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- 20th Century30s
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To Kill a Mockingbird, 1962
English
USA
Profile of To Kill a Mockingbird
The mood of To Kill a Mockingbird is clever, sentimental, and sincere. The plot centers around the price of justice, legal action, and racism. It is a drama and crime movie. Stylistically, To Kill a Mockingbird includes a voice over. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The pacing is slow. To Kill a Mockingbird takes place, at least partly, in a small town. The setting is Alabama. It happens in the 1930s. Visually, To Kill a Mockingbird is black and white. It is based on a book. The movie is known for being a classic, an Oscar winner, and a masterpiece.
Summary of To Kill a Mockingbird
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).
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 25 December 1962 |
| Runtime: | 129 min |
| Awards: | Academy Awards |
Awards
Cast and Crew
as Atticus Finch
as Scout
as Jem
as Tom Robinson
as Arthur 'Boo' Radley
as Charles Baker 'Dill' Harris
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- 21.January.2010
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- by: Maryanne Matteo
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- 11.October.2008
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- by: Noa
- Noa rated this movie7/10Good
