To kill a mockingbird [videorecording] / a Universal-International presentation of a Pakula-Mulligan, Brentwood Productions picture ; screenplay by Horton Foote ; produced by Alan J. Pakula ; directed by Robert Mulligan.
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FilmPublisher number: 2014223 | Universal Studios Home Entertainment2014224 | Universal Studios Home Entertainment474799 | Universal Studios Home Entertainment474800 | Universal Studios Home Entertainment61115344 | Universal Studios Home EntertainmentLanguage: English, French Original language: English Subtitle language: English, French, Spanish Publication details: Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2012]Edition: 50th anniversary ed., WidescreenDescription: 2 videodiscs (130 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 inUniform titles: - To kill a mockingbird (Motion picture : 1962).
- Director of photography, Russell Harlan ; editor, Aaron Stell ; music, Elmer Bernstein.
- Academy award, 1963: Best actor (Peck_; Best art direction/set decoration; Best writing, screenplay based on material from another medium.
- Nationa Film Registry selection, 1995.
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Dr. James Carlson Library | DVD | DRAMA TO KILL | Checked out | 05/22/2024 | 33111009939451 | |||
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Main Library | DVD | DRAMA TO KILL | Checked out | 04/19/2024 | 33111009939444 | |||
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Northport Library | DVD | DRAMA TO KILL | Available | 33111009939436 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiographical novel was translated to film in 1962 by Horton Foote and the producer/director team of Robert Mulligan and Alan J. Pakula. Set a small Alabama town in the 1930s, the story focuses on scrupulously honest, highly respected lawyer Atticus Finch, magnificently embodied by Gregory Peck. Finch puts his career on the line when he agrees to represent Tom Robinson (Brock Peters), a black man accused of rape. The trial and the events surrounding it are seen through the eyes of Finch's six-year-old daughter Scout (Mary Badham). While Robinson's trial gives the film its momentum, there are plenty of anecdotal occurrences before and after the court date: Scout's ever-strengthening bond with older brother Jem (Philip Alford), her friendship with precocious young Dill Harris (a character based on Lee's childhood chum Truman Capote and played by John Megna), her father's no-nonsense reactions to such life-and-death crises as a rampaging mad dog, and especially Scout's reactions to, and relationship with, Boo Radley (Robert Duvall in his movie debut), the reclusive "village idiot" who turns out to be her salvation when she is attacked by a venomous bigot. To Kill a Mockingbird won Academy Awards for Best Actor (Peck), Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Art Direction. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel written by Harper Lee.
Originally released as a motion picture in 1962.
Special features include: Disc 1: Academy Award Best Actor acceptance speech (10 min.); American Film Institute Life Achievement Award (Gregory Peck's remarks) (2 min.); excerpt from tribute to Gregory Peck (Cecilia Peck's remarks) (10 min.); Scout remembers (actress Mary Badham shares her experiences working with Gregory Peck) (12 min.); optional feature commentary with director Robert Mulligan and producer Alan Pakula; theatrical trailer; 100 years of Universal : restoring the classics (10 min.). Disc 2: A conversation with Gregory Peck (documentary) (1999) (98 min.); Fearful symmetry : the making of To kill a mockingbird (documentary) (1998) (91 min.).
disc 1. To kill a mockingbird -- disc 2. To kill a mockingbird : bonus features.
Director of photography, Russell Harlan ; editor, Aaron Stell ; music, Elmer Bernstein.
Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton, Rosemary Murphy, Ruth White, Brock Peters, Estelle Evans, Paul Fix, Collin Wilcox, Alice Ghostley, Robert Duvall, William Windom, Mary Badham, Phillip Alford.
In a racially divided Alabama town in the 1930s, widowed lawyer Atticus Finch agrees to defend a young black man accused of raping a white woman, teaching his children valuable lessons about prejudice and empathy.
MPAA rating: Not rated.
DVD, NTSC; region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation, dual layer; Dolby digital 5.1 (English) and 2.0 mono. (English and French).
English and French soundtracks, with optional French and Spanish subtitles and English SDH.
Academy award, 1963: Best actor (Peck_; Best art direction/set decoration; Best writing, screenplay based on material from another medium.
Nationa Film Registry selection, 1995.