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Phil Spector (film)

Phil Spector
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Written by David Mamet
Directed by David Mamet
Starring Al Pacino
Helen Mirren
Jeffrey Tambor
Theme music composer Marcelo Zarvos
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
Production
Running time 92 minutes
Distributor HBO Films
Release
Original release
  • March 24, 2013 (2013-03-24)

Phil Spector is a biographical television film directed and written by David Mamet. The film is based on the life of record producer, songwriter and musician Phil Spector, and was released by HBO Films on March 24, 2013, in United States. It stars Al Pacino as Phil Spector, Helen Mirren as defense attorney Linda Kenney Baden, and Jeffrey Tambor as Bruce Cutler. It focuses primarily on the relationship between Phil Spector and Linda Kenney Baden, his defense attorney during the first of his two murder trials for the 2003 death of Lana Clarkson in his California mansion.

The film opens with an disclaimer from HBO, stating the film to be fiction, and not based on real events.

The film was originally supposed to star Bette Midler as Linda, but Midler left the project after suffering a back injury and having to be carried off the set.

The film has received mixed to positive reviews from critics. Review aggregator site Metacritic has given the film a score of 60 out of 100, signifying "mixed or average reviews".

The film was nominated for eleven Primetime Emmy Awards, including Outstanding Miniseries or Movie, Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for Al Pacino, Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie for Helen Mirren, and Outstanding Directing and Writing for a Miniseries or Movie for David Mamet.


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