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Features: DVD, Dolby, Digital Audio, English, Spanish
Contains: feature commentary with director robert mulligan,fearful symmetry featuring interviews with cast members plushistoric stills of the town of monroeville, original locationfootage and interviews with residents, and theatrical trailer.
Editor's Note
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 neighbor Boo Radley (Robert Duvall).
Plot Summary
An award-winning adaptation of Harper Lee's best-selling novel, set in the racially-charged atmosphere of Macon County, Alabama in the 1930s.| A widowed, white southern attorney decides, on principle, to defend a black man charged with raping a poor white woman. The bigoted townspeople would rather lynch the accused than try him, and make life hellish for the lawyer and his son and daughter. In the process, however, the bright, inquisitive children learn a hard and unforgettable lesson in justice, morality and prejudice.
| Features | Region 1 | | Snap Case | | Collectors Edition | | Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85 | | Letterbox - 1.85 | | Audio:
| Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono - English | | Subtitles - English (SDH), Spanish - Optional | | Additional Release Material:
| Cast And Filmmakers | | Featurette: FEARFUL SYMMETRY (The Making of To Kill a Mockingbird) | | Trailers: Theatrical Trailer | | Text/Photo Galleries: |
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Release Information
|  | Studio: Universal |
| Release Date: 1/23/2007 |
| Running Time: 130 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1962 | | Catalog ID: 20252 | | UPC: 00025192025228 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English, French Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: Spanish | | Video: B&W |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Academy Awards (1962) |  | Winner, Best Art Direction - Set Decoration (b&w) | | Gregory Peck, Winner, Best Actor | | Horton Foote, Winner, Best Adapted Screenplay |
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| | Professional Reviews | USA Today
"Philip Alfrod was four years older than Mary Badham when both gave unforgettable performances here as Gregory Peck's children..." 05/22/1998 p.6ETotal Film
"...With Peck in Oscar-winning form and Duvall in his big-screen debut, the acting is powerful yet carefully measured..." 02/01/2001 p.106 Sight and Sound
"...[An] affecting adaptation..." 01/01/2001 p.66 Entertainment Weekly
"...MOCKINGBIRD has influenced Southern-fried films like SLING BLADE, as well as every courtroom drama since..." 01/11/2002 p.32 Premiere
"Peck won an Oscar for his layered, level-headed portrayal..." 04/01/2004 p.70 New York Times
"[T]hose who value this nostalgic evocation of tough-love parenthood and small-town values will find this set a worthy object of devotion." 09/06/2005 p.E3 |
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