1:03:00
in a corner by himself,
sort of hoverin'
1:03:03
and wouldn't look at
the jurors,
1:03:05
and they were all
staring at him.
1:03:10
[sighs]
1:03:11
l felt as though
my life was being
taken away from me.
1:03:14
And that l was
being depicted, characterized
1:03:18
as something evil,
a demon.
1:03:27
(Hopper)
After a two-month trial,
1:03:29
the jury took just five hours
1:03:31
to return
a unanimously guilty verdict,
1:03:34
(Roy Cohn)
The substance of what you say,
1:03:36
in effect,
is you were the little man
who wasn't there.
1:03:39
But the fact
of the matter is,
1:03:40
you deliberately
and knowingly
1:03:43
committed a long series
1:03:44
of immoral, revolting,
obscene acts.
1:03:47
You might have found it
obscene, and immoral,
1:03:49
and distasteful,
and disgusting.
1:03:51
Others don't.
1:03:52
The acts you performed on film
are acts that would be crimes
1:03:55
if they were performed
on the street
or someplace else.
1:03:58
No. They are wonderful
celebrations of life.
1:04:00
They're called sex,
Mr. Cohn.
1:04:02
You just can't cloak yourself
with the American flag
1:04:04
because you don't fit
the image.
1:04:05
You talk as though
the Bill of Rights
was created just for you.
1:04:17
(Hopper)
For the first time
in US history,
1:04:20
an actor had been convicted
for merely playing a part,
1:04:23
And Harry Reems
faced five years in jail,
1:04:27
(Tony Bill)
It did not bode well
for the future
1:04:29
of any kind of aesthetic
or artistic expression
1:04:32
in this country,
in any of the arts,
1:04:34
much less this poor guy
1:04:36
who, you know,
suddenly finds himself
being made a scapegoat,
1:04:40
All in the interest of
1:04:42
a basically moral crusade.
1:04:49
(Alan Dershowitz)
What was behind
the case in Memphis
1:04:51
was the religious right,
1:04:53
This is the first
real incarnation
1:04:56
of trying to apply
their conception of morality