To kill a mockingbird [videorecording]
2003
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Alabama in the 1930s. The children Scout (Mary Badham) and Jem (Phillip Alford) play in the street, while their lawyer father Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck) defends a black man accused of raping a young white woman. The controversial nature of the trial, taking place in the racist culture of the Deep South, leads the local townsfolk to turn against Finch and sees his family become the victim of a series of terror attacks. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee, 'To Kill a Mockingbird' won Oscars for Peck and screenwriter Horton Foote.Robert Mulligan directs this classic adaptation of the novel by Harper Lee, set in Alabama in the 1930s. Lawyer Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck) is preparing to defend a black man accused of raping a young white woman. The controversial nature of the trial, taking place in the racist culture of the Deep South, leads the local townsfolk to turn against Finch and sees his family become the victim of a series of attacks.Robert Mulligan directs this classic adaptation of the novel by Harper Lee. In Maycomb, Alabama in 1932, six-year-old Scout (Mary Badham) lives with her older brother Jem (Phillip Alford) and their widowed father Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck), a conscientious lawyer with a strong moral compass. While Scout and Jem make up stories about their reclusive neighbour Arthur 'Boo' Radley (Robert Duvall), Atticus prepares to defend Tom Robinson (Brock Peters), a black man accused of assaulting a young white woman. The controversial nature of the trial inflames racial tensions in the town and causes many of the townsfolk to turn to violence.
Main title:
To kill a mockingbird [videorecording] / producer, Alan J. Pakula.
Author:
Harlan, Russell, cinematographerBernstein, Elmer, musicFoote, Horton, screenwriterPakula, Alan, producerPeck, Gregory, 1916-2003, actorBadham, Mary, actorAlford, Phillip, actorLee, Harper, book authorMulligan, Robert, director
Imprint:
Universal, 2003.
Collation:
1 videodisc (130 min.) : b&w.
Series title:
Notes:
Extras to be confirmed, Region 2,4, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Other Language Sound Dolby Digital 2.0, Subtitles (Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Turkish), Bonus footage, Trailers, 'Making of' documentary, Commentary (Director's), Production notes, Cast/Filmaker notes.Made in 1962.Based on the novel by Harper Lee.DVDN.Credits: director, Robert Mulligan; writer, Horton Foote; music, Elmer Bernstein; cinematographer, Russell Harlan.
Performers:
Cast: Cast: Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Phillip Alford, John Megna, Brock Peters, Robert Duvall, Paul Fix, Alice Ghostley, Rosemary Murphy, Frank Overton, Ruth White, Collin Wilcox, William Windom, James Anderson.
Audience:
BBFC code: PG / 12.BBFC code: PG.
System details:
DVD.
Dewey class:
791.437DVDDVD 846791.4372 DVD
Language:
English
BRN:
1425317