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Overview
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Release Date:
25 December 1962 (USA)
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Tagline:
The most beloved and widely read Pulitzer Prize Winner now comes vividly alive on the screen! more
Plot:
Atticus Finch, a lawyer in the Depression-era South, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his kids against prejudice. full summary | full synopsis
Awards:
Won 3 Oscars.
Another 11 wins
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12 nominations
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(38 articles)
Film School 101: Protagonists
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AFI Fest 2009: Something’S Gonna Live, North By Northwest
(From Alternative Film Guide. 26 October 2009, 12:41 AM, PDT)
(From Atomic Popcorn. 1 November 2009, 4:57 AM, PST)
AFI Fest 2009: Something’S Gonna Live, North By Northwest
(From Alternative Film Guide. 26 October 2009, 12:41 AM, PDT)
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An Unforgettable Drama
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Gregory Peck | ... | Atticus Finch |
 | John Megna | ... | Charles Baker 'Dill' Harris |
 | Frank Overton | ... | Sheriff Heck Tate |
| Rosemary Murphy | ... | Maudie Atkinson |
| Ruth White | ... | Mrs. Dubose |
 | Brock Peters | ... | Tom Robinson |
| Estelle Evans | ... | Calpurnia |
| Paul Fix | ... | Judge Taylor |
| Collin Wilcox Paxton | ... | Mayella Violet Ewell (as Collin Wilcox) |
| James Anderson | ... | Robert E. Lee 'Bob' Ewell |
| Alice Ghostley | ... | Aunt Stephanie Crawford |
 | Robert Duvall | ... | Arthur 'Boo' Radley |
| William Windom | ... | Mr. Gilmer, Prosecutor |
| Crahan Denton | ... | Walter Cunningham Sr. |
 | Richard Hale | ... | Nathan Radley |
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129 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #20267) |
Canada:A (Nova Scotia) |
UK:A (original rating) |
UK:PG (video rating) |
Iceland:12 |
Portugal:M/12 |
USA:Not Rated (DVD) |
Germany:12 (DVD rating) |
Australia:PG |
Canada:G (Quebec) |
Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) |
Finland:K-16 |
South Korea:12 |
Sweden:15 |
West Germany:12 (f)
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The character of Dill is purportedly based upon Truman Capote, who had been a childhood friend of Harper Lee when he was sent to live with relatives in Lee's hometown each summer. Truman Capote, in turn, based one of his characters in his literary work "Other Voices, Other Rooms" upon his recollection of Harper Lee.
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Errors in geography: There isn't a mountain within 200 miles of South Alabama where the film takes place. However, mountains are clearly visible as part of the landscape in several shots throughout the movie.
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Tom Robinson:
Looks like she didn't have nobody to help her. I felt right sorry for her. She seemed...
Prosecutor: You felt sorry for her? A white woman? You felt sorry for her?
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Prosecutor: You felt sorry for her? A white woman? You felt sorry for her?
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Featured in The 76th Annual Academy Awards (2004) (TV)
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Hoo boy, am I a sucker for courtroom dramas. The wrangling of legal points and the investigation into the truth just gets my cinematic blood pumping (I s'pose it's in response to my own dashed hopes of becoming an attorney).
"To Kill a Mockingbird" rises to the top of the pile easily.
Yes, the courtroom proceedings are nail-bitingly engaging. But played out against the tapestry of bigotry and hate make the legal goings-on even more compelling.
The writing here is so beautiful, so lyric, so poetic. The Harper Lee-based screenplay captures wonderfully a time and a place that are absolutely real--where big brothers could solve the universe's problems in an instant and all the treasures of the world could be contained in a cigar box.
"To Kill a Mockingbird" also contains three of the most impressive child performances I have ever witnessed--there's not a false or affected moment in any one of them. Until seeing "Ponette," a movie I would highly recommend, the kids in "Mockingbird" received my best child performance ever awards. "Ponette" has ratcheted them down one notch, but that doesn't diminish the achievement here. The scene in which Scout dispels the mob simply by identifying its individual members is one of the most powerful moments in filmdom.
Peck more than deserved his best actor nod. His quiet dignity is a definite asset. Brock Peters, too, is terrific in what could have been a cliched role.
If you are a moviegoer who has a bias against black and white movies and who has therefore never seen "Mockingbird," I pity you. You've passed on one of Hollywood's most unforgettable experiences.