To Kill a Mockingbird
(1962)
Country: USA
Synopsis
Seen through the eyes of tomboy Scout. Based on Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize winning book of 1960. Atticus Finch is a lawyer in a racially divided Alabama town in the 1930s. He agrees to defend a young black man who is accused of raping a white woman. Many of the townspeople try to get Atticus to pull out of the trial, but he decides to go ahead.
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Cast
- Gregory Peck
- Mary Badham
- Phillip Alford
(Jem) - John Megna
(Dill) - Frank Overton
- Brock Peters
- James Anderson
- Steve Condit
(Walter Cunningham Jr.) - Kim Hector
(Cecil Jacobs) - David Crawford
(David Robinson)
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As I feel like I might be the last person in the developed world not to either have seen this film or have read the novel, I am sure that this insight is not profound: nonetheless, the theme appears to be the superiority of a child's innocence to an adult's jadedness. Scout and her brother are able to avoid the traps of judging a book by its cover and avoid the curse of prejudice that the townspeople labor beneath. Granted, much of this attitude must have been fostered by kind, patient Atticus, a remarkable gentleman who manages to not get caught in the hypocrisy of being judgmental toward even those who would be judgmental. A bittersweet, sentimental film that stands the test of time.
My Movie Rating: 6 / 10This classic Oscar winning movie is so great it almost eclipses the fact there are boy actors in it. Philip Alford, of course, is excellent as Jem who shares much screen time with Mary Badham as his tomboy sister, Scout. They are ably supported by the late John Megna who plays the little boy, Dill. I reckon the bogeyman, Boo Radley, wasn't that crazy when he knew he had to save nice Jem from being murdered. Great film all round.
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