May 25, 2012

This Day in Indie History: To Kill A Mockingbird

by MovieMaker Staff | Published December 25, 2006

Harper Leeâ€™s Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, reached the big screen on this day in 1962. In both forms, the classic story remains a touching tale of a Depression-era Alabamian lawyer who fights to defend a poor black man accused of rape. The movie stars Gregory Peck, who won an Academy Award for his portrayal of lawyer Atticus Finch, and also featured Robert Duvall in his first movie role as the misunderstood â€œBooâ€ Radley. Recently the American Film Institute named Atticus Finch the number one screen hero of the last 100 years while the movie made it to number two on the Instituteâ€™s 100 Most Inspiring Movies of All Time.

Film Quotable: â€œYou never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in It.â€ â€”Gregory Peck, as Atticus Finch.

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Comment by Nate Gillespie on 2/24/09 at 4:10 am: There is some interesting trivia available online about the film version of the Harper Lee classic, To Kill a Mockingbird. Like, for example, did you know that according to the comics, this is Clark Kent’s (Superman) favorite movie, or that it was ranked number one on the list of ten greatest courtroom drama films by the American Film Institute? In 2007, it also came in at number 25 of the American Film Institute’s list of Greatest Movies of all time. For more facts and information on the novel and the film, why don’t you check out Shmoop – literature study guide.