To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) |
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| Director(s) | Robert Mulligan |
| Producer(s) | Alan J. Pakula |
| Top Genres | Crime, Drama, Film Adaptation, Mystery |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Courtroom, Integrity, Justice, Lawyers, Prejudice |
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To Kill a Mockingbird
Released
1962
Gregory Peck
(as Atticus Finch)
To Kill a Mockingbird
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1962
John Megna
(as Dill Harris)
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Frank Overton
(as Sheriff Heck Tate)
To Kill a Mockingbird
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Rosemary Murphy
(as Maudie Atkinson)
To Kill a Mockingbird
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Ruth White
(as Mrs. Dubose)
To Kill a Mockingbird
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Brock Peters
(as Tom Robinson)
To Kill a Mockingbird
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Paul Fix
(as Judge Taylor)
To Kill a Mockingbird
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Alice Ghostley
(as Aunt Stephanie Crawfor...)
To Kill a Mockingbird Overview:
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) was a Crime - Drama Film directed by Robert Mulligan and produced by Alan J. Pakula.
The film was based on the novel of the same name written by Harper Lee published in 1960.
SYNOPSIS
One of the most beloved of classic movies speaks at once with the wisdom of years and with childlike innocence, capturing both voices flawlessly. Foote's adaptation of the Lee novel gives us a story of quiet courage and unexpected deliverance from the point of view of Scout (Badham), a six-year-old girl in the Depression-era South. She and her brother live with their widowed father Atticus (Peck), a lawyer and well-respected pillar of the community. Their world of play also contains the mystery of Boo Radley (Duvall), the reclusive boy next door rumored to be chained to his bed by his vicious father. The children's world parallels the serious business of Atticus's defense of a black man accused of attacking a white woman. The dignity of the accused and Peck's impassioned defense aren't enough to overcome the jury's racism. But the real attacker wants revenge, and the adult business and the children's world collide on a dark wooded path. All the performances seem to emerge from the dusty southern ground and the atmosphere clings like August heat. A beautifully realized drama cherished with each new generation.
(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).
To Kill a Mockingbird was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1995.
Academy Awards 1962 --- Ceremony Number 35 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Actor | Gregory Peck | Won |
| Best Supporting Actress | Mary Badham | Nominated |
| Best Art Direction | Art Direction: Alexander Golitzen, Henry Bumstead; Set Decoration: Oliver Emert | Won |
| Best Cinematography | Russell Harlan | Nominated |
| Best Director | Robert Mulligan | Nominated |
| Best Music - Scoring | Elmer Bernstein | Nominated |
| Best Picture | Alan J. Pakula, Producer | Nominated |
| Best Writing | Horton Foote | Won |
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To Kill a Mockingbird Quotes:
Atticus Finch: What do you mean?
Scout: Well, it would be sort of like shooting a mockingbird, wouldn't it?
Jem: Hey yourself.
Dill Harris: I'm Charles Baker Harris. I can read. I can read anything you've got.
[swinging on the gate]
Dill Harris: Folks call me Dill.
Jem: How old are you? Four and a half?
Dill Harris: Going on seven.
Jem: Well, no wonder then. Scout's been readin' since she was born, and she's not even six yet. You're mighty puny for nearly seven.
Dill Harris: I'm little but I'm old.
Atticus Finch: That's right.
Scout: Why?
Atticus Finch: Well, it's customary for the boy to have his father's watch.
Scout: What are you gonna give me?
Atticus Finch: Well, I don't know that I have much else of value that belongs to me... But there's a pearl necklace; there's a ring that belonged to your mother. And I've put them away, and they're to be yours.
Tom Robinson: Well, I said I best be goin', I couldn't do nothin' for her, an' she said, oh, yes I could. An' I asked her what, and she said to jus' step on the chair yonder an' git that box down from on top of the chifforobe. So I done like she told me, and I was reachin' when the next thing I know she... grabbed me aroun' the legs.
[a murmur erupts in the courthouse]
Tom Robinson: She scared me so bad I hopped down an' turned the chair over. That was the only thing, only furniture 'sturbed in the room, Mr. Finch, I swear, when I left it... Mr. Finch, I got down off the chair, and I turned around an' she sorta jumped on me. She hugged me aroun' the waist. She reached up an' kissed me on the face. She said she'd never kissed a grown man before an' she might as well kiss me. She says for me to kiss her back.
[Tom shakes his head, re-living the ordeal with his eyes half-closed]
Tom Robinson: And I said, Miss Mayella, let me outta here, an' I tried to run. Mr. Ewell cussed at her from the window and said he's gonna kill her.