To Kill a Mockingbird

UPC: 025192073663

Studio: Universal Studios Home Ent.

MPAA Rating: NR   Contains:[Adult Situations]

Summary: Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning autobiographical novel was translated to film in 1962 by Horton Foote and the producer/director team of Robert Mulligan and Alan J. Pakula. Set a small Alabama town in the 1930s, the story focuses on scrupulously honest, highly respected lawyer Atticus Finch, magnificently embodied by Gregory Peck. Finch puts his career on the line when he agrees to represent Tom Robinson (Brock Peters), a black man accused of rape. The trial and the events surrounding it are seen through the eyes of Finch's six-year-old daughter Scout (Mary Badham). While Robinson's trial gives the film its momentum, there are plenty of anecdotal occurrences before and after the court date: Scout's ever-strengthening bond with older brother Jem (Philip Alford), her friendship with precocious young Dill Harris (a character based on Lee's childhood chum Truman Capote and played by John Megna), her father's no-nonsense reactions to such life-and-death crises as a rampaging mad dog, and especially Scout's reactions to, and relationship with, Boo Radley (Robert Duvall in his movie debut), the reclusive "village idiot" who turns out to be her salvation when she is attacked by a venomous bigot. To Kill a Mockingbird won Academy Awards for Best Actor (Peck), Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Art Direction. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Category: Drama

Awards: Best Film - Any Source – British Academy of Film and Television Arts U.S. National Film Registry – Library of Congress 100 Greatest American Movies – American Film Institute Best Director – Directors Guild of America Best Picture - Drama – null Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama – null Best Director – null Best Original Score – null Motion Picture Promoting International Understanding – null Best Actor – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Adapted Screenplay – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Black and White Art Direction – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Black and White Art Direction – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Black and White Art Direction – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Black and White Cinematography – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Director – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Picture – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Original Score – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Best Supporting Actress – Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences Gary Cooper Award – Cannes Film Festival Motion Picture Promoting International Understanding – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Director – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Picture - Drama – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Original Score – Hollywood Foreign Press Association Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama – Hollywood Foreign Press Association

Features: Fearful Symmetry - A feature-length documentary on the making of To Kill a Mockingbird with Cast and Crew Interviews and a visit to Author Harper Lee's home town

A Conversation with Gregory Peck - An intimate feature-length documentary on one of the most beloved actors in film history with Interviews, Film Clips, home movies

Academy Award Best Actor Acceptance Speech

American Film Institute Lifetime Achievement Award - Gregory Peck's memorable remarks upon receiving the AFI Lifetime Achievement Award

Excerpt From The Academy Tribute To Gregory Peck - Cecilia Peck's heartwarming farewell to her father given at the Academy in celebration of his life

Scout Remembers - Actress Mary Badham shares her experiences working with Gregory Peck

Feature Commentary with Director Robert Mulligan and Producer Alan Pakula

Theatrical Trailer - Original theatrical trailer of the film

100 Years of Universal: Restoring The Classics - An in-depth look at the intricate process of preserving the studio's film legacy

To Kill a Mockingbird

Format: DVD

Release Date: 01/31/2012

Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Theatre Wide-Screen

Audio: DD5.1 Dolby Digital 5.1, DDM2.0 Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono

