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Gregory Peck won an Oscar for his brilliant performance as the
Southern lawyer who defends a black man accused of rape in this
film version of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. The way in
which it captures a time, a place, and above all, a mood, makes
this film a masterpiece. The setting is a dusty Southern town
during the Depression. A white woman accuses a black man of rape.
Though he is obviously innocent, the outcome of his trial is such
a foregone conclusion that no lawyer will step forward to defend
him - except Peck, the town's most distinguished citizen. His
compassionate defense costs him many friendships but earns him
the respect and admiration of his two motherless children.
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Ranked 34 on the American Film Institute's list of the 100
Greatest American Films,
To Kill a Mockingbird is 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 defense 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 neighbor 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. Universal's Collector's Edition
DVD gives this classic all the respect it deserves, offering the
film in its original widescreen aspect ratio, a full-length
commentary by director Robert Mulligan and producer Alan J.
Pakula, informative production notes, and an exclusive
documentary about the making of this all-time great American
film. Consider this a must for any respectable DVD library. --
Jeff Shannon
* The
disk has English subtitles.
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