To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

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Synopsis
Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiographical novel was translated to film in 1962 by Horton Foote and the producer/director team of Robert Mulligan and Alan J. Pakula. Set a small Alabama town in the 1930s, the story focuses on scrupulously honest, highly respected lawyer Atticus Finch, magnificently embodied by Gregory Peck. Finch puts his career on the line when he agrees to represent Tom Robinson (Brock Peters), a black man accused of rape. The trial and the events surrounding it are seen through the eyes of Finch's six-year-old daughter Scout (Mary Badham). While Robinson's trial gives the film its momentum, there are plenty of anecdotal occurrences before and after the court date: Scout's ever-strengthening bond with older brother Jem (Philip Alford), her friendship with precocious young Dill Harris (a character based on Lee's childhood chum Truman Capote and played by John Megna), her father's no-nonsense reactions to such life-and-death crises as a rampaging mad dog, and especially Scout's reactions to, and relationship with, Boo Radley (Robert Duvall in his movie debut), the reclusive "village idiot" who turns out to be her salvation when she is attacked by a venomous bigot. To Kill a Mockingbird won Academy Awards for Best Actor (Peck), Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Art Direction. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Philip Alford	Jem Finch
Mary Badham	Jean Louise "Scout" Finch
Estelle Evans	Calpurnia
Paul Fix	Judge Taylor
Alice Ghostley	Stephanie Crawford
Richard Hale	Mr. Radley
John Megna	Dill Harris
Rosemary Murphy	Miss Maudie Atkinson
Frank Overton	Sheriff Heck Tate
Gregory Peck	Atticus Finch
Brock Peters	Tom Robinson
Ruth White	Mrs. Dubose
William Windom	Gilmer
Robert Duvall	Boo Radley

Production Crew

Alexander Golitzen	Art Director
Harper Lee	Book Author
Russell Harlan	Cinematographer
Elmer Bernstein	Composer (Music Score)
Rosemary Odell	Costume Designer
Robert Mulligan	Director
Aaron Stell	Editor
Bud Westmore	Makeup
Elmer Bernstein	Musical Direction/Supervision
Alan J. Pakula	Producer
Henry Bumstead	Production Designer
Horton Foote	Screenwriter
Oliver Emert	Set Designer

Genre
Drama

Awards
1962 - Best Picture - Academy
1962 - Best Picture - Drama - Golden Globe
1962 - Motion Picture Promoting International Understanding - Golden Globe
1962 - Best Picture - Academy
1962 - Best Picture - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie
1962 - Best Picture - Drama - Hollywood Foreign Press Association
1962 - Motion Picture Promoting International Understanding - Hollywood Foreign Press Association
1963 - Best Film - New York Film Critics Circle
1963 - Gary Cooper Award - Cannes International Film Festival
1963 - Gary Cooper Award - Cannes Film Festival
1963 - Best Film - Both Any Source and British - British Academy Awards
1963 - Best Film - Any Source - British Academy of Film and Television
1963 - Gary Cooper Award - Cannes Film Festival
1963 - Best Film - Any Source - British Academy of Film and Television
1994 - U.S. National Film Registry - Library of Congress
1998 - 100 Greatest American Movies - American Film Institute

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