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Summary: 100% Wonderful!
Review: Outstanding family-oriented drama featuring a lazy southern town that suffers from more than summer heat as a young brother and sister learn how quickly the innocence of childhood is lost.Very highly recommended.
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Summary: To Kill A Mockingbird
Review: To Kill A Mockingbird was released in 1962 by Universal Studios. It is a drama in black and white with a running time of 2hrs./10mins. Directed by Robert Mulligan. This movie also won an Academy Award.
To Kill A Mockingbird takes place in an old southern town during the depression. Atticus, portrayed by Gregory Peck, is a lawyer. Atticus is a widower raising a son, Jem, portrayed by Phillip Alford and a daughter, Scout, portrayed by Mary Bedham. Atticus takes on the case of a black man accused of assaulting and raping a white woman.
The remarkableness of this film is how the children are exposed to prejudice, but keep their innocence and never become judgemental. The children's impression and admiration for their father grows throughtout the movie. Atticus shares insightful things with them such as, "you never really understand a man until you put yourself in his shoes and walk around in them, also, "it is a sin to kill a mockingbird for they only mean to please." "To Kill A Mockingbird" is enjoyable and educational and it explores stereotypical prejudices of the deep south with many emotional experiences.
I highly recommend this movie for everyone.
A bit of trivia--This is Robert Duvalls first movie. He has no lines in it, but has a high impact of emotions.
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Summary: Classic!
Review: One of my favorite movies ever. I can watch this over and over again.
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Summary: You Haven't Lived Until You've Seen This Film
Review: I bought the book To Kill a Mockingbird upon instinct in sixth grade but did not end up reading the entire thing until ninth. I LOVED it. Each and every person should read this book. Not only is the message right on, but the prose is also really great. Though some of the reviews on here said that the movie was so untrue to the book, I would have to disagree. I watched the movie with my mother (my ten year old sister was too young for it) and cried and laughed and suffered through every emotion with Scout and the rest. Even though I saw the movie right after I finished the novel, I still was on the edge of my seat the whole way through. You MUST watch this movie or your life will be unfufilled. I guarantee it.
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Summary: Surely among the all time bests!
Review: This extremely well done movie colorfully depicts the Southern America in all its flavors, slow moving life, white trashes, racism and all. The movie is a pretty faithful reproduction of the original story except for the fact that it's centered much more around the lawsuit in which a young afro-american man, Tom Robinson, is falsely accused by of raping Mayella Ewell. Gregory Peck did a superb job of portraying the silent but forceful lawyer Atticus Finch, and the children, especially Scout was so natural, can't forget her expression of awe at Atticus picking up the gun and killing a rogue dog. The movie comes to a dramatic finish when the mysterious Boo Radley saves the lives of Jem and Scout from the heinous attach by Mr. Ewell, Mayella's father. The movie elegantly depicts the social values, mutual respect (and the lack of it between 'whites' and the then 'coloreds'), financial and moral struggles of the South of yesterday.
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Summary: For all ages
Review: I write in response to one of the reviewers who said the movie is not suitable for ages under 12. I think this movie should be seen by children as young as six. After all, isn't scout six, isn't this about the world through the eye of a child. A movie like this approaches the violence and hatred in the world as responsible as one can approach the subject. Considering what young kids see on TV now, we can't shelter kids forever. This movie can break kids in on the harsh reality of the world in a positive way.
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Summary: Southern Comfort
Review: This 1962 black and white film is based on Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning book "To Kill a Mockingbird". Gregory Peck won an Oscar for his wonderful performance as Atticus Finch, a lawyer in Alabama during the Depression. Atticus is appointed to defend a black man who is accused of raping a white woman. Many townspeople try to get Atticus to back out of the trial but his conscience won't let him. Though Tom Robinson (the accused) is obviously innocent, the outcome of his trail is blatant proof of how prevalent prejudice is at that time. Mr. Finch's conviction to defend Tom costs him some friendships but gains him respect among the black community and the admiration of his children. You just cannot go wrong with this movie. It shows how kids adapt to very serious situations around them but manage to keep the innocence. Gregory Peck should be a role model for us all. He shows us to stand true to our convictions no matter how hard that may seem. Winning the approval of others does not take the place of following what's in your heart. I give him a standing ovation and 5 stars.
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Summary: The greatest movie ever!
Review: Somehow I escaped high school without ever having to read this book. A few years ago, I rented the movie, mainly because of Gregory Peck. I absolutely was addicted to the movie from the beginning credits. I now read the book and watch this movie at least once a year. It is my favorite of all time! Due to some thematic material, it isn't suitable for children under 12.
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Summary: I regret renting this movie based on the reviews
Review: this is a 2.5 star movie, giving it 3 stars is already generous so I don't know why these people gave it 4-5 stars. I guess I've seen too many movies and my expectation out of a 4.5 star movie is high BUT DO NOT RENT this because other people rate it 4-5 stars, these people must watch movie once a month or something because there's no freaking way this is a 4.5 star movie
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Summary: The best movie ever. Period.
Review: The source of the movie is the Pulitzer Prize novel of the same name by Harper Lee, one of the most beloved works of literature. What is the film about? Its themes cover a wide range -- race, parenting, morality, and justice. However, all these issues can be summed up in one concept repeated over and over again: seeing a situation from the perspective of another person. Atticus says to his children that it is a sin to kill a mockingbird, because all it does is sing. Through Atticus, the children come to see the mockingbird in an unjustly persecuted black man as well as in the ghostly-white neighborhood bogeyman. But in small ways, we see the mockingbird in a poor farm boy, a querulous spinster, even in a man involved in a lynching attempt and in a woman committing perjury. (One criticism: the movie does not have time to explore the surprisingly noble qualities of two of the least appealing characters in the novel, Mrs. Dubose and Mr. Raymond.) Imagine how different our world would be if we treated everyone with the dignity afforded them by Atticus Finch. Alan Pakula gives every detail of his production exquisite attention. The screenplay by Horton Foote deftly trims details and enhances other aspects of the novel without changing its spirit. The score by Elmer Bernstein moves the heart, especially in the opening sequence that perfectly captures the playful wonder of a child. The direction by Robert Mulligan brings out the very best in his actors. Cinema has rarely assembled such a talented cast. After MOCKINGBIRD, Gregory Peck was defined by his portrayal of Atticus Finch, the widowed lawyer explaining the complicated issues of life to his two children, leading by impeccable example to do right no matter how difficult the circumstances. Mary Badham and Phillip Alford are two of the best child actors ever. Robert Duvall, in his Hollywood debut, gives a riveting performance as a shy recluse, even though he barely speaks. TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD tells all of us is that even in the confusing complexities of the real world, one can still persevere and make the world a better place. This movie is cinema at its finest.
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