Stars: Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Philip Alford, Brock Peters, Robert Duvall, John Megna, William Windom, Paul Fix, Alice Ghostley, Rosemary Murphy

Director: Robert Mulligan

Summary: Dramatic story of racial prejudice and injustice. A lawyer, widower and father of two children, stirs up hostility when he agrees to defend a man accused of rape. Based on a book by Harper Lee.

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Ranked 34 on the American Film Institute's list of the 100 Greatest American Films, To Kill a Mockingbirdis quite simply one of the finest family-oriented dramas ever made. A beautiful and deeply affecting adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee, the film retains a timeless quality that transcends its historically dated subject matter (racism in the Depression-era South) and remains powerfully resonant in present-day America with its advocacy of tolerance, justice, integrity and loving, responsible parenthood. It's tempting to call this an important "message" movie that should be required viewing for children and adults alike, but this riveting courtroom drama is anything but stodgy or pedantic. As Atticus Finch, the small-town Alabama lawyer and widower father of two, Gregory Peck gives one of his finest performances with his impassioned defence of a black man (Brock Peters) wrongfully accused of the rape and assault of a young white woman. While his children, Scout (Mary Badham) and Jem (Philip Alford), learn the realities of racial prejudice and irrational hatred, they also learn to overcome their fear of the unknown as personified by their mysterious, mostly unseen neighbour Boo Radley (Robert Duvall, in his brilliant, almost completely nonverbal screen debut). What emerges from this evocative, exquisitely filmed drama is a pure distillation of the themes of Harper Lee's enduring novel, a showcase for some of the finest American acting ever assembled in one film, and a rare quality of humanitarian artistry (including Horton Foote's splendid screenplay and Elmer Bernstein's outstanding score) that seems all but lost in the chaotic morass of modern cinema. --Jeff Shannon

Aspect Ratio:	1.85 Wide Screen
Main Language:	English
Region:	Region 2
Special Features:	Commentary, Documentary, Trailer, Production Notes, Cast And Filmmakers Notes
Subtitles:	Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish, Turkish
Year:	1962
Release Date:	July 3, 2006
Runtime:	124 minutes
Certification:	To Be Announced.
Catalogue Number:	8200515
Keywords:	Classic, Kill, Book, General, Drama, Based, Mockingbird
Genre:	Drama