	"In 'Phil Spector' the facts of the case and the characters are molded to allow viewers to doubt Mr. Spector’s guilt. But even with a Mamet screenplay and actors like Mr. Pacino and Ms. Mirren there is not much anyone can do to make the audience care"	NEU

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