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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsJust watched "To Kill a Mockingbird"
It's a great film. I can't believe I have never seen it before, but I highly recommend it. Gregory Peck was excellent as Atticus Finch, as was the fine supporting cast. Have you seen it before? What did you think? It's painful to watch, especially with what is going on with race relations in this country today. You would like to think we have come a long way, but in some parts of this country we obviously have not.
lisa58
(5,755 posts)Both the book and the movie and Gregory Peck certainly did it justice as did the entire cast.
BeyondGeography
(39,374 posts)So much to absorb, but one thing you can grow to appreciate after multiple viewings is the quality of all the performances ie Brock Peters as Tom Robinson and Collin Wilcox as Mayella Ewell. She was so convincing that when she showed up at a NAACP meeting in Monterey one time people were apparently more than a little freaked out:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collin_Wilcox_(actress)
The courtroom scenes with Peters and Wilcox and of course Peck are among the most powerful in all of cinema IMHO.
Heartstrings
(7,349 posts)My daughter named her dog after characters from her favorite films. Dogs name is Bailey Boo...Bailey for George Bailey Its a Wonderful Life and Boo for Boo Radley To Kill a Mockingbird....
This film has always been relevant. But I would encourage everyone to watch it now, as it touches on so many of the factors were facing. And it is a painful...of that I agree as well! The acting is superb!
Laf.La.Dem.
(2,943 posts)On my TOP 10 list of all times
Clarity2
(1,009 posts)but will make a point to watch. Didn't realize it's been on netflix all this time. There should be a classics category to find old gems like this.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I was happy to find it! Hope you watch it and would be interesting to see what you think.
Clarity2
(1,009 posts)MissMillie
(38,557 posts)It IS hard to believe you've never watched it before. (Then again, I've probably not seen a lot of movies that people would be surprised at.)
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)trying to catch up. Always open to suggestions!
MissMillie
(38,557 posts)"Amazing Grace and Chuck"
It's hard to find. It's REALLY sappy (but I think "sappy" has a place in this world).
Clarity2
(1,009 posts)I looked on my tivo app, and it's on amazon prime.
Lonestarblue
(9,988 posts)Its been decades since Ive watched it, or To Kill a Mockingbird, but both films are well worth the time. Sally Fields performance as Norma Rae is amazing. I need to watch both again, though its sad to see that weve regressed with respect to race relations and the value of unions.
Ohiogal
(31,998 posts)And Sally Field .... what a performance. Just mesmerizing.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Danmel
(4,915 posts)Sometimes we call Atticus Catticus!
Great movie. Very moving.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Glorfindel
(9,729 posts)Did you notice Robert Duvall in it?
MissMillie
(38,557 posts)(or so I've heard).
Gotta love that guy. "Tender Mercies" was wonderful.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)being from a different era.
Rustynaerduwell
(663 posts)My favorite moment on film.
sarge43
(28,941 posts)elleng
(130,905 posts)sarge43
(28,941 posts)Heroes don't always wear capes.
elleng
(130,905 posts)which of course has been MANY times.
IMO, heroes rarely wear capes.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)a staunch Democrat in real life and a supporter of human rights.
"Peck was outspoken against the Vietnam War, while remaining supportive of his son, Stephen, who fought there. In 1972, Peck produced the film version of Daniel Berrigan's play The Trial of the Catonsville Nine about the prosecution of a group of Vietnam protesters for civil disobedience. Despite his reservations about American general Douglas MacArthur as a man, Peck had long wanted to play him on film, and did so in MacArthur in 1976.
In 1978, Peck traveled to Alabama, the setting of To Kill a Mockingbird, to campaign for Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Donald W. Stewart of Anniston, who defeated the Republican candidate, James D. Martin, a former U.S. representative from Gadsden.
In 1987, Peck undertook the voice-overs for television commercials opposing President Reagan's Supreme Court nomination of conservative judge Robert Bork. Bork's nomination was defeated. Peck was also a vocal supporter of a worldwide ban of nuclear weapons, and a lifelong advocate of gun control."
sarge43
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lunamagica
(9,967 posts)Upthevibe
(8,048 posts)I was a very young child. It's one of my very favorite movies....
Siwsan
(26,262 posts)I remember going to the auditorium and watching it with several other classes.
It is still on my watch list, every time I see it is airing.
Ohiogal
(31,998 posts)American classics. I immensely enjoyed both.
saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)My high school literature teacher shared the movie with the class.
JDC
(10,127 posts)And super innocent at the same time.
Great Book and Film. A rare adaptation
applegrove
(118,654 posts)surrealAmerican
(11,360 posts)... I both read the book and saw the the movie, and found the movie to be much better.
The book is a bit tends to paint Atticus as some sort of superhuman, but Gregory Peck managed to turn him into a believable human being.