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The Academy To Celebrate 50th Anniversary Of To Kill A Mockingbird

2 April 2012 10:59 AM, PDT | WeAreMovieGeeks.com | See recent WeAreMovieGeeks.com news »

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences will showcase a new digital restoration of “To Kill a Mockingbird” in celebration of the film.s 50th anniversary on Wednesday, April 11, at 7:30 p.m. at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills. The evening will feature an introduction by talk show host Tavis Smiley and an onstage discussion with Oscar®-nominated actress Mary Badham. The digital restoration is courtesy of Universal Pictures, which is marking its centennial this year.

Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee, “To Kill a Mockingbird” (1962) became as much of a classic as its source, and the defining film of Gregory Peck.s career. Produced by Alan J. Pakula and directed by Robert Mulligan, the film features Peck as a Depression-era lawyer struggling against a prejudiced system to exonerate an African-American man falsely accused of rape.

For his iconic portrayal of Atticus Finch, Peck »

- Michelle McCue

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Blu-ray Review: 50th Anniversary Edition of Beloved ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’

13 February 2012 10:35 AM, PST | HollywoodChicago.com | See recent HollywoodChicago.com news »

Chicago – Do kids still read Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” in school? Or do they just watch the movie now? When I was growing up it may have been the most canonical book of a growing child’s formative years. If I had to look back on the books that most influenced the way I look at fiction, it would certainly be on the list. And the timeless film would be right there with it, forever impacting the way I look at the art of movies.

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Universal is doing something incredible this year. They’re going back through their archives and releasing special editions of some of their most beloved films in a collection called “Universal 100th Anniversary Collector’s Series.” Future titles will include “Jaws,” “All Quiet on the Western Front,” “Parenthood,” and “E.T.- The Extra-Terrestrial.” among many others. It’s going to be »

- adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)

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To Kill a Mockingbird

13 February 2012 7:31 AM, PST | JustPressPlay.net | See recent JustPressPlay news »

To Kill a Mockingbird, Harper Lee’s classic novel about justice in the face of racial inequality and a youth’s first-hand report of when they ceased to be a child, has been a staple of American literature for years in spite of misguided efforts to have it stricken from the public consciousness for its use of racial slurs. What gives To Kill a Mockingbird its staying power? Despite its sometimes dated verbiage, it’s an unflinchingly brash portrayal of justice in the face of prejudice and a presentation of the man who just might be literature’s absolute moral good: Atticus Finch. To Kill a Mockingbird has so much to say, and it does so through the vantage point of young girl named Scout, giving the story an air of tragedy as we watch her realize that the world isn’t a fair place where the truth reigns; bad »

- Lex Walker

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To Kill a Mockingbird

31 January 2012 4:17 PM, PST | Comicmix.com | See recent Comicmix news »

Few 20th century novels have been as warmly regarded as Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. Currently a perennial work taught in high schools around the nation, it was an acclaimed, award-winning work when released in 1961 as the southern author tried to recapture her childhood life in a small Southern town. I enjoyed the book as a student, then a parent, and now that I’m studying to become a teacher, recognize it as a great piece of literature and great teaching tool.

She wrote in 1964, “I would like to leave some record of the kind of life that existed in a very small world. I hope…to chronicle something that seems to be very quickly going down the drain. This is small-town middle-class southern life as opposed to Gothic, as opposed to Tobacco Road, as opposed to plantation life.”

It was a story of rights and responsibilities, tolerance, »

- Robert Greenberger

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Exclusive: Cecilia Peck Talks To Kill a Mockingbird Blu-ray

31 January 2012 9:47 AM, PST | MovieWeb | See recent MovieWeb news »

Gregory Peck's daughter Cecilia Peck discusses her father's classic role as Atticus Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird

There are certain books that are essentially required reading for nearly every American high school student, no matter where they may hail from. One of those literary classics is Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, which was adapted into the classic film starring Gregory Peck as Atticus Finch, still one of the most beloved performances of all time. Universal Studios Home Entertainment is celebrating the 50th Anniversary of To Kill a Mockingbird with brand new Blu-ray and DVD editions arriving January 31. I had the privilege of speaking with Gregory Peck's daughter, Cecilia Peck, about this timeless classic which finally makes its debut on Blu-ray. Here's what she had to say below.

It's so great that this is getting a Blu-ray version. I don't think I've seen this since high school, »

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