| Description |
2 videodiscs (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen presentation (1.85:1) ; Dolby Digital ; NTSC. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Russell Harlan ; film editor, Aaron Stell ; music, Elmer Bernstein. |
| Cast |
Gregory Peck, Robert Duvall, Mary Badham, Philip Alford, Rosemary Murphy, John Megna, Frank Overton, Brock Peters, Alice Ghostley, William Windom. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1962. |
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Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel written by Harper Lee. |
| Contents |
Disc 1: The film ; Bonus features: Academy Award best actor acceptance speech; American Film Institute Life Achievement Award; excerpt from Academy Tribute to Gregory Peck; Scout remembers; feature commentary with director Robert Mulligan and producer Alan Pakula; theatrical trailer; production notes. -- Disc 2: A conversation with Gregory Peck / film by Cecilia Peck ... [et al.] ; produced & directed by Barbara Kopple (1999 ; 97 min.) ; Fearful symmetry: the making of To kill a mockingbird / a film by Charles Kiselyak. (1998 ; 90 min.). |
| Summary |
A southern lawyer who defends a black man accused of rape in this film version of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. The way in which it captures a time, a place, and above all, a mood, makes this film a masterpiece. |
| Awards |
1963, Academy Awards, USA: Best Actor in a Leading Role; Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White; Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium |
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1963, Cannes Film Festival: Gary Cooper Award |
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1963, Golden Globes, USA: Best Film Promoting International Understanding; Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama; Best Motion Picture Score |
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1963, Writers Guild of America, USA: Best Written American Drama |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Language |
English, Spanish or French dialogue, French or Spanish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Lee, Harper -- Film adaptations.
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Peck, Gregory, 1916-2003 -- Awards.
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Badham, Mary, 1952- -- Interviews.
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Race discrimination -- Drama.
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Racism -- Drama.
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Trials (Rape) -- Southern States -- Drama.
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Race relations -- Drama.
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Girls -- Drama.
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Fathers and daughters -- Drama.
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Southern States -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
DVD-Video discs.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Film adaptations.
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Legal films.
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Domestic fiction.
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Bildungsromans.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Peck, Gregory, 1916-2003.
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Duvall, Robert.
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Badham, Mary, 1952-
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Alford, Phillip.
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Peters, Brock.
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Lee, Harper.
To kill a mockingbird.
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Foote, Horton.
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Mulligan, Robert, 1925-2008.
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Pakula, Alan J., 1928-1998.
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Peck, Cecilia.
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Kopple, Barbara.
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Kiselyak, Charles.
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Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
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Brentwood Productions, Inc.
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| Added Title |
Conversation with Gregory Peck.
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Fearful symmetry.
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| Music No. |
2008099 Universal Studios |
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