I mentioned a few days ago that I had finally gotten around, about 40 or so years too late, to reading the classic American novel, Harper Lee's
"To Kill a Mockingbird." Last night, I finally watched Robert Mulligan's classic American movie based upon the book.
The 1962 movie stars Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch. He deservedly won the Best Actor Oscar that year in a role that came to define his entire career. He is excellent in the movie. In the role of Scout Finch, 10 year old Mary Badham was wonderful. She was nominated for a Best Supporting Actress Oscar that year, and lost to another child actress, Patty Duke. Some research on IMDB tells you that Badham still lives today, but never seriously pursued an acting career. Her most notable other acting credit was a 1959 episode of "The Twilight Zone." Another acting note about this movie, and most people know this, is that it was the movie acting debut of Robert Duval (as Boo Radley).
As doesn't always happen in such adaptations, the movie remains remarkably true to the book. It is a wonderful story of basic human decency, and is made all the more so when read and viewed during this recent Election Season, which was most notable for its lack of basic human decency.
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