Robert Mulligan's classic adaptation of Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, set in the racially charged atmosphere of Macon County, Alabama in the 1930s, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD is a poignant coming-of-age story. Winner of four Academy Awards including Best Screenplay (written by Horton Foote), and Best Actor (Gregory Peck), TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD is a timeless film packed with beautiful scenes and meaningful life lessons. The story is told from the vantage point of a young girl nicknamed Scout (Mary Badham) whose widowed white father Atticus Finch (Peck), an attorney, decides on principle to defend a black man (Brock Peters) charged with raping a poor white woman. But the bigoted townspeople would rather lynch the accused than try him, and they make life hellish for the lawyer, his daughter, and his son Jem (Philip Alford). While their father is in the throes of the trial, his bright, inquisitive children learn a hard and unforgettable lesson in justice, morality, and prejudice, part of which requires overcoming an unfounded fear of their mysterious neighbor Boo Radley (Robert Duvall).

Theatrical Release: December 25, 1962.

TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD was added to the Library of Congress National Film Registry in 1995.

According to author Harper Lee, the character of "Dill" was patterned after Truman Capote, a childhood friend.

This marked the screen acting debut for Robert Duvall as the mysterious Boo Radley.

The DVD includes a documentary about the making of the film, as well as extensive commentary from director Robert Mulligan and producer Alan J. Pakula.

DVD Features:

Region 1
2-Disc Snap Case
Disc 1:
Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.85
Dual (Single Sided)
Audio:
Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound - English
Dolby Digital DTS 5.1 Surround Sound - English
Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono - English, French
Subtitles - English (SDH), French, Spanish - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Bonus Footage - 1. Academy Award Best Actor Acceptance Speech
2. American Film Institute Life Achievement Award
3. Excerpt From Academy Tribute to Gregory Peck
Feature Commentary - Robert Mulligan - Director; Alan Pakula - Producer
Trailer - Theatrical Trailer
Text/Photo Galleries
Production Notes
Disc 2:
Full Frame - 1.33
Dual (Single Sided)
Audio:
Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono - English
Featurette - 1. A Conversation with Gregory Peck
- 2.Fearful Symmetry: The Making of To Kill a Mockingbird

Gregory Peck: Oscar winning American actor, TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
Mary Badham: American Child Actress/1960s
Philip Alford: 
Brock Peters: American Actor/Singer
Robert Duvall: American Actor/Director
John Megna: American actor, stage director
Frank Overton: American Character Actor
Rosemary Murphy: American Actress
Ruth White: American Character Actress
Estelle Evans: Actress/The Learning Tree
Paul Fix: Marshall Micah Torrance of TV's "The Rifleman"
Collin Wilcox: Supporting Actress
James Anderson: American westerns actor, RUBY GENTRY/TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
Alice Ghostley: Comedic actress, DESIGNING WOMEN, GREASE, BEWITCHED
William Windom: American TV/Film Actor
Crahan Denton: Actor
Richard Hale: American Supporting Actor
Steve Condit: 
Bill Walker: Actor/"The Mask 1961"

Robert Mulligan: American Director

Alan J. Pakula: American Director/Producer

Horton Foote: Texas Playwright/Screenwriter

Elmer Bernstein: Composer, AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON (1981)

Aaron Stell: Editor

"Philip Alfrod was four years older than Mary Badham when both gave unforgettable performances here as Gregory Peck's children..."
"...With Peck in Oscar-winning form and Duvall in his big-screen debut, the acting is powerful yet carefully measured..."
"...[An] affecting adaptation..."
"...MOCKINGBIRD has influenced Southern-fried films like SLING BLADE, as well as every courtroom drama since..."
"Peck won an Oscar for his layered, level-headed portrayal..."
"[T]hose who value this nostalgic evocation of tough-love parenthood and small-town values will find this set a worthy object of devotion."