FILM · 1962 · USA

To Kill a Mockingbird

Directed by

Robert Mulligan

Runtime

129 min

Studio

Pakula-Mulligan, Brentwood Productions, Universal Pictures

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Scout Finch, 6, and her older brother Jem live in sleepy Maycomb, Alabama, spending much of their time with their friend Dill and spying on their reclusive and mysterious neighbor, Boo Radley. When Atticus, their widowed father and a respected lawyer, defends a black man named Tom Robinson against fabricated rape charges, the trial and tangent events expose the children to evils of racism and stereotyping.

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14 Interesting Facts About To Kill a Mockingbird

1. #001

   Gregory Peck's closing summary speech, which runs 6 minutes and 30 seconds, was completed in a single take.

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2. #003

   Brock Peters, who played Tom Robinson in the film, delivered a tribute to Gregory Peck on Monday, June 16, 2003, the date of Peck's funeral and burial.

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3. #004

   After being offered the role of Atticus Finch, Gregory Peck read Harper Lee's novel quickly in a single sitting and immediately called director Robert Mulligan to say he would gladly play the part.

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4. #005

   It is Robert Duvall's first officially credited film, and he has no dialogue in it.

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5. #008

   Atticus Finch was modeled on Harper Lee's own father, Amasa "A. C." Lee, a lawyer and Alabama state legislator who in 1923 defended a black client, a case that partly inspired the novel's trial. Like Amasa Lee, Atticus Finch was not only a lawyer but also a state legislator and a widowed single father. Gregory Peck met Amasa Lee, then 82 years old, and formed a strong bond with him. Sadly, Lee died while the film was being made, and Harper gave Peck his watch and chain. Peck wore that same watch and chain at the following year's Oscars ceremony, where he won the Academy Award for Best Actor.

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6. #009

   The watch used in the film was a prop, but after filming was completed Harper Lee gave Gregory Peck her father's watch because he reminded her so much of him.

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7. #011

   When Mayella Ewell swears her oath at Tom Robinson's trial, a close look shows that she does not actually touch the Bible. Instead, she lets her hand hover just above it, because she knows the testimony she is about to give accusing Tom of assault is false.

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8. #014

   This film was reported to be Gregory Peck's favorite of his own works.

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9. #017

   Gregory Peck traveled to Monroeville, AL, with Robert Mulligan and Alan J. Pakula to meet Harper Lee's ailing father. True to the story, Amasa Lee had defended a black man accused of crimes he did not commit. Meeting the real man helped Peck's performance immeasurably. Lee was also a widower, though his wife did not die until all four of Harper Lee's children were grown, when she was 25.

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10. #019

    Gregory Peck's granddaughter, Harper Peck Voll, was named after Harper Lee.

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11. #022

    In June 2003, Atticus Finch was named the number one movie hero of the last 100 years in the American Film Institute's (AFI) special "100 Years, 100 Movies, 100 Heroes & Villains."

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12. #024

    Sharp-eyed viewers will notice that the Radley house, despite its deteriorated condition, has a far more grand design than the others, reflecting the family's foremost social standing in the community before the scandal over son Arthur's sins.

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13. #025

    Robert Mulligan and Alan J. Pakula traveled to Harper Lee's hometown of Monroeville, Alabama, but found it unsuitable for filming because the town had been modernized. The production team therefore built its own ideal version of Monroeville, Alabama, on a backlot at Universal. When Lee saw the recreation, she said it was perfect.

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14. #026

    Horton Foote was initially reluctant to adapt the novel into a screenplay because he felt he could not do the film justice.

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