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To Kill a Mockingbird
As you can, see its is impossible to separate the enigmatic Harper Lee from her work, irrespective of whether it is in print or celluloid. Her one artistic endeavor, like Margaret Mitchell who was also a southern woman and wrote just one novel, "Gone with the Wind," is just too important. Hollywood's version of "To Kill a Mockingbird" is just as important.
Another important fact is that none of the actors that participated in this film, save Gregory Peck, had much of a career outside of television before or after the release of this film, except one who had a short non-speaking role - Robert Duvall as Arthur "Boo" Radley. "To Kill a Mockingbird" won 3 Oscars in the 1962 Awards, including with Screenwriter Foote, Gregory Peck won for Best Actor in a Leading Role and it won Best Cinematography for a Black and White Film. Furthermore, 1962 was one of the most competitive years in that there were many fine films and a year that most of the best films were nominated, which is not always the case. Arguably, it should have won Best Picture over "Lawrence of Arabia," which is also a great film, and one of my favorites, and inarguably it should have won Best Musical Score over "Lawrence of Arabia." Elmer Bernstein's simple, but hauntingly beautiful score is one of the best of all time and I cherish the music, as a "stand alone" quantity, still.
I pray that I should suffer no malice of misguided foresight by telling you the reason I dug "To Kill a Mockingbird" out of my library was that I wished to review a film, and give it a well deserved 5 stars (perfection) before I should perish from this earth. It is my hope that you will, if you have not 'fore now, enjoy its rich meaning as much as I have.
Released in 1962. Not rated.
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Another important fact is that none of the actors that participated in this film, save Gregory Peck, had much of a career outside of television before or after the release of this film, except one who had a short non-speaking role - Robert Duvall as Arthur "Boo" Radley. "To Kill a Mockingbird" won 3 Oscars in the 1962 Awards, including with Screenwriter Foote, Gregory Peck won for Best Actor in a Leading Role and it won Best Cinematography for a Black and White Film. Furthermore, 1962 was one of the most competitive years in that there were many fine films and a year that most of the best films were nominated, which is not always the case. Arguably, it should have won Best Picture over "Lawrence of Arabia," which is also a great film, and one of my favorites, and inarguably it should have won Best Musical Score over "Lawrence of Arabia." Elmer Bernstein's simple, but hauntingly beautiful score is one of the best of all time and I cherish the music, as a "stand alone" quantity, still.
I pray that I should suffer no malice of misguided foresight by telling you the reason I dug "To Kill a Mockingbird" out of my library was that I wished to review a film, and give it a well deserved 5 stars (perfection) before I should perish from this earth. It is my hope that you will, if you have not 'fore now, enjoy its rich meaning as much as I have.
Released in 1962. Not rated.
Come join us at our new Movie Database. We welcome you our latest feature to sort through film data to discover information on actors, directors, film images, or just what is playing, when it will pay, or when it did play. It is a work in progress, so we would appreciate your input.
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