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To Kill A Mockingbird
1962
Robert Mulligan's classic adaptation of Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, set in the racially charged atmosphere of Macon County, Alabama in the 1930s, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD is a poignant coming-of-age story. Winner of four Academy Awards including Best Screenplay (written by Horton Foote), and Best Actor (Gregory Peck).. Read more
| Starring | Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Philip Alford, Brock Peters |
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| Director | Robert Mulligan |
| Genres | Drama |
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To Kill A Mockingbird
Robert Mulligan's classic adaptation of Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, set in the racially charged atmosphere of Macon County, Alabama in the 1930s, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD is a poignant coming-of-age story. Winner of four Academy Awards including Best Screenplay (written by Horton Foote), and Best Actor (Gregory Peck), TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD is a timeless film packed with beautiful scenes and meaningful life lessons. The story is told from the vantage point of a young girl nicknamed Scout (Mary Badham) whose widowed white father Atticus Finch (Peck), an attorney, decides on principle to defend a black man (Brock Peters) charged with raping a poor white woman. But the bigoted townspeople would rather lynch the accused than try him, and they make life hellish for the lawyer, his daughter, and his son Jem (Philip Alford). While their father is in the throes of the trial, his bright, inquisitive children learn a hard and unforgettable lesson in justice, morality, and prejudice, part of which requires overcoming an unfounded fear of their mysterious neighbour Boo Radley (Robert Duvall).
| Starring | Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Philip Alford, Brock Peters, Robert Duvall, John Megna, William Windom, Paul Fix, Alice Ghostley, Rosemary Murphy |
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| Director | Robert Mulligan |
| Studio | UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK |
| Run time | DVD: 4 hrs 6 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Dubbed | French, German, Italian, Spanish |
| Subtitles | DVD: Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Turkish |
| Released | DVD: 03 Jul 2006 Production year: 1962 |
| Format | DVD |
To Kill A Mockingbird (1962)
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This is a beautifully crafted and faithful screen adaptation (by playwright Horton Foote, who won an Oscar) of the now-classic Harper Lee novel about a lawyer in the Deep South and the effect of a rape trial on his children. Gregory Peck won the best actor Oscar as Atticus Finch, but in truth he's ill-cast — if ever a role was meant for Henry Fonda it was this one. Robert Duvall, making his screen debut as the disturbed Boo Radley, is excellent, as are the well-cast children (Phillip Alford and Mary Badham, sister of film-maker John Badham), and Robert Mulligan's direction is quietly impressive (even if the film's a shade overlong). The book was once considered strong stuff, but is now taught in schools everywhere.
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Familiar dollops of social conscience, very well presented with a child interest and excellent atmosphere, but a mite overlong.
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24 out of 24 people found this review helpful
A total pleasure.....
When you have a beautifully written and intelligent book which is turned into a beautifully presented and intelligent film you just can't ask for more. Everything about this film is class : the acting, script, set, direction, score .... just everything. A special mention must be made of Gregory Peck who deservedly won an oscar, and the two children who were superb.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
Well what can I say, one of the greatest books of all time brought to life on the screen. It lacks something on the book but what film doesn't, the casting is excellent, the location looks like the real thing (not even a real place, filmed on a studio lot), if youv'e read the book and who hasn't then you will be pleased to know it's all there. All in all a really good job, I'm sure Harper Lee would be proud, the extras are a treat as well.
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Top screenwriter and playwright Foote dead at 92
- 05 Mar 2009
The Pulitzer Prize and Oscar-winning screenwriter behind movie classics To Kill A Mockingbird and Tender Mercies has died. Horton Foote was working on a production of one of his plays in Hartford, Connecticut, when he died. He was 92. Foote, who was born in Texas, won screenplay Oscars in 1962 and 1983 for To Kill A Mockingbird and Tender Mercies respectively. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1995 for his play The Man From Atlanta. Read more
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To Kill A Mockingbird
Robert Mulligan's classic adaptation of Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, set in the racially charged atmosphere of Macon County, Alabama in the 1930s, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD is a poignant coming-of-age story. Winner of four Academy Awards including Best Screenplay (written by Horton Foote),...
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