To kill a mockingbird

Resource Information

The work To kill a mockingbird represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Bates College. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

To kill a mockingbird

Statement of responsibility

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

Creator

• To kill a mockingbird (Motion picture : 1962)
• To kill a mockingbird (Motion picture : 1962)

Contributor

• Peters, Brock,
• Brentwood Productions, Inc
• Brentwood Productions, Inc
• Pakula-Mulligan Productions
• Pakula-Mulligan Productions
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Universal-International (Firm)
• Universal-International (Firm)
• Alford, Phillip,
• Alford, Phillip,
• Anderson, James, 1921-1969,
• Anderson, James, 1921-1969,
• Badham, Mary, 1952-
• Badham, Mary, 1952-
• Bernstein, Elmer,
• Bernstein, Elmer,
• Denton, Crahan, 1914-1966,
• Denton, Crahan, 1914-1966,
• Duvall, Robert,
• Duvall, Robert,
• Evans, Estelle, 1906-1985,
• Evans, Estelle, 1906-1985,
• Fix, Paul, 1901-1983,
• Fix, Paul, 1901-1983,
• Foote, Horton,
• Foote, Horton,
• Ghostley, Alice, 1926-2007,
• Ghostley, Alice, 1926-2007,
• Hale, Richard, 1892-1981,
• Hale, Richard, 1892-1981,
• Lee, Harper
• Lee, Harper
• Megna, John,
• Megna, John,
• Mulligan, Robert, 1925-2008,
• Mulligan, Robert, 1925-2008,
• Murphy, Rosemary,
• Murphy, Rosemary,
• Overton, Frank, 1918-1967,
• Overton, Frank, 1918-1967,
• Pakula, Alan J., 1928-1998,
• Pakula, Alan J., 1928-1998,
• Peck, Gregory, 1916-2003,
• Peck, Gregory, 1916-2003,
• Peters, Brock,
• White, Ruth, 1914-1969,
• White, Ruth, 1914-1969,
• Wilcox Paxton, Collin, 1935-2009,
• Wilcox Paxton, Collin, 1935-2009,
• Windom, William, 1923-2012,
• Windom, William, 1923-2012,

Actor

• Anderson, James, 1921-1969,
• Peters, Brock,
• Peters, Brock,
• Anderson, James, 1921-1969,
• Badham, Mary, 1952-
• Ghostley, Alice, 1926-2007,
• White, Ruth, 1914-1969,
• White, Ruth, 1914-1969,
• Wilcox Paxton, Collin, 1935-2009,
• Badham, Mary, 1952-
• Wilcox Paxton, Collin, 1935-2009,
• Megna, John,
• Windom, William, 1923-2012,
• Ghostley, Alice, 1926-2007,
• Windom, William, 1923-2012,
• Megna, John,
• Evans, Estelle, 1906-1985,
• Hale, Richard, 1892-1981,
• Duvall, Robert,
• Duvall, Robert,
• Murphy, Rosemary,
• Evans, Estelle, 1906-1985,
• Murphy, Rosemary,
• Fix, Paul, 1901-1983,
• Peck, Gregory, 1916-2003,
• Alford, Phillip,
• Overton, Frank, 1918-1967,
• Alford, Phillip,
• Overton, Frank, 1918-1967,
• Hale, Richard, 1892-1981,
• Fix, Paul, 1901-1983,
• Denton, Crahan, 1914-1966,
• Denton, Crahan, 1914-1966,
• Peck, Gregory, 1916-2003,

Composer

• Bernstein, Elmer,
• Bernstein, Elmer,

Director

• Mulligan, Robert, 1925-2008,
• Mulligan, Robert, 1925-2008,

Producer

• Pakula, Alan J., 1928-1998,
• Pakula, Alan J., 1928-1998,

Screenwriter

• Foote, Horton,
• Foote, Horton,

Subject

• Southern States -- Race relations -- Drama
• Drama
• Drama
• Fathers and daughters -- Southern States -- Drama
• Fathers and daughters -- Southern States -- Drama
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Fiction films
• Film adaptations
• Film adaptations
• Legal films
• Legal films
• Race discrimination -- Southern States -- Drama
• Race discrimination -- Southern States -- Drama
• Southern States -- Race relations -- Drama
• Southern States -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Drama
• Southern States -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Drama
• Trials (Rape) -- Southern States -- Drama
• Trials (Rape) -- Southern States -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired

Genre

• Legal films
• Feature films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Drama
• Fiction films
• Film adaptations

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

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

Awards note

• 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

Cataloging source

CPL

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Russell Harlan ; editor, Aaron Stell ; music, Elmer Bernstein

Language note

In English or French with optional English for the deaf and hard of hearing (SDH), French, and Spanish subtitles

PerformerNote

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

Runtime

130

Technique

live action