Runtime: 130 Minutes

Sides: 2

Number of Discs: 2

Language(s) English,French

Subtitles: English,Spanish,French

Region: USA & territories, Canada

Chapters: Disc #1 -- To Kill a Mockingbird
1. Main Titles [2:58]
2. A Tired Old Town [4:09]
3. Dill [1:43]
4. The Tale Of Boo Radley [2:14]
5. Five O' Clock [2:07]
6. Atticus' Watch [3:13]
7. The Robinson Case [1:39]
8. Boo Radley's House [2:42]
9. The Colored Man [2:55]
10. A Look At Boo [6:29]
11. The "Prowler" [2:24]
12. Her First Day Of School [2:18]
13. The Dinner Guest [3:53]
14. A Compromise [2:09]
15. The Best Shot In This County [3:18]
16. At The Robinsons' [4:36]
17. A Sound In The Night [2:04]
18. Some High Talk [2:31]
19. In The Hollow Of That Tree [5:11]
20. The Night Before The Trial [2:50]
21. The Lynch Mob [5:38]
22. Trial Day [2:06]
23. The Sheriff's Testimony [2:27]
24. Ewell's Version [3:49]
25. Mayella [3:37]
26. The Other Hand [3:19]
27. Tom's Truth [9:06]
28. The Broken Code [7:22]
29. The Verdict [2:55]
30. Stand Up, Your Father's Passing [1:45]
31. The Lost Heart [3:59]
32. A Death In The Family [3:25]
33. Our Longest Journey [3:46]
34. Death In The Dark [1:44]
35. Out Of The Woods [2:39]
36. Mr. Arthur Radley [3:13]
37. Let the Dead Bury the Dead [2:53]
38. Like Shooting A Mockingbird [1:28]
39. The Little Things In-Between [2:11]
Disc #2 -- To Kill a Mockingbird (Bonus)
1. Main Titles [3:21]
2. Film Highlights [3:39]
3. Taking The Stage [10:42]
4. Family Life [3:10]
5. Back Where I Started [5:15]
6. Meeting Veronique [9:30]
7. South of France [4:40]
8. Childhood [5:26]
9. Theatrical Roots [3:44]
10. Atticus Finch [6:19]
11. Presidential Honor [4:38]
12. Complete Candor [4:34]
13. In Character [10:07]
14. Impulsive Act [4:31]
15. Frightening Times [7:27]
16. A Grandson Is Born [3:58]
17. Worth Remembering [3:59]
18. End Titles [2:19]
1. Main Titles [3:11]
2. The Old South [4:21]
3. The Cauldron [5:03]
4. Casting the Children [5:44]
5. The Score & Title Sequence [2:10]
6. The First Day Of Filming [4:04]
7. The Art of Amusement [1:51]
8. Dill & Truman [4:26]
9. Eccentrics [2:49]
10. Oral Tradition [5:19]
11. Atticus' Household [5:42]
12. Jem Encounters Evil [4:05]
13. The Trial [1:13]
14. Collin Wilcox & Mayella Ewell [4:38]
15. Brock Peters & Tom Robinson [3:57]
16. Atticus' Summation [3:36]
17. The Verdict [3:26]
18. "Tom Robinson's Dead" [2:31]
19. The Cracker's Despair [1:44]
20. Boo Saves the Children [3:48]
21. The Novel Is a Love Song [2:36]
22. Maycomb Today [4:44]
23. Where Is Atticus Finch Today? [5:49]
24. End Credits [3:09]

Dan Jardine

Robert Mulligan's lovingly crafted recreation of Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize- winning novel is an outstanding production on many different levels. The Oscar-winning sets by Henry Bumstead and Alexander Golitzen, and gorgeous black-and-white cinematography beautifully evoke the rural Alabama Depression-era setting, providing the perfect backdrop for this quiet-yet-potent study of racism. The suffocating summer heat is reflected in the film's deliberate pacing, which casts a trance over the audience. Horton Foote's Academy Award-winning screenplay is a model of book-to-movie adaptation, as he retains all of the Southern character and charm of the novel without sacrificing Lee's key themes. Because the intolerance of the townspeople is witnessed through the eyes of children (Mary Badham and Philip Alford in impressively authentic performances), the feel is heightened and intensified. Their obsession with neighborhood ghoul Boo Radley (Robert Duvall in his film debut) mirrors the town's racism, and the children's ability to eventually realize their foolishness hints at Lee's hope for the future. Oscar winner Gregory Peck is ideal casting as Atticus, for his Lincoln-like integrity and intelligence perfectly serve the role. Peck hammers home the film's achingly authentic, timeless, and resonant plea for humanistic tolerance: The best way to understand another's problems is to get into his or her skin and walk around in it. Nominated for eight Academy Awards, the film was the winner of three (Best Actor, Art Direction, and Adapted Screenplay). ~ Dan Jardine, Rovi

Cast and Crew: Horton Foote  Screenwriter 
Elmer Bernstein  Composer (Music Score) 
Robert Mulligan  Director 
Alan J. Pakula  Producer 
Gregory Peck  Actor 
Mary Badham  Actor 
Philip Alford  Actor 
John Megna  Actor 
Ruth White  Actor 
Paul Fix  Actor 
Brock Peters  Actor 
Frank Overton  Actor 
Rosemary Murphy  Actor 
Collin Wilcox  Actor 
Robert Duvall  Actor 
Estelle Evans  Actor 
Alice Ghostley  Actor 
William Windom  Actor 
Richard Hale  Actor 
Tex Armstrong  Actor 
David Crawford  Actor 
Graham Denton  Actor 
Charles Fredericks  Actor 
Jester Hairston  Actor 
Kim Hamilton  Actor 
Nancy Marshall  Actor 
Paulene Myers  Actor 
Hugh Sanders  Actor 
Kelly Thordsen  Actor 
Dan White  Actor 
Guy Wilkerson  Actor 
Kim Stanley  Actor 
Steve Condit  Actor 
Collin Wilcox Paxton  Actor 
James Anderson  Actor 
Bill Walker  Actor 

Country: USA