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  2. To Kill a Mockingbird has been a source of significant controversy since its being the subject of classroom study as early as 1963. The book's racial slurs, profanity, and frank discussion of rape have led people to challenge its appropriateness in libraries and classrooms across the United States.

    • Harper Lee
    • 1960
    • Overview
    • Production notes and credits
    • Cast
    • Academy Award nominations (* denotes win)

    To Kill a Mockingbird, American dramatic film, released in 1962, that was adapted from Harper Lee’s coming-of-age novel that addressed racism and injustice. Deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant” to America’s film heritage, the Library of Congress honoured it with inclusion in the National Film Registry.

    (Read Martin Scorsese’s Britannica essay on film preservation.)

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    To Kill a Mockingbird recounts the childhood experiences of six-year-old “Scout” Finch (played by Mary Badham) during the Great Depression in the fictional town of Maycomb, Alabama. When her widowed father (Gregory Peck), a principled and respected attorney, defends a Black man falsely accused of raping a white woman, Scout and her brother witness the horrors of racism. They also learn valuable lessons about courage, compassion, tolerance, and prejudice.

    Peck’s Academy Award-winning performance as Atticus Finch became an enduring part of cinema history; in 2003 his character was voted the top film hero in a poll conducted by the American Film Institute. Badham, as the tomboyish Scout, earned praise in her first screen role. Scout’s friend, the imaginative, storytelling “Dill,” was patterned after Lee’s childhood friend, the writer Truman Capote. Robert Duvall made his film debut as “Boo” Radley, a reclusive neighbour.

    •Studio: Universal

    •Director: Robert Mulligan

    •Producer: Alan J. Pakula

    •Writer: Horton Foote

    •Music: Elmer Bernstein

    •Running time: 129 minutes

    •Gregory Peck (Atticus Finch)

    •Mary Badham (“Scout” Finch)

    •Phillip Alford (“Jem” Finch)

    •Robert Duvall (“Boo” Radley)

    •John Megna (“Dill” Harris)

    •Brock Peters (Tom Robinson)

    •Picture

    •Director

    •Cinematography (black and white)

    •Art direction–set decoration (black and white)*

    •Screenplay, adapted*

    •Lead actor* (Gregory Peck)

    • Lee Pfeiffer
  3. When Atticus (Gregory Peck), their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson (Brock Peters) against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose...

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    • Gregory Peck
    • Robert Mulligan
    • Universal International Pictures
  4. Oct 11, 2022 · Based on Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize winning novel about innocence, strength and conviction and nominated for 8 Academy Awards®, this beloved classic includes hours of unforgettable bonus features. Watch it and remember why "it's a sin to kill a mockingbird." Year: 1962.

  5. To Kill a Mockingbird: Directed by Robert Mulligan. With Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton, Rosemary Murphy. Atticus Finch, a widowed lawyer in Depression-era Alabama, defends a Black man against an undeserved rape charge, and tries to educate his young children against prejudice.

    • (335K)
    • Crime, Drama
    • Robert Mulligan
    • 1963-03-16
  6. Dec 8, 2022 · We reviewed the Region free UK Ultra HD Blu-ray release of To Kill a Mockingbird on a Panasonic TX-65HZ1000B Ultra HD 4K TV with a Panasonic DP-UB450 Dolby Vision HDR10+ 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray player.

  7. To Kill a Mockingbird is a 1962 American coming-of-age legal drama crime film directed by Robert Mulligan starring Gregory Peck and Mary Badham, with Phillip Alford, John Megna, Frank Overton, James Anderson, and Brock Peters in supporting roles.

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