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| Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil | |
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| Directed by | Clint Eastwood |
| Produced by | Clint Eastwood |
| Written by | Book: John Berendt Screenplay: John Lee Hancock |
| Starring | Kevin Spacey John Cusack |
| Music by | Lennie Niehaus |
| Cinematography | Jack N. Green |
| Editing by | Joel Cox |
| Studio | Malpaso Productions Silver Pictures |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | November 21, 1997 |
| Running time | 155 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English, French |
| Budget | $30,000,000 (est.) |
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil is a 1997 film directed by Clint Eastwood, and an adaptation the book of the same name. The film features Kevin Spacey as Jim Williams and Jude Law as Billy Carl Hanson.
Several changes were made from the book. Many of the more colorful characters were eliminated or made into composite characters. The reporter, played by John Cusack, was based upon Berendt, but was given a love interest not featured in the book, played by Eastwood's daughter Alison Eastwood. The multiple Williams trials were combined into one on-screen trial. Jim Williams's real life attorney Sonny Seiler appeared in the movie in the role of Judge White, the presiding judge at the trial.
Advertising for the film became a source of controversy when Warner Bros. used elements of Jack Leigh's famous photograph in its movie posters without his permission.
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The film featured a cameo by Uga V, the English bulldog live mascot of the University of Georgia, playing his father, Uga IV. The Uga mascots live in Savannah between football games.
Reviews of the film were mixed, with a score of 52% on Rotten Tomatoes. The film was praised, however for Spacey's likeness to Williams. The film's box office performance was ultimately disappointing. Fans of the book were disappointed with the film, particularly because of the many differences between the book and the film.
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| Released | November 18, 1997 |
| Length | 58:04 |
| Label | Warner Bros. |
| Producer | Ernie Altschuler |
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Integral to the film was the soundtrack Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil: Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture—1997, released in 1997. It is dedicated to the music of Johnny Mercer, a Savannah native. The CD includes versions of songs heard in the film.
| # | Title | Writer(s) | Performer | Length |
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| 1. | "Skylark" | Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer | K. D. Lang | 3:46 |
| 2. | "Too Marvelous for Words" | Richard Whiting, Mercer | Joe Williams | 3:40 |
| 3. | "Autumn Leaves" | Joseph Kosma, Jacques Prévert, Mercer | Paula Cole | 7:24 |
| 4. | "Fools Rush In (Where Angels Fear to Tread)" | Rube Bloom, Mercer | Rosemary Clooney | 4:10 |
| 5. | "Dream" | Mercer | Brad Mehldau | 5:10 |
| 6. | "Days of Wine and Roses" | Henry Mancini, Mercer | Cassandra Wilson | 4:47 |
| 7. | "That Old Black Magic" | Harold Arlen, Mercer | Kevin Spacey | 3:33 |
| 8. | "Come Rain or Come Shine" | Arlen, Mercer | Alison Eastwood | 4:32 |
| 9. | "Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive" | Arlen, Mercer | Clint Eastwood | 3:35 |
| 10. | "This Time the Dream's on Me" | Arlen, Mercer | Alison Krauss | 3:46 |
| 11. | "Laura" | David Raksin, Mercer | Kevin Mahogany | 4:49 |
| 12. | "Midnight Sun" | Lionel Hampton, Sonny Burke, Mercer | Diana Krall | 4:01 |
| 13. | "I'm an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande)" | Mercer | Joshua Redman | 4:59 |
| 14. | "I Wanna Be Around" | Sadie Vimmerstedt, Mercer | Tony Bennett | 2:10 |
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