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Friday, March 27, 2015

To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)


"The most beloved and widely read Pulitzer Prize Winner now comes vividly alive on the screen!"


Directed by Robert Mulligan
Produced by Alan J. Pakula
Screenplay by Horton Foote
Based on "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee
Starring: Gregory Peck, Mary Badham, Phillip Alford, John Megna, Ruth White, Paul Fix, Brock Peters, Frank Overton
Narrated by Kim Stanley
Music by Elmer Bernstein
Cinematography: Russell Harlan, A.S.C.
Edited by Aaron Stell, A.C.E.
Production companies: Pakula-Mulligan, Brentwood Productions
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date: 11 February 1963 (Brazil)
Running time: 129 minutes
Country: United States
Budget: $2 million
Box office: $13,129,846 (USA)

"To Kill a Mockingbird" is a drama film directed by Robert Mulligan and based on the novel of the same name by Harper Lee. It tells the story of Atticus Finch, a lawyer in the Depression-era South, who defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his kids against prejudice.