Edition |
Special 2-disc edition. |
Description |
2 videodiscs (130 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.. |
Series |
Legacy series |
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Legacy's rhythm & soul series.
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System Details |
DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital. |
Cast |
Gregory Peck, Robert Duvall, Mary Badham, Philip Alford, Rosemary Murphy, John Megna, Frank Overton, Brock Peters, Alice Ghostley, William Windom. |
Credits |
Director of photography, Russell Harlan ; film editor, Aaron Stell ; music by, Elmer Bernstein. |
Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1962. |
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Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel written by Harper Lee. |
Audience |
Not rated. |
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 |
Gregory Peck plays 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. |
Language |
English or French dialogue with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Race discrimination -- Drama.
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Racism -- Drama.
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Trials (Rape) -- Southern States -- Drama.
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Genre/Form |
Feature films.
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Added Author |
Mulligan, Robert, 1925-2008.
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Foote, Horton.
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Pakula, Alan J., 1928-1998.
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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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Peck, Cecilia.
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Kopple, Barbara.
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Kiselyak, Charles.
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Lee, Harper.
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Universal-International (Firm)
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Brentwood Productions, Inc.
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ISBN |
1417053682 |
Standard No. |
025192786624 |
Music No. |
27866 Universal |
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