To kill a mockingbird / a Universal-International presentation of a Pakula-Mulligan, Brentwood Productions picture ; screenplay by Horton Foote ; produced by Alan J. Pakula ; directed by Robert Mulligan.

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In a racially divided Alabama town in the 1930s, widowed lawyer Atticus Finch agrees to defend a young black man accused of raping a white woman, teaching his children valuable lessons about prejudice and empathy.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:	To kill a mockingbird (Motion picture : 1962) Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Main Author:	Bernstein, Elmer (Composer)
Corporate Authors:	Universal-International (Firm) (Production company) Pakula-Mulligan Productions (Production company) Brentwood Productions, Inc (Production company) Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm) (Film distributor)
Other Authors:	Pakula, Alan J., 1928-1998 (Film producer) Mulligan, Robert, 1925-2008 (Film director) Foote, Horton (Screenwriter) Peck, Gregory, 1916-2003 (Actor) Megna, John (Actor) Overton, Frank, 1918-1967 (Actor) Murphy, Rosemary (Actor) White, Ruth, 1914-1969 (Actor) Peters, Brock (Actor) Evans, Estelle, 1906-1985 (Actor) Fix, Paul, 1901-1983 (Actor) Wilcox Paxton, Collin, 1935-2009 (Actor) Anderson, James, 1921-1969 (Actor) Ghostley, Alice, 1926-2007 (Actor) Duvall, Robert (Actor) Windom, William, 1923-2012 (Actor) Denton, Crahan, 1914-1966 (Actor) Hale, Richard, 1892-1981 (Actor) Badham, Mary, 1952- (Actor) Alford, Phillip (Actor) Lee, Harper
Language:	English French Spanish
Language of the Original:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	English and French soundtracks, with optional French and Spanish subtitles and English SDH.
Published:	Universal City, CA : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2012]
Edition:	Fiftieth anniversary edition.
Series:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:	Lee, Harper > Film adaptations. Fathers and daughters > Southern States > Drama. Trials (Rape) > Southern States > Drama. Race discrimination > Southern States > Drama. Southern States > Race relations > Drama. Southern States > Social conditions > 20th century > Drama. Lee, Harper. Fathers and daughters. Race discrimination. Race relations. Social conditions. Trials (Rape) Southern States. 1900 - 1999 Legal films. Fiction films. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Film adaptations. Drama.
Genre:	Film adaptations. Drama. Legal films. Fiction films. Feature films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (130 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	Video DVD

Description
Summary:	In a racially divided Alabama town in the 1930s, widowed lawyer Atticus Finch agrees to defend a young black man accused of raping a white woman, teaching his children valuable lessons about prejudice and empathy.
Note:	Based on the Pulitzer Prize winning novel written by Harper Lee. Originally released as a motion picture in 1962. Special features include: Disc 1: Academy Award Best Actor acceptance speech (10 min.); American Film Institute Life Achievement Award (Gregory Peck's remarks) (2 min.); excerpt from tribute to Gregory Peck (Cecilia Peck's remarks) (10 min.); Scout remembers (actress Mary Badham shares her experiences working with Gregory Peck) (12 min.); optional feature commentary with director Robert Mulligan and producer Alan Pakula; theatrical trailer; 100 years of Universal : restoring the classics (10 min.). Disc 2: A conversation with Gregory Peck (documentary) (1999) (98 min.) / film by Cecilia Peck [and others] ; produced and directed by Barbara Kopple ; produced by Cecilia Peck, Linda Saffire ; On Tour Production in association with Cabin Creek Films, ©1999 -- Fearful symmetry : the making of To kill a mockingbird (documentary) (1998) (91 min.) / produced, directed, and written by Charles Kiselyak ; Universal Studios Home Video, ©1998. Videorecording.
Call Number:	AR5 D0155794 VideoDVD CX7 D0137406 VideoDVD
Audience:	MPAA rating: Not rated.
Awards:	Academy award, 1963: Best actor (Peck); Best art direction/set decoration; Best writing, screenplay based on material from another medium. National Film Registry selection, 1995.
Credits:	Director of photography, Russell Harlan ; editor, Aaron Stell ; music, Elmer Bernstein.
System Details:	DVD; NTSC; region 1; anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1; Dolby Digital 2.0; dual layer.
Cast:	Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton, Rosemary Murphy, Ruth White, Brock Peters, Estelle Evans, Paul Fix, Collin Wilcox, James Anderson, Alice Ghostley, Robert Duvall, William Windom, Crahan Denton, Richard Hale, Mary Badham, Phillip Alford.