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To Kill a Mockingbird | Canadian First Time Watching | Movie Reaction | Movie Review | Commentary

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probablyKoi

We read the book in school when I was 15 or 16 and then soon after saw this film. Gregory Peck was pretty much the perfect representation of the Atticus I had in my head. Fantastic performance.

Jeff K.

Probably remains my favorite book of all-time (my dog is named Harper, for Harper Lee), and Atticus remains one of the greatest characters in American literature and film. About to start watching the reaction, so I'll be curious to see if you recognize a very young Robert Duvall as Boo, and if in your trivia, you see that Dill is based on Truman Capote, who was a childhood friend of Harper Lee's.

paul rai

It’s a phenomenal book, and the movie so perfectly captured how I pictured Atticus in the book. It’s a tremendously great performance from Peck.

jmundt33a

Even weirder when you consider Dill is her sketch of Truman Capote.

JBK405

It's an unfortunate ironic fate of the book that it's required reading everywhere, because kids often despise required reading on principle and either don't actually read it or resent being forced. I have many friends who "hated" it in school, but then re-read it as an adult and were shocked at how amazing the book was. Whereas the ones who read it voluntarily in childhood loved it from the start.

jmundt33a

The most infuriating thing about the aftermath of the trial is that Robinson did run, and the only reason why he couldn’t make it is because of his bad arm.

Mark McConnell

You can make a strong case that Atticus is the greatest hero in fiction and Peck captures that perfectly. It’s an astounding performance.

jmundt33a

A lesser defense attorney might have tried “left-handed bad” but Finch was using ordinary things to demonstrate first that Robinson couldn’t have caused the injuries and that the father did.

Jeff K

Yep. When they were talking early in the movie about how Gregory Peck was on the poster but it didn't seem to be his movie - and that's true, it's obviously Scout's story - I was thinking, "Just wait until you get to the trial and you'll understand."

D. T. Nelson

From what I remember the POV was that of Scout, but looking back on the events from adulthood — so, with the gained understanding of time and experience.

NEIL PICKERING

Do the radical left call this a "white saviour" movie?

Da Big Appa

Given the meaning behind the book and movie I am sure at the time people considered it "radical" and did not like the question it was evoking. Looking it up in the 60's some southern communities tried to remove the book from libraries calling the book "immoral" and "improper for our children".

NEIL PICKERING

Robert ewell is the white racist,Mayella violet ewell is his daughter it's she who drops the accused in it from a great height. George said something about "people not believing a woman would assault a man" I would add as an Enlightenment Humanist that modern "feminism" would have the same opinion! Great Depression (1929–39) is when this story is set.

REDR58

Robert E. Lee "Bob" Ewell is not named as he is for nothing.

Jeff Norwood-Brown

This is the only book I loved when we read it at school. It’s phenomenal. Sorry to say I stole it! It’s all from Scouts point of view. The prejudice of the town is reflected in the “prejudice” the children have to the “monster” Boo Radley. But read the book. It’s exceptional. Harper Lee is well worth reading about as his her friend Truman Capote (wrote Breakfast at Tiffany’s (the film not the song)). The Dish is a very similar film except for in every way possible. I still think you should watch it,

BoredLittleLady

I remember enjoying this book so much that I immediately searched for a copy of the movie after I finished reading the book.

Jeff K

It's been literally decades since I've read the book, do they make it clear in the novel that he actually ran? I genuinely don't remember.

Christina Doxstader

I'd highly recommend A Time to Kill. There are quite a few similarities in the main character depictions/

The Film Effect

Can we add The Devil’s Advocate to a poll? It has Al Pacino and Keanu Reeves.

Mark McConnell

Humorous/touching side story: A friend who grew up on a farm in the midwest had three labs when he was growing up. Two boys and a girl. What did they name them? Jem, Scout and Dill. Later they adopted a three legged dog that had been run over and was a little touched. So they name him Boo. Well that was that. From then on all their pets names came from Mockingbird. He still does it today.

James Falato

I think that Gregory Peck was the only character on the poster because he won the Oscar for "Best Actor" and was a noted actor,,and people would expect to see him and wouldn't recognize/think of the other actors/characters...

Simon Pegged Me

The actor who played Dill also played the "bonk bonk, on the head" kid from the "Miri" episode of Star Trek: TOS. Do you know what he isn't in? 1959's "Anatomy of a Murder," another courtroom drama I think you might enjoy.

Kinokind

Little do they know during the courtroom scene that their clocktower will be hit by lightning in 50 years. Yes, the steps are the same exterior.

Kinokind

Among the many remarkable things about this screenplay, I am always struck by the end, where Atticus shakes Boo's hand and says "Thank you for my children". The line can be taken two ways: "Thanks on behalf of my children", or "Thanks for the gift of my children." Amazing writing.

richard wilkinson

I was 10 when the movie came out and of course, I fell in love with Scout. And still am.

Ryan Cali

Cinebinge needs to go on a Hitchcock run. 5 good ones. North by Northwest, Notorious, Rear Window, Vertigo and Psycho

jmundt33a

Vertigo is waay more disturbing these days than it seemingly was on release. It was genuinely bewildering to see it for the very first time on Oxygen competing for Lifetime’s “Television for Women” branding.

Keith Brown

Add these two with Rear Window to finish up a Grace Kelly trifecta To Catch a Thief and Dial M for Murder the last one to see if they can spot it was filmed in 3D !

Wrencher86

I would also like to recommend A Time To Kill as a sort of tonal companion piece to this. Much more grim but covers some of the same territory. Has a lot of Capital "A" ACTING in it from Samuel L. Jackson and Mathew McConaughey. And I mean that in the best possible way.

Maura Gillies

I saw that movie once years ago, and it has STUCK with me. Solid recommendation to pair with this.

Jay Johnson

TKaM is my sister's husband's favorite book. He even named his cat Atticus after Mr. Finch. (but we sometimes call him cAtticus)

Angela D. Mitchell

I know I'm years after the fact, but I just wanted to note a few things in case they're helpful to George, who had questions, and I don't see them answered here. 1. Ewell's kids are not Mayella's, they are all from his wife, who is now dead. She's alluded to early on. 2. Boo ("Arthur") was a parallel to Mayella in some ways -- a troubled kid locked up by his father, forbidden to leave the house or even have friends. He's a tragic figure. 3. Scout is basically the author Harper Lee as a child, fictionalized by her. 4. As others have noted, Dill is based on Harper's childhood friend Truman Capote. They remained best friends most of their lives, although he was honestly sometimes arrogant, dismissed her writing (except when she wrote for him), and not nearly the friend to her he should have been. He was openly cruel about "To Kill a Mockingbird," for instance. Harper went on to heavily assist Truman on his masterpiece "In Cold Blood," not only accompanying him to Kansas for the investigations and interviews, but by many accounts writing and editing chunks of it to assist Capote. She was reportedly hurt when he dedicated the book to her (and to his partner Jack Dunphy) without acknowledging her contributions otherwise. 5. Y'all should absolutely watch "Capote" -- it's a great movie with a flawless cast, and Philip Seymour Hoffman won a much-deserved Oscar. As well as "In Cold Blood." Both are fascinating bookends to "Mockingbird" for different reasons.